15-06-2015 00:00
Roundtable discussion on officially supported export credits
EU Member States have export-credit programmes in place to facilitate the financing of exports to high-risk markets. These programmes not only constitute an important instrument to enhance trade and business opportunities for European companies but have also an impact on the EU's external policies in general.
As part of its control function, the INTA Committee has been following 'officially supported export credits' programmes in EU Member States very closely on the basis of the Commission's annual reports on the use of export-credit schemes in Member States.
Back in 2012 Parliament adopted a resolution that noted the necessity of complying with the Union's general provisions on external action and of ensuring coherence with other policy areas, in particular the fight against climate change.
There have been some modifications to the OECD 'Arrangement' over the last year. And the Commission informed Parliament that a delegated act on export credits is foreseen in the second half of 2015.
The roundtable discussion in INTA gave the opportunity to listen to the high-level experts who presented their views on export-credit programmes from various perspectives.