European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 December 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 – Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny – Part Four (COM(2008)0071 – C6-0065/2008 – 2008/0032(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0071),
– having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 47(2), 55, 71(1), 80(2), 95, 152(4)(a) and (b), 175(1) and 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0065/2008),
– having regard to the undertakings given by the Council representative by letter of 4 December 2008 to adopt the proposal as amended, in accordance with Article 251(2), second sentence, first 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 opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0301/2008),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2009 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 with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny − Part Four
(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No .../2009.)