RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies

29.9.2016 - (09389/1/2016 – C8‑0360/2016 – 2012/0340(COD)) - ***II

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Dita Charanzová

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies

(09389/1/2016 – C8‑0360/2016 – 2012/0340(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Council position at first reading (09389/1/2016 – C8‑0360/2016),

–  having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 22 May 2013[1],

–  having regard to its position at first reading[2] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0721),

–  having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–  having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A8-0269/2016),

1.  Approves the Council position at first reading;

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

3.  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;

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 arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

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

• [1]  OJ C 271, 19.9.2013, p. 116.
• [2]  Texts adopted of 26.2.2014, P7_TA(2014)0158.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title	Accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites
References	09389/1/2016 – C8-0360/2016 – 2012/0340(COD)
Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number	26.2.2014                     T7-0158/2014
Commission proposal	COM(2012)0721 - C7-0394/2012
Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary	15.9.2016
Committee responsible        Date announced in plenary	IMCO 15.9.2016
Rapporteurs        Date appointed	Dita Charanzová 17.7.2014
Discussed in committee	22.1.2015
Date adopted	26.9.2016
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	28 2 0
Members present for the final vote	Dita Charanzová, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Daniel Dalton, Nicola Danti, Vicky Ford, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Philippe Juvin, Roberta Metsola, Eva Paunova, Virginie Rozière, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schwab, Olga Sehnalová, Igor Šoltes, Ivan Štefanec, Catherine Stihler, Richard Sulík, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Mylène Troszczynski, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Marco Zullo
Substitutes present for the final vote	Birgit Collin-Langen, Julia Reda, Marc Tarabella
Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final vote	Tim Aker, Franc Bogovič, Albert Deß, Sofia Ribeiro
Date tabled	29.9.2016