Regulation (EU) 2020/21312020/0253(COD)COM(2020)496

Elimination of customs duties on certain products

Stage: In force, reached 18 Dec 2020
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Bernd Lange (S&D)
Lead DG: DG TRADE
Commissioner: Valdis Dombrovskis
Last activity: 6 Oct 2021

16 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Feedback on adopted proposal closed: REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the elimination of customs duties on certain products, 3 responses, 6 Oct 2021.

Show the earlier record: 4 dates, 8 Sept 2020 to 23 Nov 2020

8 Sept 2020
- Adoption by Commission
9 Sept 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
17 Sept 2020
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
23 Nov 2020
- Plenary sitting

26 Nov 2020
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
- Plenary sitting
- Debate in plenary
27 Nov 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
1 Dec 2020
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
9 Dec 2020
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
14 Dec 2020
- Plenary sitting
16 Dec 2020
- Signed
18 Dec 2020
- Published in the Official Journal
6 Oct 2021
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the elimination of customs duties on certain products, 3 responses · Commission

7 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Bernd Lange	S&D	DE	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Danilo Oscar Lancini	PfE	IT	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Danuta Maria Hübner	EPP	PL	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Geert Bourgeois	ECR	BE	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Helmut Scholz	The Left	DE	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Liesje Schreinemacher	Renew	NL	INTA
Shadow rapporteur	Reinhard Bütikofer	Greens/EFA	DE	INTA

1 amendment

Amendments

Tabled on 19 Nov 2020. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By article

Article 1 – paragraph 11

8 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0217/2020Parliament
Proposal · COM(2020)0496Parliament
Text adopted · OJ L 071 02.03.2021, p. 0024Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 430 18.12.2020, p. 0001Commission
Report · PE657.423Parliament
Amendments · PE659.027Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2020/2131Commission
Text adopted · T9-0333/2020Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.

Consultation	Feedback deadline	Feedback received
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the elimination of customs duties on certain products	6 Oct 2021	3

Summary

Generated

Regulation (EU) 2020/2131 eliminates Common Customs Tariff duties on goods in listed tariff lines, conditional on US tariff reductions and abstention from new measures. It applied from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2025. The Commission may suspend the elimination if conditions are unmet. The regulation is in force.

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