Council Decision (EU) 2019/2196 of 19 December 2019 (Overseas Association Decision)

Ce que fait l'acte

to amend Council Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (Overseas Association Decision). ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: Council Decision 2013/755/EU which entered into force on 1 January 2014 (the Overseas Association Decision (OAD)) covers relations between the OCTs, including Greenland, their Member States and the European Union. It defines the OCTs' privileged relationship with the Union and the specific legal framework applicable to them, which is based on three main pillars, namely policy, trade and cooperation. Annex VI of the OAD defines ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation between the EU and the OCTs. It contains provisions aiming to implement the REX system for origin certification as of 1 January 2017. The Committee on Development adopted, following a special legislative procedure (consultation), the report by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE) on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ('Overseas Association Decision'). The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament approve the Commission proposal without amendment. The Overseas Association Decision (OAD) establishes the legal framework for the relations between Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), the Member States to which they are linked, and the European Union. The aim of the proposal is to amend Annex VI of the OAD which defines the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation between the EU and the OCTs. It contains provisions aiming to implement a system of origin certification as of 1 January 2017, the Registered Exporters (REX) system, but for which OCTs benefit from a waiver until 31 December 2019. The provisions in Annex VI to the OAD on the ‘procedures for the registered exporter system’ differ from those in the GSP rules of origin. Therefore, Annex VI of the OAD should be amended in order to ensure compatibility with the provisions on the REX system laid down in Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and to ensure its deployment and implementation by the OCTs as from 1 January 2020. The European Parliament adopted by 661 votes to 1, with 25 abstentions, under the consultation procedure, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ('Overseas Association Decision'). Parliament approved the Commission proposal without amendments. The proposed amendment aims to ensure the compatibility of Annex VI of the CAD with the provisions on the REX system set out in Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 and to ensure that the OCTs implement and apply it from 1 January 2020. PURPOSE: to amend Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (Overseas Association Decision). LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2019/2196 amending Decision 2013/755/EU on the…