# C_2021323EN.01002901.xml

| 11.8.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 323/29 |
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11.8.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 323/29

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P9_TA(2020)0066

International road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Germany and Switzerland ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 May 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Germany to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries (COM(2019)0221 — C9-0001/2019 — 2019/0107(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2021/C 323/14)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2019)0221), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2019)0221),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 2(1) and 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0001/2019), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 2(1) and 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0001/2019),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis, |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

| — | having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 September 2019 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 25 September 2019 (1),

| — | after consulting the Committee of the Regions, |
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after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

| — | having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A9-0006/2020), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A9-0006/2020),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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| 2. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; |
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| 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 14, 15.1.2020, p. 118.

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P9_TC1-COD(2019)0107

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 May 2020 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2020/... of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Germany to amend its bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision (EU) 2020/853.)

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