European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) (PE-CONS 3638/2004 — C5-0153/2004 — 2002/0022(COD))
Date: 2004-04-22
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Community certification, charges for use of infrastructure, common transport policy, rail transport, trade licence, transport company, transport infrastructure, transport safety

C 104 E/948

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

30.4.2004

Thursday 22 April 2004

1.

Approves the joint text;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

P5_TA(2004)0356

Railway safety ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Commit-
tee for a European Parliament and Council directive on safety on the Community’s railways and
amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/
14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of
railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) (PE-CONS 3638/2004 (cid:1)
C5-0153/2004 (cid:1) 2002/0022(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

(cid:1) having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3638/2004 (cid:1)

C5-0153/2004),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the

Council (COM(2002) 21) (2),

(cid:1) having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

(cid:1) having regard to the Commission’s opinion on Parliament’s amendments to the common position

(COM(2003) 719 (cid:1) C5-0586/2003) (5),

(cid:1) having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

(cid:1) having regard to Rule 83 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:1) having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A5-0245/2004),

1.

Approves the joint text;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

Instructs its Secretary-General duly to sign the act and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of

3.
the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 38 E, 12.2.2004, p. 92.
(2) OJ C 126 E, 28.5.2002, p. 332.
(3) Texts Adopted, 23.10.2003, P5_TA(2003)0454.
(4) OJ C 270 E, 11.11.2003, p. 25.
(5) Not yet published in the OJ.