MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 20 February 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 as regards the obligation to present a licence for imports of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

7.5.2015 - (C(2015)00861 – 2015/2580(DEA))

pursuant to Rule 105(3) of the Rules of Procedure

Michel Dantin, Eric Andrieu, José Bové, Martin Häusling on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

B8‑0440/2015

European Parliament resolution on the Commission delegated regulation of 20 February 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 as regards the obligation to present a licence for imports of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2336/2003 introducing certain detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 670/2003 laying down specific measures concerning the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

(C(2015)00861 – 2015/2580(DEA))

The European Parliament,

–       having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2015)00861),

–       having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–       having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007[1], and in particular Articles 177(1)(a), 223(2) and 227 thereof,

–       having regard to the motion for a resolution by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,

–       having regard to Rule 105(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.     whereas the following-up of data relating to ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin ensures both transparency and knowledge as regards the evolution of the market, which is still unstable and which faces strong competition, in particular on account of importation from third countries;

B.     whereas such information is also extremely useful when it comes to international agreement negotiations and anti-dumping investigations;

C.     whereas Eurostat does not provide such precise information, meaning that there is no alternative way for operators, Member States and EU institutions to be fully aware of the situation of the market;

1.      Objects to the Commission delegated regulation;

2.      Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and to notify it that the delegated regulation cannot enter into force;

3.      Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

• [1]  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.