P9_TA(2020)0345 European Year of Rail (2021) ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 December 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Rail (2021) (COM(2020)0078 — C9-0076/2020 — 2020/0035(COD)) P9_TC1-COD(2020)0035 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 December 2020 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2020/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Rail (2021)
Date: 2020-12-15
Institutions: Committee on Culture and Education, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Regional Development, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU action, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, common transport policy, public awareness campaign, rail safety, rail transport, reduction of gas emissions, sustainable mobility








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29.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 445/221






P9_TA(2020)0345
European Year of Rail (2021) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 December 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Rail (2021) (COM(2020)0078 — C9-0076/2020 — 2020/0035(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2021/C 445/33)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0078),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0076/2020),










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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 16 July 2020 (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the European Committee of the Regions of 14 October 2020 (2),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 18 November 2020 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 Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Regional Development and also the opinion of the Committee on Culture and Education,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A9-0191/2020),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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






(1)  OJ C 364, 28.10.2020, p. 149.

(2)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.




P9_TC1-COD(2020)0035
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 December 2020 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2020/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Rail (2021)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision (EU) 2020/2228.)