RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market

24.10.2006 - (10003/4/2006 – C6‑0270/2006 – 2004/0001(COD)) - ***II

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market

(10003/4/2006 – C6‑0270/2006 – 2004/0001(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Council common position (10003/4/2006 – C6‑0270/2006),

–   having regard to its position at first reading[1] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)0002)[2],

–   having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0160)[3],

–   having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

–   having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A6‑0375/2006),

1.  Approves the common position;

2.  Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

3.  Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

4.  Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

• [1]  Texts Adopted, 16.2.2006, P6_TA(2006)0061.
• [2]  Not yet published in OJ.
• [3]  Not yet published in OJ.

PROCEDURE

Title	Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market
References	10003/4/2006 – C6-0270/2006 – 2004/0001(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number	16.2.2006	P6_TA(2006)0061
Commission proposal	COM(2004)0002 – C5-0069/2004
Amended Commission proposal	COM(2006)0160
Date receipt of common position announced in plenary	7.9.2006
Committee responsible   Date announced in plenary	IMCO 7.6.2006
Rapporteur(s)   Date appointed	Evelyne Gebhardt 4.9.2006
Previous rapporteur(s)
Discussed in committee	4.9.2006		13.9.2006		4.10.2006	9.10.2006
Date adopted	23.10.2006
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	26 4 6
Members present for the final vote	Mia De Vits, Janelly Fourtou, Evelyne Gebhardt, Małgorzata Handzlik, Malcolm Harbour, Anna Hedh, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Pierre Jonckheer, Alexander Lambsdorff, Kurt Lechner, Arlene McCarthy, Toine Manders, Manuel Medina Ortega, Bill Newton Dunn, Béatrice Patrie, Zita Pleštinská, Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda, Heide Rühle, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Andreas Schwab, Eva-Britt Svensson, József Szájer, Marianne Thyssen, Jacques Toubon, Bernadette Vergnaud, Barbara Weiler
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Maria Badia I Cutchet, André Brie, Ieke van den Burg, Simon Coveney, Donata Gottardi, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Filip Kaczmarek, Guntars Krasts, Joseph Muscat, Horst Posdorf, Anja Weisgerber, Stefano Zappalà
Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote	Robert Goebbels, Anna Ibrisagic, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski
Date tabled	24.10.2006
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