European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 December 2016 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure (11199/1/2016 – C8-0426/2016 — 2013/0029(COD))
Date: 2016-12-14
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Regional Development, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: carriage of passengers, free competition, liberalisation of the market, national transport, provision of services, rail transport, services contract, transport infrastructure








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6.7.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 238/406





P8_TA(2016)0498
Single European railway area ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 December 2016 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure (11199/1/2016 – C8-0426/2016 — 2013/0029(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(2018/C 238/28)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Council position at first reading (11199/1/2016 — C8-0426/2016),










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having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the French Senate, the Lithuanian Parliament, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies, the Netherlands Senate, the Netherlands House of Representatives and the Swedish Parliament, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 11 July 2013 (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 8 October 2013 (2),










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having regard to its position at first reading (3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0029),










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having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A8-0371/2016),












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Approves the Council position at first reading;












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Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












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Suggests that the act be cited as ‘the Sassoli-Dijksma Directive on the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure’ (4);












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Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












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Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












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






(1)  OJ C 327, 12.11.2013, p. 122.

(2)  OJ C 356, 5.12.2013, p. 92.

(3)  Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0147.

(4)  David-Maria Sassoli and Sharon Dijksma led the negotiations on the act on behalf of Parliament and the Council respectively.