European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 July 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 78/855/EEC concerning mergers of public limited liability companies and Council Directive 82/891/EEC concerning the division of public limited companies as regards the requirement for an independent expert's report on the occasion of a merger or a division (COM(2007)0091 - C6-0082/2007 - 2007/0035(COD))
Date: 2007-07-11
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: company law, consumer protection, demerger, free movement of goods, marketing, merger, public limited company, simplification of legislation, technical regulations

C 175 E/350

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

10.7.2008

Wednesday 11 July 2007

P6_TA(2007)0329

Mergers and division of public limited companies ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 July 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 78/855/EEC concerning mer-
gers of public limited liability companies and Council Directive 82/891/EEC concerning the division
of public limited companies as regards the requirement for an independent expert's report on the
occasion of a merger or a division (COM(2007)0091 — C6-0082/2007 — 2007/0035(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2007)0091) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 44(2)(g) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commis-

sion submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0082/2007),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0252/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2007)0035

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 July 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council
Directives 78/855/EEC and 82/891/EEC as regards the requirement of an independent expert's
report on the occasion of merger or division of public limited liability companies

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corre-
sponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2007/63/EC.)

P6_TA(2007)0330

Specific Programme ‘Civil Justice’ (2007-2013) ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 July 2007 on the Council common position for
adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period
2007-2013 the Specific Programme ‘Civil Justice’ as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental
Rights and Justice’ (8699/2/2007 — C6-0179/2007 — 2005/0040(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Council common position (8699/2/2007 — C6-0179/2007),

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

Council (COM(2005)0122) (1),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.