Decision 2020/1793 - Amendment of the period of application of Decision No 940/2014/EU concerning the dock dues in the French outermost regions

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
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Current status

This decision has been published on December  1, 2020, entered into force on January  1, 2021 and should have been implemented in national regulation on November 19, 2020 at the latest.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2020/1793 of 16 November 2020 amending the period of application of Decision No 940/2014/EU concerning the dock dues in the French outermost regions
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2020/1793
Original proposal COM(2020)371 EN
CELEX number i 32020D1793

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Key dates

Document 16-11-2020; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 01-12-2020; OJ L 402 p. 21-22
Effect 19-11-2020; Takes effect Date notif.
01-01-2021; Application See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999
Notification 19-11-2020

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Legislative text

1.12.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 402/21
 

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/1793

of 16 November 2020

amending the period of application of Decision No 940/2014/EU concerning the dock dues in the French outermost regions

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 349 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 Parliament (1),

Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Council Decision No 940/2014/EU (2) authorises the French authorities to apply exemptions or reductions to dock dues in the French outermost regions for products listed in the Annex to that Decision that are produced locally in those outermost regions. The maximum authorised tax differential is 10, 20 or 30 percentage points, depending on the products and the overseas department in question. Decision No 940/2014/EU applies until 31 December 2020.
 

(2)

France is of the view that the competitive disadvantages suffered by the French outermost regions persist, and has submitted a request to the Commission for a system of differentiated taxation similar to the current system to be maintained beyond 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2027.
 

(3)

However, analysing the lists of the products to which France wishes to apply differentiated taxation is a lengthy process that requires the verification of the reasons for the differentiated taxation and its proportionality for each product, so as to ensure that the differentiated taxation does not undermine the integrity and coherence of the Union legal order, including the integrity and coherence of the internal market and common policies.
 

(4)

The crisis caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic has seriously delayed the work carried out by the French authorities to collect all the information necessary for that verification. Consequently, that work has not yet been completed.
 

(5)

The failure to adopt a proposal before 1 January 2021 might create a legal vacuum, as it would rule out the application of any differentiated taxation in the French outermost regions after 1 January 2021.
 

(6)

An additional period of six months is therefore required to make it possible to complete the verification work under way and to give the Commission time to present a balanced proposal that takes account of the various interests at stake.
 

(7)

Decision No 940/2014/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 1(1) of Decision No 940/2014/EU the date ‘31 December 2020’ is replaced by ‘30 June 2021’.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2021.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 16 November 2020.

For the Council

The President

  • M. 
    ROTH
 
  • (1) 
    Opinion of 6 October 2020 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
  • (2) 
    Council Decision No 940/2014/EU of 17 December 2014 concerning the dock dues in the French outermost regions (OJ L 367, 23.12.2014, p. 1).
 

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Original proposal

 

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