RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities

13.11.2007 - (10076/6/2007 – C6‑0352/2007 – 2005/0260(COD)) - ***II

Committee on Culture and Education
Rapporteur: Ruth Hieronymi

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities

(10076/6/2007 – C6‑0352/2007 – 2005/0260(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Council common position (10076/6/2007 – C6‑0352/2007),

–   having regard to its position at first reading[1] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)0646),

–   having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2007)0170),

–   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 Culture and Education (A6‑0442/2007),

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 the Commission.

• [1]  Texts adopted, 13.12.2006, T6-0559/2006.

PROCEDURE

Title	Coordination of certain of the Member States’ provisions on television broadcasting
References	10076/6/2007 - C6-0352/2007 - 2005/0260(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number	13.12.2006                     T6-0559/2006
Commission proposal	COM(2005)0646 - C6-0443/2005
Amended Commission proposal	COM(2007)0170
Date receipt of common position announced in plenary	25.10.2007
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	CULT 25.10.2007
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Ruth Hieronymi 23.1.2006
Date adopted	12.11.2007
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	25 2 1
Members present for the final vote	Katerina Batzeli, Ivo Belet, Giovanni Berlinguer, Marie-Hélène Descamps, Jolanta Dičkutė, Věra Flasarová, Milan Gaľa, Ovidiu Victor Ganţ, Claire Gibault, Vasco Graça Moura, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Luis Herrero-Tejedor, Ruth Hieronymi, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Manolis Mavrommatis, Marianne Mikko, Ljudmila Novak, Doris Pack, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Christa Prets, Pál Schmitt, Gheorghe Vergil Şerbu, Hannu Takkula, Helga Trüpel, Henri Weber, Tomáš Zatloukal
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Den Dover, Raimon Obiols i Germà, Ewa Tomaszewska, Cornelis Visser