The Committee on Regional Development adopted the report drawn up by Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) amending, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council regulation temporarily suspending autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products into the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores.
The committee proposes to suspend temporarily - from 1 February 2010 to 31 December 2019 - autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties applicable to certain imports of finished goods for agricultural, commercial or industrial use into the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores. The Commission proposes that these duties be suspended from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2019.
Moreover, MEPs have made amendments to the table in Annex II (Raw materials, parts and components used for agricultural purposes, industrial transformation or maintenance) of the proposal concerning the applicable CN Codes (tariff and statistical nomenclature).