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On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 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-751898 · 10844/2023 – C90000/2023 – 2023/0183(NLE)

Kind: Report parliamentary committee draft INTA-PR-751898
Date: 20 July 2023
Committee: Committee on International Trade
Rapporteur: Iuliu Winkler
Dossier: 2023/0183(NLE)

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Subject matter: TDCC
Reference: 10844/2023 – C90000/2023 – 2023/0183(NLE)

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Reference: 10844/2023 – C90000/2023 – 2023/0183(NLE)

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This is a draft report by the Committee on International Trade on a draft Council decision to conclude an EU-China agreement on modifying tariff rate quotas in the EU's WTO schedule after the UK's withdrawal. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the agreement, which is needed for the Council to conclude it and for it to enter into force. The agreement follows Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 and apportions the existing volume of 143 EU tariff rate quotas between the EU27 and the UK, based on trade flows from 2013 to 2015. China has negotiating rights for 32 tariff rate quotas and consultation rights for 11; it accepted most EU proposed volumes, with changes agreed for garlic and processed poultry meat, and accepted modifications already agreed with the USA and Brazil for 8 others.

Position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement, without prejudice to its democratic right of continuous scrutiny.

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 following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
The EU launched negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 with WTO members, including China, in October 2018.
The negotiations apply a joint EU-UK approach 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 is fully maintained but split between the EU27 and the UK.
The apportionment 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 describes the agreed methodology and empowers the Commission to amend apportionment shares based on pertinent information.
China has negotiating rights for 32 tariff rate quotas and consultation rights for 11.
China accepted the original EU proposed apportioned volumes for most tariff rate quotas, except for 10.
Changes of volumes were agreed for the 2 tariff rate quotas concerning garlic and processed poultry meat.
For the 8 other tariff rate quotas, China accepts the modifications already agreed between the EU and other WTO partners, specifically the USA and Brazil.
Parliament's consent is required under Article 218(6) TFEU for the Council to adopt the decision concluding the agreement and for it to enter into force.

Who is affected

EU agricultural, fish and industrial sectors covered by the 143 tariff rate quotas.
China, which has negotiating rights for 32 tariff rate quotas and consultation rights for 11.
The EU27 and the UK, between which the tariff rate quota volumes are split.

Figures and deadlines

143 EU agricultural, fish and industrial WTO tariff rate quotas.
Reference period of 3 years, from 2013 to 2015.
32 tariff rate quotas for which China has negotiating rights.
11 tariff rate quotas for which China has consultation rights.
10 tariff rate quotas where China did not accept the original EU proposed apportioned volumes.
2 tariff rate quotas concerning garlic and processed poultry meat where changes of volumes were agreed.
8 other tariff rate quotas where China accepts modifications already agreed with the USA and Brazil.

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

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(10844/2023 – C90000/2023 – 2023/0183(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (10844/2023),

–having regard to the draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 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 (0000/2023),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(4), first subparagraph and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C90000/2023),

–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 (A90000/2023),

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 People`s Republic of China.

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Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.

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In view of the United Kingdom's (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU), in October 2018, the EU formally launched negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 with a number of Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including the People`s Republic of China. The underlying principle of the negotiations is a “joint approach” developed between the EU and the UK 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 of this approach is that the existing volume of each TRQ would be fully maintained after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, 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 of the apportionment is described in detail in Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council. More specifically, Article 2(b) of this Regulation empowers the Commission to amend the apportionment shares taking into account pertinent information that it may receive either in the context of negotiations under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994 or from other sources with an interest in a specific tariff rate quota.

China has negotiating rights for 32 TRQs and consultation rights for 11 TRQs. For the majority of the TRQs where China is concerned, the original EU proposed apportioned volumes were accepted by China, with the exception of 10 TRQs. Changes of volumes were agreed in the 2 tariff rate quotas concerning garlic and processed poultry meat. As regards the changes to the 8 other TRQs, here China accepts the TRQ volume modifications already included in agreements between the EU and other WTO partners (more specifically USA and Brazil).

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 and for the latter to come into force in due time.

In the light of the above, the Rapporteur recommends that the Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement, without prejudice to its democratic right of continuous scrutiny.

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European Parliament (2023). “DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 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, 20 July 2023. docId INTA-PR-751898. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/INTA-PR-751898 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/INTA-PR-751898 (CC BY 4.0).

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  title = {{DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 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}},
  year = {2023},
  date = {2023-07-20},
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  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/INTA-PR-751898},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
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