EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences; Commission delegated powers

The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations.

The committee recommends that the position of the European Parliament, adopted in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure, should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

Delegated acts: Members propose limiting the delegation of power conferred on the Commission to five years from the entry into force of the Regulation (period may be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration) and obliging the Commission to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five- year period.

Entry into force: Members propose that the Regulation shall apply as from 1 October 2014.