European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 June 2008 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part Three (COM(2007)0822 – C6-0474/2007 – 2007/0282(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0822),
– having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 61(c), Article 63, first paragraph, point 1(a), and Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0474/2007),
– having regard to the undertakings given by the Council representative by letter of 28 May 2008 to adopt the proposal without amendments, in accordance with Article 251(2), second subparagraph, second indent of the EC Treaty,
– having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0086/2008),
1. Approves the Commission proposal;
2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.