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ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure

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Follow up to the European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications

* Consultation procedure

1. Rapporteur: Petar VITANOV (S&D / BG)

*** Consent procedure

2. Reference numbers: 2023/0055 (COD) / A9-0410/2023 / P9_TA(2024)0057

***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading)

3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 6 February 2024

***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading)

4. Legal basis: Article 91(1) point c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading)

5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)

(The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.)

6. Commission's position: The Commission reserves its position.

Amendments to a draft act

However, the Commission welcomes the strong support in Parliament for the proposal and can accept many of the amendments. Nevertheless, it does have some concerns over amendments that would unduly restrict the grounds for refusal. Although some amendments from the European Parliament could be feasible in practice, such as the strict deadlines, the increased reliance on RESPER (EU driving licences network) and the obligation of alignment by the Member State of issuance, they need to be assessed further, in particular from the technical/operational and legal angles.

Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns

Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column.

The first and second lines of the header of each amendment identify the relevant part of the draft act under consideration. If an amendment pertains to an existing act that the draft act is seeking to amend, the amendment heading includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend.

Amendments by Parliament in the form of a consolidated text

New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced.

By way of exception, purely technical changes made by the drafting departments in preparing the final text are not highlighted.

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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

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 (EU) 2025/… as regards certain driving disqualifications

(08351/1/2025 – C100231/2025 – 2023/0055(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (08351/1/2025 - C10-0231/2025),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 14 June 2023,

– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

– having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0128),

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

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A10-0193/2025),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

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

3. 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

4. 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;

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

SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage. The agreed text has been the result of smooth negotiations where the co-legislators have reached a satisfactory compromise text aiming to establish for the first time in EU legislation a system for communication, information sharing and recognition of driving disqualifications across the Union when applied for a limited range of major driving offences, such as drink or drug driving, excessive speeding or driving which causes death or serious bodily injury. The adopted provisions will curtail the current wide-spread in the Union impunity for drivers committing major offences outside of the Member State that issued their driving licence and thus improve the level of safety on Union roads.

ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

Execution of driving disqualifications with a Union-wide effect

References

08351/1/2025 – C10-0231/2025 – 2023/0055(COD)

Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number

6.2.2024 T9-0057/2024

Draft act considered at first reading

COM(2023)0128 - C9-0036/2023

Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary

9.10.2025

Committee(s) responsible

Date announced in plenary

TRAN

9.10.2025

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

Matteo Ricci

3.9.2024

Discussed in committee

29.1.2025

9.4.2025

Date adopted

13.10.2025

Result of final vote

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31

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0

Members present for the final vote

Nina Carberry, Benoit Cassart, Vivien Costanzo, Johan Danielsson, Jens Gieseke, Borja Giménez Larraz, Sérgio Gonçalves, Roman Haider, Dariusz Joński, François Kalfon, Elena Kountoura, Julien Leonardelli, Vicent Marzà Ibáñez, Milan Mazurek, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Philippe Olivier, Matteo Ricci, Arash Saeidi, Andreas Schieder, Volker Schnurrbusch, Virginijus Sinkevičius, Stanislav Stoyanov, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Roberts Zīle

Substitutes present for the final vote

Magdalena Adamowicz, Asger Christensen, Markus Ferber, Carlo Fidanza, Norbert Lins, Luděk Niedermayer, Andrey Novakov, Jutta Paulus, Flavio Tosi, Kris Van Dijck

Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote

Grégory Allione, Evin Incir

Date tabled

15.10.2025

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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