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Customs proposals (legislation)

This page contains the main legislative customs proposals tabled by the European Commission since 2003.

You will find a list of all proposals for new legislation in EUR-Lex.

If you want to monitor the works of the various institutions involved in the EU decision-making process (European Parliament, Council, ESC, Committee of the Regions, European central Bank, Court of Justice, etc.) visit PreLex. This database follows all Commission proposals (legislative and budgetary dossiers, conclusions of international agreements) and communications from their transmission to the Council or the European Parliament.

2013

COM (2013) 884 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union legal framework for customs infringements and sanctions.
See also the press release (IP/13/1244), the impact assessment (SWD (2013) 514 Part I and Part 2), as well as and its summary (SWD (2013) 513 ).
13/12/2013
COM (2013) 718 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (jet fuel). See also the press notice (first item under "Other news").
4/11/2013
COM (2013) 4 Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on drug precursors
21/01/2013
COM (2013) 3 Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on drug precursors
21/01/2013

2012

COM (2012) 521 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors. See also the press release (IP/12/1029 ) and the FAQs (MEMO/12/715 ).
27/09/2012
COM (2012) 64

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (Recast)

20/02/2012

2011

COM (2011) 285

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights

25/05/2011
COM (2011) 59

Proposal for a Council Decision on a European Union position within the EU-Chile Special Committee on Customs Cooperation and Rules of Origin relating to Annex III to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation

14/02/2011

2010

COM (2010) 681

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products

19/11/2010
COM (2010) 55 fin.2

Proposal for a Council Decision on a Union position within the EU-Japan Joint Customs Cooperation Committee concerning the mutual recognition of Authorised Economic Operator programmes in the European Union and in Japan

CORRIGENDUM
23/04/2010
COM (2010) 172

Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin

22/04/2010
COM (2010) 168

Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin

22/04/2010
COM (2010) 166

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the European Union within the Joint Committee created by the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, on the amendment of Article 15 (7) of Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation

21/04/2010
COM (2010) 148

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the European Union within the Administrative Committee established by the International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods on the proposal to amend that Convention with a new Annex on the facilitation of borders crossing procedures for international rail freight

14/04/2010
COM (2010) 55

Proposal for a Council Decision on a Union position within the EU-Japan Joint Customs Cooperation Committee concerning the mutual recognition of Authorised Economic Operator programmes in the European Union and in Japan

19/02/2010
COM (2010) 45

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 4, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 44

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Joint Committee created by the Agreement between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007 (Text with EEA relevance)

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 42

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Joint Committee created by the Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Island, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 41

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 4, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 40

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 4, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 39

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on nonoriginating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originati

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 38

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 4, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 37

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, with regards to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 4, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 35

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council created by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 6, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 34

Proposal for a Council Decision on on the position to be taken by the Union within the Association Council with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3 to Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on trade regime for agricultural products, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on nonoriginating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 33

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Joint Committee created by the Agreement between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007 (Text with EEA relevance)

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 32

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Joint Committee established under the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Turkey on trade in products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 1 to that Agreement, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010
COM (2010) 31

Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Union within the Joint Committee established under the Euro - Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, on the other hand with regard to the amendment of Annex II of Protocol 3, concerning the list of working or processing required to be carried out on nonoriginating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status, pursuant to the entry into force of the Harmonised System 2007

9/02/2010

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