in force 2018-06-08 INSERTED+1,828 −0§
Amended by Regulation (EU) 2018/825 32018R0825
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A new Article 32a titled 'Report' has been added, requiring the Commission to present an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application and implementation of the Regulation, covering matters such as provisional and definitive measures, terminated investigations, undertakings, reviews, distortions, verification visits, monitoring bodies, third-country trade defence activity, appeals, the Hearing Officer and SME Helpdesk activities, and how social and environmental standards have been considered.
The new article also requires the Commission to submit a periodic review of the application of specified subparagraphs of Articles 12(1), 13(1) and 15(1) to the European Parliament and the Council, with an evaluation and the possibility of an accompanying legislative proposal.
Cited: Art. 32a, v2
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inserted text (02016R1037-20180608)
Article 32a Report 1. The Commission shall, with due regard to the protection of confidential information within the meaning of Article 29, present an annual report on the application and implementation of this Regulation to the European Parliament and to the Council. That report shall include information about the application of provisional and definitive measures, the termination of investigations without measures, undertakings, reinvestigations, reviews, significant distortions and verification visits, and the activities of the various bodies responsible for monitoring the implementation of this Regulation and fulfilment of the obligations arising therefrom. The report shall also cover the use of trade defence instruments by third countries targeting the Union and appeals against the measures imposed. It shall include the activities of the Hearing Officer of the Commission’s Directorate General for Trade and those of the SME Helpdesk in relation to the application of this Regulation. The Report shall also include how social and environmental standards have been considered and taken into account in the investigations. Such standards shall cover those embodied in multilateral environmental agreements to which the Union is party and in ILO Conventions listed in Annex Ia to this Regulation, as well as equivalent national legislation of the exporting country. 2. By 9 June 2023 and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall submit, to the European Parliament and to the Council, a review of the application of the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 12(1), the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 13(1), and of the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 15(1), including an evaluation of this application. Such a review may, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.