European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernized Customs Code) (COM(2005)0608 - C6-0419/2005 - 2005/0246(COD))
Date: 2006-12-12
Institutions: Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: customs document, customs inspection, customs regulations, electronic document, exchange of information, systems interconnection

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2006

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

P6_TA(2006)0544

Financing instrument for development cooperation ***II

European Parliament
legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a
regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for
development cooperation (11944/2/2006 — C6-0357/2006 — 2004/0220(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (11944/2/2006 — C6-0357/2006),
— having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2004)0629) (2),

— having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2004)0629/2) (3),
— having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
— having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the recommendation for second reading of

the Committee on Development

(A6-0448/2006);

1. Approves the common position;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the

3.
EC Treaty;

4.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Texts Adopted, 18.5.2006, P6_TA(2006)0217.
(2) Not yet published in OJ.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0545

Community Customs Code ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European
Parliament and of the Council laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernized Customs
Code) (COM(2005)0608 — C6-0419/2005 — 2005/0246(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0608) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 95 and 135 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0419/2005),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the

opinion of the Committee on International Trade (A6-0429/2006);

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0246

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 December 2006 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying
down the Community Customs Code (Modernized Customs Code)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 26, 95, 133
and 135 thereof,

Having regard to Protocol 2 to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, concerning the Canary Islands
and Ceuta and Melilla, and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

It

is advisable,

The Community is based upon a customs union.
in the interests both of
economic operators and the customs authorities in the Community, to assemble current customs
legislation in a Community Customs Code (hereinafter called ‘the Code’). Based on the concept of an
internal market, the Code should contain the general rules and procedures which ensure the imple-
mentation of the tariff and other common policy measures introduced at Community level in connec-
tion with trade in goods between the Community and countries or territories outside the customs
territory of the Community, taking into account the requirements of those common policies. This
should be without prejudice to specific provisions laid down in other fields as may exist or be intro-
duced in the context, inter alia, of legislation relating to agriculture, the environment, the common
commercial policy, statistics or own resources. Customs legislation should be better aligned on the
provisions relating to the collection of import charges, without change to the scope of the tax provi-
sions in force.

(2)

In accordance with the Communication from the Commission concerning the protection of the
Community's financial interests and the Action Plan for 2004-2005 (3), it is appropriate to adapt the
legal framework for the protection of the financial interests of the Community.

(1) OJ C …
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 12 December 2006.
(3) COM(2004)0544, 9.8.2004.