Double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2012 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast) (COM(2011)0566 – C7-0269/2011 – 2011/0243(COD))#P7_TC1-COD(2011)0243 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 May 2012 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast)
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: coastal pollution, man-made disaster, marine pollution, maritime safety, oil pollution, petroleum, prevention of pollution, tanker, technical specification, transport accident








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13.9.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 264/105





Wednesday 23 May 2012Double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers ***I
P7_TA(2012)0215
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2012 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast) (COM(2011)0566 – C7-0269/2011 – 2011/0243(COD))
2013/C 264 E/22
(Ordinary legislative procedure – recast)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0566),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 100(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0269/2011),










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










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 7 December 2011 (1),










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having consulted the Committee of the Regions,










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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (2),










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having regard to the letter of 25 November 2011 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Transport and Tourism in accordance with Rule 87(3) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 4 April 2012 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rules 87 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A7-0034/2012),










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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,










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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;










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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;










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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 43, 15.2.2012, p. 98.

(2)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.


Wednesday 23 May 2012P7_TC1-COD(2011)0243
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 May 2012 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 530/2012).