European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 February 2011 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (PE-CONS 00063/2010 – C7-0015/2011 – 2008/0237(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: third reading)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 00063/2010 – C7-0015/2011),
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 16 July 2009(1),
– having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0817),
– having regard to its position at second reading(3) on the Council position at first reading(4),
– having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the Council position at first reading (COM(2010)0469),
– having regard to the Council position at second reading,
– having regard to Article 294(13) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to Rule 69 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A7-0020/2011),
1. Approves the joint text;
2. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
3. 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 arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;
4. Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.