The Committee on International Trade adopted the recommendation for a second reading contained in the report by Jörg LEICHTFRIED (S&D, AT), and approved, without amendment, the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated and implementing powers for the adoption of certain measures.
The committee also approved the joint statement by Parliament and the Council annexed to the resolution on Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 and Regulation (EC) No 517/94: certain articles of these Regulations refer to decision-making procedures for the adoption of safeguard measures in the field of trade defence. The three institutions consider that safeguard measures are to be treated as implementing measures. Exceptionally, the measures will take the form of delegated acts as the introduction of a safeguard measure takes the form of an amendment to the relevant annexes to the Basic Regulations.
The committee also approved a Commission declaration on codification as well as a declaration on delegated acts, where the latter recalls the commitment it has made to provide to the Parliament full information and documentation on its meetings with national experts within the framework of its work on the preparation of delegated acts.