Adopted text
Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
TA-10-2025-0315 · P10_TA(2025)0315 · PE779.615
- Adopted in plenary on · Adopted 431–161–70 · See the decision →
- Full procedure 2025/0322
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Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur agreements for agricultural products lowers injury thresholds, speeds up procedures, and adds environmental and anti-circumvention measures.¶¶¶
Key points
- An import volume increase over 5% year-on-year versus the three-year average, or a price drop over 5%, is prima facie evidence of serious injury.¶¶¶
- The Commission must monitor constantly and proactively, with reports every three months, and may extend monitoring to other products on request.¶¶¶
- The Commission must adopt definitive safeguard measures when conditions are met, not just may.¶
- Investigations for sensitive products should conclude within two months; provisional measures within 14 days of initiation.¶¶
- Safeguards can be triggered by credible evidence that imports do not meet EU environmental, animal welfare, health, food safety, or labour standards.¶
- Anti-circumvention measures allow extending safeguards to imports via other routes or parties, and customs cooperation is strengthened.¶
- The annex adds eggs class A and B, egg products, and citrus (oranges, lemons, mandarins) as sensitive products.¶¶¶