11. Negotiations before the first reading in Parliament (Rule 69(c))

The President announced the decisions by several committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 69c (1):

—   TRAN Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on safeguarding competition in air transport, repealing Regulation (EC) No 868/2004 (COM(2017)0289 – C8-0183/2017 – 2017/0116(COD)). Rapporteur: Markus Pieper (A8-0125/2018);

—   ITRE Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (COM(2017)0660 – C8-0394/2018 – 2017/0294(COD)). Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A8-0143/2018);

—   ITRE Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 and repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (COM(2017)0114 – C8-0099/2017 – 2017/0048(COD)). Rapporteur: Janusz Lewandowski (A8-0094/2018);

—   EMPL Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (COM(2017)0011 – C8-0010/2017 – 2017/0004(COD)). Rapporteur: Claude Rolin (A8-0142/2018).

In accordance with Rule 69c (2), Members or political group(s) reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing, before midnight on Tuesday 17 avril 2018, that decisions to enter into negotiations be put to the vote.

Negotiations may start at any time after that deadline has expired if no request for a vote in Parliament on the decision to enter into negotiations has been made.