Insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 April 2009 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (recast) (COM(2008)0119 – C6-0231/2007 – 2007/0143(COD))#P6_TC1-COD(2007)0143 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 22 April 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)
Date: 2009-04-22
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: freedom to provide services, insurance company, insurance law, life assurance, reinsurance, right of establishment








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8.7.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 184/214





Wednesday 22 April 2009Insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) (recast) ***I
P6_TA(2009)0251
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 April 2009 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (recast) (COM(2008)0119 – C6-0231/2007 – 2007/0143(COD))
2010/C 184 E/57
(Codecision procedure - recast)

The European Parliament,
having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0361) and the amended proposal (COM(2008)0119),
having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 47(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0231/2007),
having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (1),
having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 1 April 2009 to adopt the proposal as amended, in accordance with the first indent in the second subparagraph of Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
having regard to Rules 80a and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0413/2008),






A.


whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Proposal in question does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance,










1.


Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and as amended below;










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.






(1)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.


Wednesday 22 April 2009P6_TC1-COD(2007)0143
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 22 April 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2009/138/EC.)