What changed
The versions differ only in formal and procedural points: the wording of the approval is updated and standard final provisions are added. #1#2#3
0 changes of substance, plus 2 formaland1 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #1 Wording
Replaces "Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;" with "Approves the Council position at first reading;"
1. AdoptsApproves itsthe Council position at first reading hereinafter set out;reading;
Change #2 Formal
Adds standard procedural paragraphs on signing and publication of the act.
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;
Change #3 Formal
Replaces the detailed amendments to Articles 1 and 2 with a short justification explaining the Council position aligns with Parliament's.
Article 1 – paragraph 1: Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 is repealed with effect from ... [six months after the date of entry into force of the Directive amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes].
SHORT JUSTIFICATION
Article 2 – paragraph 1: 1. The European ODR Platform shall be discontinued from ... [six months after the date of entry into force of the Directive amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes].
On 17 October 2023, the Commission submitted the proposal for a Regulation repealing Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/2394 and (EU) 2018/1724 with regards to the discontinuation of the European ODR Platform to the Council and the European Parliament. On 13 March 2024, the European Parliament adopted its first reading position, without amending the Commission proposal.
Article 2 – paragraph 2: 2. The submission of complaints shall be discontinued on ... [two months after the date of entry into force of the Directive amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes].
Since the Council’s first reading position adopted on 19 November 2024 does not amend the Commission proposal either and, consequently, is in line with the European Parliament’s position, including also the changes resulting from the legal-linguistic revision, the rapporteur recommends that it be endorsed by the European Parliament without amendments, so that the Regulation can be adopted swiftly and enter into force as soon as possible.
Article 2 – paragraph 3: 3. The Commission shall inform users of the platform with open ADR cases of the discontinuance of the platform by ... [two months after the date of entry into force of the Directive amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes] and offer assistance to retrieve case data accessible to them if they wish to do so.
Article 2 – paragraph 4: 4. At the latest as of ... [six months after the date of entry into force the Directive amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes] all information including personal data related to the disputes in the ODR platform shall be deleted.