RAPPORT dwar il-proposta għal direttiva tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill dwar regoli u standards ta' sikurezza għall-vapuri tal-passiġġieri (imfassla mill-ġdid)

8.7.2008 - (COM(2007)0737 – C6‑0442/2007 – 2007/0257(COD)) - ***I

Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali
Rapporteur: József Szájer
(Imfassla mill-ġdid - Regola 80a tar-Regoli ta' Proċedura)

ABBOZZ TA' RIŻOLUZZJONI LEĠIŻLATTIVA TAL-PARLAMENT EWROPEW

dwar il-proposta għal direttiva tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill dwar regoli u standards ta' sikurezza għall-vapuri tal-passiġġieri (imfassla mill-ġdid)

(COM(2007)0737 – C6 0442/2007 – 2007/0257(COD))

(Proċedura ta’ kodeċiżjoni - imfassla mill-ġdid)

Il-Parlament Ewropew,

–   wara li kkunsidra l-proposta tal-Kummissjoni lill-Parlament Ewropew u lill-Kunsill (COM(2007)0737),

–   wara li kkunsidra l-Artikolu 251(2) u l-Artikolu 80(2) tat-Trattat KE, skond liema Artikoli l-Kummissjoni ppreżentat il-prosposta lill-Parlament (C6-0442/2007),

–   wara li kkunsidra l-Ftehima Interistituzzjonali tat-28 ta' Novembru 2001 dwar l-użu aktar strutturat tat-teknika ta' tfassil mill-ġdid għall-atti legali[1],

–   wara li kkunsidra r-Regoli 80a u 51 tar-Regoli ta' Proċedura,

–   wara li kkunsidra r-rapport tal-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali u l-opinjoni tal-Kumitat għat-Trasport u t-Turiżmu (A6-0300/2008),

A. billi, skond il-Grupp ta' Ħidma Konsultattiv tas-Servizzi Legali tal-Parlament Ewropew, il-Kunsill u l-Kummissjoni, il-proposta kkonċernata ma tinkludix emendi sostanzjali ħlief dawk identifikati bħala tali fil-proposta u billi, fir-rigward tal-kodifikazzjoni tad-dispożizzjonijiet li ma nbidlux ta' l-atti preċedenti flimkien ma' dawk l-emendi, il-proposta fiha kodifikazzjoni sempliċi tat-testi eżistenti, bla ebda tibdil fis-sustanza tagħhom,

1.  Japprova l-proposta tal-Kummissjoni kif adattata skond ir-rakkomandazzjonijiet tal-Grupp ta' Ħidma Konsultattiv tas-Servizzi Legali tal-Parlament Ewropew, il-Kunsill u l-Kummissjoni;

2.  Jistieden lill-Kummissjoni biex terġa' tirreferi l-kwistjoni lill-Parlament jekk ikollha l-ħsieb li temenda l-proposta b'mod sostanzjali jew li tibdilha b'test ġdid;

3.  Jagħti istruzzjonijiet lill-President tiegħu sabiex jgħaddi l-pożizzjoni tal-Parlament lill-Kunsill u l-Kummissjoni.

• [1]  ĠU C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.

NOTA SPJEGATTIVA

Id-Deċiżjoni tal-Kunsill 1999/468/KE tat-28 ta’ Ġunju 1999 li tistabbilixxi l-proċeduri għall-eżerċizzju ta’ setgħat implimentattivi mogħtija lill-Kummissjoni[1] kienet emendata bid-Deċiżjoni tal-Kunsill 2006/512/KE tas-17 ta’ Lulju 2006[2]. L-Artikolu 5a tad-Deċiżjoni 1999/468/KE emendata introduċa l-‘proċedura regolatorja bi skrutinju’ (RPS) ġdida għal ‘miżuri ta’ skop ġenerali li jfittxu li jemendaw elementi mhux essenzjali ta’ strument bażiku adottat bi qbil ma’ kodeċiżjoni, inter alia bit-tħassir ta’ xi wħud minn dawk l-elementi jew bis-suppliment ta’ l-istrument bl-addizzjoni ta’ elementi ġodda mhux essenzjali’.

Wara l-iskrinjar tal-leġiżlazzjoni u l-proċeduri attwali[3], il-Kummissjoni Ewropea preżentat inter alia l-proposta mfassla mill-ġdid, trasformata minn kodifikazzjoni biex tinkorpora l-emendi meħtieġa għall-konformità ma’ l-RPS.

Fid-deċiżjoni tat-12 ta’ Diċembru 2007 il-Konferenza tal-Presidenti ħatret lill-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali bħala l-Kumitat prinċipali biex jindirizza din il-‘konformità ta’ komitoloġija’ u l-kumitati speċjalizzati bħala kumitati li jipprovdu opinjoni. Il-Konferenza tal-Kumitat tal-Presidenti laħqet qbil fil-15 ta’ Jannar 2008 dwar il-modalitajiet ta’ koperazzjoni bejn il-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali u l-kumitati l-oħrajn involuti.

Wara li kkonsulta l-kumitati settorjali responsabbli għal dan il-fajl, il-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali aċċetta l-konformità ma' l-RPS kif proposta u ma jipproponix xi emenda, minbarra l-adattamenti tekniċi suġġeriti mill-Grupp ta' Ħidma Konsultattiv tas-Servizzi Legali.

• [1]  ĠU C 203, 17.7.1999, p. 1.
• [2]  ĠU L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11.
• [3]  COM(2007)0740.

ITTRA TAL-KUMITAT GĦAT-TRASPORT U T-TURIŻMU

Is-Sur Giuseppe GARGANI                                                                      TRAN/D/2008/33528

Chairman tal-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali

ASP 09E206

Brussell

Suġġett:         Proposta għal direttiva tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill dwar regoli u standards ta’ sikurezza għal vapuri tal-passiġġieri (Imfassla mill-ġdid) - (COM(2007)0737 - 2007/0257 (COD))

Għażiż Sur GARGANI,

Il-Kumitat għat-Trasport u t-Turiżmu fil-laqgħa tiegħu tad-29 ta’ Mejju 2008 eżamina l-proposta msemmija hawn fuq, skond id-deċiżjoni tal-Konferenza tal-Presidenti (CoP) tat-12 ta’ Diċembru 2007 biex il-Kumitat għall-Affarijiet Legali jinħatar bħala l-Kumitat ewlieni biex jindirizza r-reviżjoni ta’ miżuri leġiżlattivi attwali biex ikunu adattati għall-proċedura regolatorja bi skrutinju ġdida u biex jiżgura li l-kumitati speċjalizzati huma assoċjati b’opinjonijiet.

Il-Kumitat għat-Trasport u t-Turiżmu jirrakkomanda b’mod unanimu lill-kumitat tiegħek, bħala l-kumitat responsabbli, biex jaċċetta l-konformità mingħajr modifiki (emendi) kif propost fl-anness.

Dejjem tiegħek,

Paolo Costa

Anness: Lista

Cc:      Is-Sur Jarzembowski, rapporteur ta’ l-opinjoni TRAN

           Is-Sur Szájer, rapporteur JURI

ANNESS

Observations of JURI Committee on the COM proposal	Proposed European Parliament position
partial alignment to RPS, with the regulatory procedure maintained for Articles 6(3)(d), 9(4) and 9(5)(c).	OK Clarification: Adaptations of the annexes are with RPS (art. 10). The regulatory procedure is maintained for measures that are not of general scope, because they are taken with respect to only one or more Member states (art. 6(3) and 9 (4) and (5)).

ANNEX: OPINION IN LETTER FORM OF THE LEGAL SERVICES' CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY

OPINION

FOR THE ATTENTION OF           THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

                                                       THE COUNCIL

                                                       THE COMMISSION

Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (recast)

COM(2007)0737 of 29.11.2007 - 2007/0257 (COD)

Having regard to the Inter-institutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts, and in particular to point 9 thereof, the Consultative Working Party consisting of the respective legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission met on 12 December 2007 for the purpose of examining, among others, the aforementioned proposal submitted by the Commission.

At that meeting[1], an examination of the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council recasting Council Directive 98/18/EC of 17 March 1998 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships resulted in the Consultative Working Party’s establishing, by common accord, as follows.

1) In Article 6(1)(c), second sentence, the final wording "Solas regulation V/12(r)" appearing in the original text of Directive 98/18/EC as published in the Official Journal should be reinstated in the place of the adapted wording "Regulation 12, Chapter V of the 1974 SOLAS Convention" appearing in the text of the recast proposal.

2) In Annex I, Chapter II-2, Part B, point 16, the wording ".1 Not later than 1 October 2000:", appearing in the original text of Directive 2002/25/EC as published in the Official Journal, should be re-introduced immediately after the initial wording "In addition to the requirements for existing class B ships in this Chapter II-2, existing class B ships carrying more than 36 passengers shall comply with the following requirements:". After point .3.10, the wording ".2 Not later than 1 October 2003:", also appearing in the original text of Directive 2002/25/EC as published in the Official Journal, should equally be re-introduced.

In consequence, examination of the proposal has enabled the Consultative Working Party to conclude, without dissent, that the proposal does not comprise any substantive amendments other than those identified as such therein or in the present opinion. The Working Party also concluded, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier act with those substantive amendments, that the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing text, without any change in its substance.

C. PENNERA                                  J.-C. PIRIS                                      M. PETITE

Jurisconsult                                       Jurisconsult                                       Director General

PROĊEDURA

Titolu	Ir-regoli u n-normi ta’ sigurtà għal vapuri tal-passiġġieri (Riformulazzjoni)
Referenzi	COM(2007)0737 – C6-0442/2007 – 2007/0257(COD)
Data meta ġiet ippreżentata lill-PE	29.11.2007
Kumitat responsabbli        Data tat-tħabbir fis-seduta plenarja	JURI 19.2.2008
Kumitat(i) mitlub(a) jagħti/u opinjoni        Data tat-tħabbir fis-seduta plenarja	TRAN 19.2.2008
Opinjoni mhux mogħtija        Data tad-deċiżjoni	TRAN 18.12.2007
Rapporteur(s)        Data tal-ħatra	József Szájer 19.12.2007
Data ta’ l-adozzjoni	26.6.2008
Riżultat tal-vot finali	+: –: 0:	24 0 0
Membri preżenti għall-vot finali	Carlo Casini, Titus Corlăţean, Bert Doorn, Monica Frassoni, Giuseppe Gargani, Neena Gill, Othmar Karas, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Hans-Peter Mayer, Manuel Medina Ortega, Hartmut Nassauer, Aloyzas Sakalas, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Diana Wallis, Rainer Wieland, Jaroslav Zvěřina, Tadeusz Zwiefka
Sostitut(i) preżenti għall-vot finali	Sharon Bowles, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Eva Lichtenberger, József Szájer, Ieke van den Burg
Data tat-tressiq	8.7.2008

• [1]  The Consultative Working Party had at its disposal the English, French and German language versions of the proposal and worked on the basis of the English version, being the master-copy language version of the text under discussion.