17. Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic [COM(2013)0195 - C7-0102/2013- 2013/0105(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A7-0256/2014)

Jörg Leichtfried introduced the report.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Mathieu Grosch, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Philippe De Backer, Phil Bennion, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Jacqueline Foster and Peter van Dalen, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch and Ismail Ertug.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Peter van Dalen, to put a blue-card question Ismail Ertug, who replied, Philippe De Backer, Jacqueline Foster, Hubert Pirker and Oldřich Vlasák.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Bendt Bendtsen, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Gesine Meissner, Michael Cramer and Miroslav Mikolášik.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas and Jörg Leichtfried.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.4.2014, item 8.13.