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ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure
(First reading without prior interinstitutional negotiations)
Follow up to the European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013
1. Rapporteur: Deirdre CLUNE (EPP / IE)
2. Reference numbers: 2023/0156 (COD) / A9-0065/2024 / P9_TA(2024)0151
3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 13 March 2024
4. Legal basis: Articles 33, 207 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
6. Commission's position: The Commission takes note of the amendments (AMs) proposed by the European Parliament, reserving its detailed position on these while the discussion in the Council is ongoing.
Notwithstanding this, the Commission welcomes the ambitious European Parliament resolution and underlines that it can agree with the spirit of the majority of the amendments, as these are in line with the objectives of the proposal and reflect the underlying principles of the proposed policy choices.
The Commission wishes to note, in particular, the following:
the general support for main novelties of the reform, namely the new customs supervision model, the ‘Trust and Check’ trader status, the EU Customs Data Hub, the EU Customs Authority and a framework for customs infringements and penalties;
AMs 141, 173 and 265, which support the reform’s objective of strengthening the customs capacities for better ensuring compliance of the goods entering the EU with the so-called non-financial risks, such as prohibitions and restrictions and other requirements or standards applicable to goods destined to be placed on the European market;
some amendments, linked to the new EU Customs Authority, would strengthen the overall goals of the reform under certain conditions, such as:
AM 258, on the introduction of a Customs Advisory Board in the Authority for interaction with the business community and civil society, provided that this advisory board does not access sensitive information and has the right composition, and
AM 264, on the EU Customs Authority setting up an online platform and related cooperation mechanism which would serve for authorities, businesses, consumers to report, and for competent authorities to remove, non-compliant goods that enter into the internal market, as long as this platform does not duplicate existing mechanisms and the prerogatives of market surveillance authorities as regards products placed on the EU market are preserved.
Part Two Non-legislative resolutions