PURPOSE: recast of Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (adaption to the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (recast).

CONTENT: following a first reading agreement with the Parliament, the Council adopted this Regulation which recasts legislation on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea. The codification of Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea was initiated by the Commission, when Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (comitology) was amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced a regulatory procedure with scrutiny for measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the co-decision procedure.

Accordingly, the codification of Directive 95/64/EC was transformed into a recast in order to incorporate the amendments necessary for the adjustment to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

The new elements introduced into this Directive only concern the committee procedures. They therefore do not need to be transposed by the Member States.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 26/06/2009.

The European Parliament adopted, by 653 votes to 16 with 13 abstentions, under 1st reading of the codecision procedure, a legislative resolution approving the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (recast). The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by József SZÁJER (EPP-ED, HU), on behalf of the Legal Affairs Committee. The Commission proposal was approved as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. According to the Consultative Working Party, the proposal in question does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance.

The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted a report drafted by József SZÁJER (EPP-ED, HU), and approved, in 1st reading of the codecision procedure, the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (recast). It made two amendments in order to clarify the provisions on comitology. The proposal was approved as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

PURPOSE: recast of Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (adapted to the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council

CONTENT: the codification of Council Directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea has been initiated by the Commission. The new Directive was to have superseded the various acts incorporated in it.

In the meantime Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (comitology) has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced a regulatory procedure with scrutiny for measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the co-decision procedure.

In accordance with the joint statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on Decision 2006/512/EC, for this new procedure to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the co-decision procedure, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.

It is therefore proposed to transform the codification of Directive 95/64/EC into a recast in order to incorporate the amendments necessary for the adjustment to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

PURPOSE: recast of Council Directive 95/64/EC on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (adapted to the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council

CONTENT: the codification of Council Directive 95/64/EC of 8 December 1995 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea has been initiated by the Commission. The new Directive was to have superseded the various acts incorporated in it.

In the meantime Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (comitology) has been amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, which introduced a regulatory procedure with scrutiny for measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of a basic instrument adopted in accordance with the co-decision procedure.

In accordance with the joint statement of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on Decision 2006/512/EC, for this new procedure to be applicable to instruments adopted in accordance with the co-decision procedure, those instruments must be adjusted in accordance with the applicable procedures.

It is therefore proposed to transform the codification of Directive 95/64/EC into a recast in order to incorporate the amendments necessary for the adjustment to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny.