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Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement

TA-9-2024-0154 · P9_TA(2024)0154 · PE758.861

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Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation on temporary trade-liberalisation measures for Ukrainian products under the EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement. It adds an automatic safeguard for cereals, eggs, poultry, sugar and honey, triggered when import volumes exceed the arithmetic mean of 2021, 2022 and 2023. The Commission must reintroduce the suspended tariff-rate quota within 14 days of the trigger, after informing the Committee on Safeguards.

Key points

  1. The Commission may take measures for imports adversely affecting the Union market or one or several member states for like or directly competing products.
  2. An automatic safeguard is introduced for wheat, barley, oats, maize, eggs, poultry, sugar and honey.
  3. The safeguard is activated if quantities imported exceed the arithmetic mean of quantities in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
  4. For 6 June to 31 December 2024, if cumulative import volumes since 1 January 2024 reach the arithmetic mean of 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Commission must act within 14 days.
  5. For 1 January to 5 June 2025, if cumulative import volumes since 1 January 2025 reach five twelfths of the arithmetic mean of 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Commission must act within 14 days.
  6. The Commission must inform the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 before reintroducing the tariff-rate quota.
  7. The products covered by the safeguard include common wheat, wheat flour and pellets, barley, barley flour and pellets, oats, maize, maize flour and pellets, barley groats and meal, cereal grains otherwise worked, honey, eggs, poultry and sugar.

Who is affected

  • Union agricultural producers of cereals, poultry, eggs, sugar and honey, who may be harmed if imports from Ukraine increase.
  • The Commission, which must monitor imports and reintroduce tariff-rate quotas when thresholds are reached.
  • Member states, which may request an assessment by the Commission.

Figures and deadlines

  • 6 June to 31 December 2024: period for the first safeguard trigger.
  • 1 January to 5 June 2025: period for the second safeguard trigger.
  • 14 days: deadline for the Commission to act after a trigger.
  • 2021, 2022 and 2023: reference years for the arithmetic mean of import volumes.
  • five twelfths: share of the arithmetic mean that triggers the safeguard in 2025.