Community Customs Code

The committee adopted the report (codecision procedure, second reading) by Ana PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI (EPP-ED, E) approving without amendment the Council's common position on the proposal amending certain articles of the Community Customs Code. The common position had incorporated 8 of the 13 amendments tabled by Parliament at first reading. The committee felt that, all in all, the balance-sheet for Parliament's amendments was more than acceptable, particularly since, of the first reading amendments not accepted by Council, three had been partly addressed by the 1999 commitology agreement and another one had become redundant. While approving the common position, the committee nevertheless adopted an amendment to the draft legislative resolution calling on the Commission to propose legislation to implement the proposed new paragraph of Article 215, relating to the place in which a customs debt is incurred in particular circumstances. �