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On the Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Union and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union

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Document INTA-PR-689583 · COM(2021)0081 – C9xxx/xxx – 2021/0042(NLE)

Kind: Report parliamentary committee draft INTA-PR-689583
Date: 22 March 2021
Committee: Committee on International Trade
Rapporteur: Maximilian Krah
Dossier: 2021/0042(NLE)

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This is a draft report by the Committee on International Trade on a proposed Council decision to conclude an agreement with Pakistan on tariff rate quotas after the UK's withdrawal from the EU. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the agreement, which modifies concessions on all tariff rate quotas in the EU Schedule CLXXV. The agreement follows the EU-UK joint approach of maintaining existing EU28 tariff rate quota volumes but splitting them between the EU27 and the UK. Pakistan has consultation rights for six tariff rate quotas and has agreed with the proposed apportionment.

Position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Key points

Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
The agreement modifies concessions on all tariff rate quotas in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
The negotiations were launched under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of 1994.
The EU and the UK developed a joint approach in 2017 to apportion the quantitative commitments in the EU28 WTO schedule for 143 agricultural, fish and industrial tariff rate quotas.
The existing volume of each tariff rate quota would be fully maintained but split between the EU27 and the UK.
The apportionment methodology is based on trade flows into the EU27 and the UK during a reference period of 3 years from 2013 to 2015.
Regulation (EU) 2019/216 empowers the Commission to amend the apportionment shares based on pertinent information.
The Council authorised the Commission on 15 June 2018 to launch negotiations with WTO Members for apportioning the Union's WTO concessions on tariff rate quotas.
Pakistan has consultation rights for six tariff rate quotas and has agreed with the proposed apportionment.
The EU recognises that Pakistan has initial negotiating rights with respect to the concessions on tariff item number 1006 20.
The agreement with Pakistan follows the EU-UK joint approach of maintaining existing overall EU28 tariff rate quota volumes split into two separate customs territories.
The agreement was initialled on 25 January 2021 in Geneva.

Who is affected

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which has consultation rights for six tariff rate quotas and initial negotiating rights on tariff item 1006 20.
The European Union and its member states, as the agreement modifies the EU Schedule CLXXV.
Traders and importers of agricultural, fish and industrial products covered by the 143 tariff rate quotas.

Figures and deadlines

143 EU agricultural, fish and industrial WTO tariff rate quotas
3 years from 2013 to 2015, the reference period for trade flows
six tariff rate quotas for which Pakistan has consultation rights
25 January 2021, date the agreement was initialled in Geneva
15 June 2018, date the Council authorised the Commission to launch negotiations

Legal basis. Article 207(4) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)[(v)], and Article 218(7) and (8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(COM(2021)0081 – C9xxx/xxx – 2021/0042(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2021)0081),

–having regard to the draft agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Union and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (xxxx/2021),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(4) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)[(v)], and Article 218(7) and (8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C[9-XXXXXX]),

–having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4) and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A90000/2021),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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In October 2018, the EU formally launched the negotiations process under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) of 1994 with a number of WTO Members in Geneva. The underlying principle of the negotiations is a “joint approach” developed between the EU and the UK back in 2017 on how to “apportion” the quantitative commitments contained in the EU28 WTO schedule for the 143 EU agricultural, fish and industrial WTO tariff rate quotas (TRQs). The basis is that the existing volume of each TRQ would be fully maintained in the future, but split across two separate customs territories: the EU27 and the UK.

The principle of the applied methodology is based on the trade flows into the EU27 and the UK during a representative reference period (of 3 years from 2013 to 2015) for all WTO TRQs.The agreed methodology is described in detail in Regulation (EU) 2019/216. More specifically, Article 2b) empowers the Commission to amend the apportionment shares taking into account pertinent information that it may receive in the context of negotiations under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 or from other sources with an interest in a specific TRQ.

On 15 June 2018, the Council authorised the Commission to launch negotiations under Article XXVIII GATT with the relevant WTO Members for apportioning the Union's WTO concessions on TRQs. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has consultation rights for sixTRQs.

For the TRQs, where Pakistan has consultation rights under Article XXVIII of the GATT, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has agreed with the proposed apportionment. The European Union explicitly recognises that Pakistan has initial negotiating rights (INR) with respect to the concessions on tariff item number 1006 20, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994.

The agreement with Pakistan is made in accordance with the EU-UK “joint approach” of maintaining the existing overall EU28 TRQ volumes split into two separate customs territories in the future.

Negotiations with Pakistan resulted in an Agreement that was initialled on 25 January 2021 in Geneva.

In accordance with Article 218(6) TFEU, the consent of the European Parliament is needed in order for the Council to adopt a decision concluding the Agreement.

In the light of the above, the Rapporteur recommends that the Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

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European Parliament (2021). “DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Union and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union”. Text, 22 March 2021. docId INTA-PR-689583. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/INTA-PR-689583 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/INTA-PR-689583 (CC BY 4.0).

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