P9_TA(2020)0352

Non-objection to a delegated act: time-limits for lodging entry summary declarations and pre-departure declarations in case of transport by sea from and to the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

European Parliament decision to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 20 November 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 as regards the time-limits for lodging entry summary declarations and pre-departure declarations in case of transport by sea from and to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (C(2020)08072 — 2020/2890(DEA))

(2021/C 445/38)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Commission delegated regulation C(2020)08072,

— having regard to the Commission’s letter of 26 November 2020 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

— having regard to the letter from the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 2 December 2020,

— having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (1), and in particular Article 131, point (b), Article 265, point (a) and Article 284(5) thereof,

— having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (2),

— having regard to Rule 111(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection,

— having regard to the fact that no objections have been raised within the period laid down in the third and fourth indents of Rule 111(6) of its Rules of Procedure, which expired on 15 December 2020,

A. whereas the delegated regulation sets out the time-limits within which economic operators must provide the customs authorities of the Member States with certain safety and security data on movements of goods by sea with origin or destination in the United Kingdom;

B. whereas the negotiations of a future Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom have not produced, at the date of approval of the delegated regulation, an agreement to waive the obligation to file the advanced security data on goods to be moved by sea that have their origin or destination in the United Kingdom;

C. whereas a measure with an identical purpose to that of the delegated regulation was adopted by the Commission on 19 December 2018 (3) in order to prepare for a possible situation in which there was no agreement for the orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, although the conclusion of a withdrawal agreement rendered that text redundant;

D. whereas the delegated regulation should enter into force as soon as possible in order to ensure the smooth daily operation of customs administrations and economic operators after the end of the transition period;

1. Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 343, 29.12.2015, p. 1.

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/334 of 19 December 2018 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 as regards the time-limits for lodging entry summary declarations and pre-departure declarations in case of transport by sea from and to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (OJ L 60, 28.2.2019, p. 1).