Parliament raises no objections to delegated act updating tariff‑quota rules after EU‑New Zealand FTA
Decision
The European Parliament declared that it has no objections to the Commission delegated regulation C(2024)01499 of 13 March 2024 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760; the draft decision appears as B9‑0200/2024 and the adopted text as P9_TA(2024)0287, and the Parliament instructed its President to forward the decision to the Council and the Commission.
What Changes
The delegated regulation updates Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 to reflect several new tariff rate quotas and amendments to existing WTO country specific tariff rate quotas introduced by the Free Trade Agreement between the Union and New Zealand and deletes obsolete provisions concerning an export tariff quota for milk powder. The amended Delegated Regulation supplements Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on the rules for the administration of import and export tariff quotas subject to licences.
Who Is Affected
The changes concern products originating in New Zealand and the Union's administration of tariff rate quotas under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including provisions on milk powder export tariff quotas.
Sources
Official Documents
- RECOMMENDATION FOR A DECISION to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 13 March 2024 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/760 as regards some provisions following the free trade agreement between the European Union and New Zealand and deletion of obsolete provisions as regards export tariff quota for milk powder EP declares no objections to the delegated regulation amending EU 2020/760 in light of the EU–New Zealand FTA and instructs the President to forward the decision.
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