o prijedlogu Odluke Vijeća o porezu AIEM primjenjivom na Kanarskim otocima

(COM(2014)0171 – C7‑0106/2014 – 2014/0093(CNS))

(Posebni zakonodavni postupak – savjetovanje)

Europski parlament,

–       uzimajući u obzir prijedlog koji je Komisija uputila Vijeću (COM(2014)0171),

–       uzimajući u obzir članak 349 Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije, na temelju kojeg se Vijeće savjetovalo s Parlamentom (C7‑0106/2014),

–       uzimajući u obzir članak 55. i članak 46. stavak 1.Poslovnika,

–       uzimajući u obzir izvješće Odbora za regionalni razvoj (A7‑0263/2014),

1.      prihvaća prijedlog Komisije;

2.      poziva Vijeće da ga obavijesti ako namjerava odstupiti od teksta koji je Parlament prihvatio;

3.      traži od Vijeća da se s njim ponovno savjetuje ako namjerava bitno izmijeniti tekst koji je Parlament prihvatio;

4.      nalaže svojem predsjedniku da stajalište Parlamenta proslijedi Vijeću, Komisiji i nacionalnim parlamentima.

According to the Commission proposal explanatory memorandum, Council Decision 2002/546/EC of 20 June 2002, adopted on the basis of Article 299(2) of the EC Treaty (now Article 349 TFEU), authorises Spain, up to 30 June 2014, to apply exemptions from or reductions in the ‘Arbitrio sobre Importaciones y Entregas de Mercancías en las Islas Canarias’ (hereinafter ‘AIEM’) to a number of products produced locally in the Canary Islands, in order to enhance competiveness and to compensate for the additional costs of production due to isolation, raw material and energy dependence, the obligation to build up stocks, the small size of the local market and the low level of export activity.

On 4 March 2013, Spain has requested the Commission to prepare a Council Decision authorising Spain to apply exemptions from or reductions in the AIEM to certain products produced locally in the Canary Islands for the period 2014-2020, modifying the list of products and the maximum rates applicable to some of them. On the basis of the information gathered, the Commission found that the special characteristics of the Canary Islands restrain their development and are responsible for additional costs for the operators situated there, and that it is justified to maintain the exemption of the AIEM to a list of locally produced industrial products, considering that this measure is necessary and proportionate and does not undermine the integrity and the coherence of the Union legal order.

Given that this measure is intended at continuing to stimulate economic activity and competitiveness in an outermost region, without distorting the legal order of the Union, the Chair proposes that this proposal be adopted without amendment, in accordance with Rule 46 of the Rules of Procedure.