Recitals
- Recital (1)The EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement (the EMPA) and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement (the ITA) grant to products originating in or…
- Recital (2)The EMPA and the ITA aim to protect Union producers of sensitive products in the agriculture sector by limiting preferences to tariff rate…
- Recital (3)The Union maintains its right to take global safeguard measures in accordance with the WTO Agreement on Safeguards and the EMPA and the ITA.
- Recital (4)The Union is determined to make swift and effective use of the bilateral safeguard clauses to counteract possible negative impacts of the…
- Recital (5)It is necessary to lay down procedures to guarantee the effective implementation of the bilateral safeguard clauses for agricultural…
- Recital (6)A delay in applying justified safeguard measures could lead to injury to Union farmers in one or more Member States that could be difficult…
- Recital (7)It is therefore appropriate to lay down specific procedures in line with the Agreements to guarantee a timely implementation of the…
- Recital (8)Safeguard measures are only to be considered where the product in question is imported into the Union in such increased quantities, in…
- Recital (9)The follow-up to and review of the EMPA and the ITA, the conduct of investigations and, where appropriate, the imposition of safeguard…
- Recital (10)Member States should inform the Commission of any trends in imports which might call for the imposition of safeguard measures.
- Recital (11)The reliability of statistics relating to all imports from the countries concerned to the Union is crucial when determining whether the…
- Recital (12)The close monitoring of any sensitive products should facilitate timely decisions concerning the possible initiation of investigations and…
- Recital (13)It is also necessary to set time limits for the initiation of investigations and for determinations as to whether safeguard measures are…
- Recital (14)In critical circumstances, the Commission should swiftly impose provisional safeguard measures.
- Recital (15)Safeguard measures should be applied only to the extent, and for such time as, necessary to prevent serious injury and to facilitate…
- Recital (16)In order to amend the Annex to this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the…
- Recital (17)The implementation of the bilateral safeguard clauses and the putting in place of transparent criteria for the temporary suspension of…
- Recital (18)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.…
- Recital (19)The advisory procedure should be used for the adoption of prior surveillance measures and provisional safeguard measures, given the effects…
- Recital (20)The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where imperative grounds of urgency so require if, in duly justified…
- Recital (21)Provision should be made for the treatment of confidential information so that business secrets are not disclosed.
- Recital (22)The Commission should submit an annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of the safeguard measures,
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