On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2018/0198(COD)

26.10.2018

OPINION

PA_Legam

AMENDMENTS

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety calls on the Committee on Regional Development, as the committee responsible, to take into account the following amendments:

Amendment 1

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2a) To improve the life of citizens in cross-border regions on maritime borders or in cross-border regions between the Member States and third countries, the application of this Regulation and the use of the Mechanism should be extended to those regions, while respecting Union law.

Amendment 2

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(9a) The competent authorities of the Member States, countries, entities or regions involved should adopt, in accordance with their constitutional and legally defined specific competencies, the proposed ad hoc legal solution before concluding and signing the Commitment or signing the Statement pursuant to Articles 16 and 17.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION

Title

Mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context

References

COM(2018)0373 – C8-0228/2018 – 2018/0198(COD)

Committee responsible

Date announced in plenary

REGI

11.6.2018

Opinion by

Date announced in plenary

ENVI

5.7.2018

Rapporteur

Date appointed

Adina-Ioana Vălean

21.6.2018

Date adopted

25.10.2018

Result of final vote

+:

–:

0:

27

2

9

Members present for the final vote

Marco Affronte, Paul Brannen, Nessa Childers, Birgit Collin-Langen, Miriam Dalli, Mark Demesmaeker, Bas Eickhout, José Inácio Faria, Francesc Gambús, Elisabetta Gardini, Jens Gieseke, Julie Girling, Françoise Grossetête, Andrzej Grzyb, Jytte Guteland, György Hölvényi, Benedek Jávor, Karin Kadenbach, Kateřina Konečná, Urszula Krupa, Giovanni La Via, Susanne Melior, Miroslav Mikolášik, Massimo Paolucci, Bolesław G. Piecha, John Procter, Julia Reid, Nils Torvalds, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Damiano Zoffoli

Substitutes present for the final vote

Linnéa Engström, Eleonora Evi, Norbert Lins, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Christel Schaldemose, Keith Taylor

Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final vote

Jaromír Kohlíček, Tonino Picula

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION

27

+

EFDD

Eleonora Evi

GUE/NGL

Jaromír Kohlíček, Kateřina Konečná

PPE

Birgit CollinLangen, José Inácio Faria, Francesc Gambús, Elisabetta Gardini, Jens Gieseke, Julie Girling, Françoise Grossetête, Andrzej Grzyb, György Hölvényi, Giovanni La Via, Norbert Lins, Miroslav Mikolášik, Sirpa Pietikäinen Adina Ioana Vălean

S&D

Paul Brannen, Nessa Childers, Miriam Dalli, Jytte Guteland, Karin Kadenbach, Susanne Melior, Massimo Paolucci, Tonino Picula, Christel Schaldemose, Damiano Zoffoli

2

-

ALDE

Nils Torvalds

EFDD

Julia Reid

9

0

ECR

Mark Demesmaeker, Urszula Krupa, Bolesław G. Piecha, John Procter

VERTS/ALE

Marco Affronte, Bas Eickhout, Linnéa Engström, Benedek Jávor, Keith Taylor

Key to symbols:

+ : in favour

- : against

0 : abstention