Computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods. Recast

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Kay SWINBURNE (ECR, UK) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast).

The committee recommended that the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading by taking over the Commission's proposal and taking account of the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

The Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission considers that the Commission proposal does not contain any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and that it is limited to a straightforward codification of existing texts, without changing their substance.

The proposal accompanies the proposal for a Council Directive establishing the general arrangements for excise duty with regard to the automation of the procedure for the movement of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of a Member State and which are moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be supplied for commercial purposes in that other Member State.