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Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries (recast)| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2015/755 |
| Original proposal | COM(2014)323  |
| CELEX number i | 32015R0755 |
| Document | 29-04-2015; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 19-05-2015; OJ L 123 p. 33-49 |
| Effect | 08-06-2015; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 24 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
19.5.2015 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 123/33 |
REGULATION (EU) 2015/755 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 29 April 2015
on common rules for imports from certain third countries
(recast)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
Council Regulation (EC) No 625/2009 (3) has been substantially amended (4). Since further amendments are to be made, that Regulation should be recast in the interests of clarity. |
(2) |
The common commercial policy should be based on uniform principles. |
(3) |
Uniformity in the rules for imports should be assured by laying down, as far as possible given the particular features of the economic system in the third countries in question, provisions similar to those applied under the common rules for other third countries. |
(4) |
The common rules applicable to imports also apply to coal and steel products, without prejudice to any measures implementing an agreement relating specifically to such products. |
(5) |
The liberalisation of imports, namely the absence of any quantitative restrictions, should therefore form the starting point for the Union rules. |
(6) |
In the case of some products, the Commission should examine import terms and conditions, import trends, the various aspects of the economic and commercial situation, and the measures, if any, to be taken. |
(7) |
For those products, it may become apparent that there should be Union surveillance over certain of these imports. |
(8) |
It is for the Commission to adopt the safeguard measures required by the interests of the Union with due regard for existing international obligations. |
(9) |
Surveillance or safeguard measures confined to one or more regions of the Union may prove more suitable than measures applying to the whole Union. However, such measures should be authorised only exceptionally and where no alternative exists. It is necessary to ensure that such measures are temporary and cause the minimum of disruption to the operation of the internal market. |
(10) |
If Union surveillance is applied, release for free circulation of the products concerned should be made subject to presentation of a surveillance document meeting uniform criteria. That document should, on simple application by the importer, be issued by the authorities of the Member States within a certain period but without the importer thereby acquiring any right to import. The surveillance document should therefore be valid only during such period as the import rules remain unchanged. |
(11) |
In the interests of good administrative management and in order to assist Union operators, the content and layout of the surveillance document should be aligned as far as possible with the common import licence forms provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 738/94 (5), Commission Regulation (EC) No 3168/94 (6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 3169/94 (7), bearing in mind the technical characteristics of the surveillance document. |
(12) |
It is in the interests of the Union that the Member States and the Commission should make as full as possible an exchange of information resulting from Union surveillance. |
(13) |
It is necessary to adopt precise criteria for assessing possible injury and to introduce an... |
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