Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 December 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (COM(2008)0017 — C6-0041/2008 — 2008/0014(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2008)0014 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Decision No .../2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020
Date: 2008-12-17
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Regional Development, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU environmental policy, climate change, codecision procedure, developing countries, drafting of EU law, greenhouse gas, international agreement, reduction of gas emissions, resolution of parliament, sustainable development, tradeable emission permit








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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 45/135





Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ***I
P6_TA(2008)0611
European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 December 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (COM(2008)0017 — C6-0041/2008 — 2008/0014(COD))
(2010/C 45 E/43)
(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0017),










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having regard to Articles 251(2) and 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0041/2008),










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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinions of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0411/2008),




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 Commission.


P6_TC1-COD(2008)0014

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 December 2008 with a view to the adoption of Decision No …/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020


(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision No 406/2009/EC.)