RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95

11.3.2009 - (15248/2/2008 – C6-0065/2009 – 2007/0233(COD)) - ***II

Committee on International Trade
Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95

(15248/2/2008 – C6-0065/2009 – 2007/0233(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Council common position (15248/2/2008 – C6-0065/2009),

–   having regard to its position at first reading[1] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0653),

–   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 International Trade (A6‑0126/2009),

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, P6_TA(2008)0414.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Following the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 September 2008, a political agreement was reached by COREPER I on a compromise text on 15 October 2008.

On the basis of this text and following consultations with the political groups represented on the Committee, the Chair of the Committee on International Trade wrote to the Chair of COREPER I on 11 November 2008 to take note of the changes proposed by the Council and accept the compromise text taken as a whole.

Given that the Common Position adopted by the Council on 16 February 2009 is wholly in accordance with the above political compromise agreement, your rapporteur recommends that the Common Position be adopted without amendment at the Second Reading by the European Parliament.

PROCEDURE

Title	Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries
References	15248/2/2008 – C6-0065/2009 – 2007/0233(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number	23.9.2008                     T6-0414/2008
Commission proposal	COM(2007)0653 - C6-0395/2007
Date receipt of common position announced in plenary	19.2.2009
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	INTA 19.2.2009
Rapporteur(s)        Date appointed	Helmuth Markov 21.11.2007
Discussed in committee	24.2.2009
Date adopted	5.3.2009
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	10 0 0
Members present for the final vote	Françoise Castex, Glyn Ford, Jacky Hénin, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Erika Mann, David Martin, Georgios Papastamkos, Peter Šťastný, Gianluca Susta
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Ole Christensen, Sajjad Karim, Zbigniew Zaleski
Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote	André Brie