REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border payments in the Union (codification)
16.6.2021 - (COM(2020)0323 – C9‑0204/2020 – 2020/0145(COD)) - ***I
Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Karen Melchior
(Codification – Rule 109 of the Rules of Procedure)
DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border payments in the Union (codification)
(COM(2020)0323 – C9‑0204/2020 – 2020/0145(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure – codification)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)323),
– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0204/2020),
– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank of 25 January 2021[1],
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 3 December 2020[2],
– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 – Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts[3],
– having regard to Rules 109 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0202/2021),
A. whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance;
1. Adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
ANNEX: OPINION OF THE CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY OF THE LEGAL SERVICES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION
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CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY OF THE LEGAL SERVICES |
Brussels, 8 March 2021
OPINION
FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
THE COUNCIL
THE COMMISSION
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border payments in the Union (codification)
COM(2020)0323 final of 17.7.2020 – 2020/0145(COD)
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 on an accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts, and in particular to point 4 thereof, the Consultative Working Party consisting of the respective legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission met on 5 November 2020 for the purpose of examining the aforementioned proposal submitted by the Commission.
At that meeting[4], an examination of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council codifying Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on cross-border payments in the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 resulted in the Consultative Working Party’s establishing, by common accord, that in point 5 of Article 2 the indication ‘points (4) to (23)' should be adapted so as to read ‘points (2) to (23)'.
In consequence, examination of the proposal has enabled the Consultative Working Party to conclude, without dissent, that the proposal is a straightforward codification of existing texts, without any change in their substance.
F. DREXLER T. BLANCHET D. CALLEJA CRESPO
Jurisconsult Jurisconsult Director-General
PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
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Cross-border payments in the Union (codification) |
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References |
COM(2020)0323 – C9-0204/2020 – 2020/0145(COD) |
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Date submitted to Parliament |
17.7.2020 |
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Committee responsible Date announced in plenary |
JURI 23.7.2020 |
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Rapporteurs Date appointed |
Karen Melchior 11.1.2021 |
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Previous rapporteurs |
Magdalena Adamowicz |
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Date adopted |
14.6.2021 |
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Result of final vote |
+: –: 0: |
18 0 0 |
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Members present for the final vote |
Pascal Arimont, Gunnar Beck, Geoffroy Didier, Pascal Durand, Ibán García Del Blanco, Jean-Paul Garraud, Esteban González Pons, Gilles Lebreton, Karen Melchior, Jiří Pospíšil, Franco Roberti, Stéphane Séjourné, Raffaele Stancanelli, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Axel Voss, Marion Walsmann, Tiemo Wölken, Lara Wolters |
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Substitutes present for the final vote |
Brando Benifei, Patrick Breyer, Evelyne Gebhardt, Andrzej Halicki, Emmanuel Maurel, Angelika Niebler, Luisa Regimenti, Yana Toom |
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Date tabled |
16.6.2021 |
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FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
18 |
+ |
PPE |
Pascal Arimont, Esteban González Pons, Jiří Pospíšil, Axel Voss, Marion Walsmann |
S&D |
Brando Benifei, Ibán García Del Blanco, Franco Roberti, Tiemo Wölken, Lara Wolters |
Renew |
Pascal Durand, Karen Melchior, Stéphane Séjourné, Adrián Vázquez Lázara |
ID |
Jean-Paul Garraud |
Verts/ALE |
Patrick Breyer |
ECR |
Raffaele Stancanelli |
The Left |
Emmanuel Maurel |
0 |
- |
0 |
0 |
Key to symbols:
+ : in favour
- : against
0 : abstention