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It ensures that the EU is able to enforce and exercise its rights under international trade agreements by adopting trade policy measures.
The regulation sets out rules and procedures for the EU to suspend or withdraw its obligations under an international trade agreement in order to:
Action
To safeguard the EU’s interests, the European Commission can adopt implementing acts to adapt its trade policy in response to the actions of the non-EU country concerned. In urgent cases, the Commission can immediately adopt applicable implementing acts. The Commission, assisted by the EU Member States, consults with relevant stakeholders before adopting these acts.
Available trade policy measures
These consist of:
Determining appropriate measures
Trade policy measures are determined based on the following:
Revision of the regulation
Because a current lack of new appointments to the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has meant that the second tier of its dispute settlement mechanism is not able to function, amending Regulation (EU) 2021/167 introduced some changes to Regulation (EU) No 654/2014.
The amending Regulation (EU) 2021/167:
For further information, see:
Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 concerning the exercise of the Union’s rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, pp. 50-58)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/886 of 20 June 2018 on certain commercial policy measures concerning certain products originating in the United States of America and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/724 (OJ L 158, 21.6.2018, pp. 5-18)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/724 of 16 May 2018 on certain commercial policy measures concerning certain products originating in the United States of America (OJ L 122, 17.5.2018, pp. 14-28)
See consolidated version.
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — Initial Review of the scope of the Enforcement Regulation (COM(2017) 373 final, 11.7.2017)
Regulation (EU) 2015/1843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 laying down Union procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Union’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (codification) (OJ L 272, 16.10.2015, pp. 1-13)
Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, pp. 1-101)
See consolidated version.
last update 26.03.2021