Madeira and Azores: temporary suspension of autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products

The European Parliament adopted by 628 votes to 17 with 15 abstentions, a legislative resolution amending, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council regulation temporarily suspending autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products into the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores.

The main amendments are as follows:

·        Parliament wants to suspend in full the Common Customs Tariff duties for certain goods for a period starting on 1 February 2010 and ending on 31 December 2019 (the Commission had proposed that this period began on 1 January 2010);

·        Members amended the table in Annex II of the proposal (Raw material, parts and components used for agricultural purposes, industrial transformation or maintenance) concerning the applicable CN codes (Tariff and Statistical nomenclature).