As announced in Official Journal C 153 of 21 May 2014, the Commission decided to withdraw this proposal, which had become obsolete.

The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on 1 December 2009, amended the EU's two core treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty). The latter was renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

These changes had various consequences for many ongoing procedures. First of all, the articles of the TEU and of the old EC Treaty that constitute the legal basis of all the proposals founded on those Treaties were renumbered in accordance with the table of equivalences mentioned in Article 5 of the Lisbon Treaty.

In addition, some proposals underwent a change to their legal basis going beyond a mere change to their numbering, and this resulted in changes to the type of procedure .

The Lisbon Treaty also introduced new concepts of decision-making procedure . The old "codecision procedure" was extended to new areas and renamed the "ordinary legislative procedure". A new "consent procedure" replaced the old "assent procedure". New interinstitutional procedures were also set up for the adoption of certain non-legislative acts, for example the conclusion of some international agreements.

The ongoing proposals concerned by these changes were formally modified by the Commission in a Communication published on 2 December 2009 ( COM(2009)0665 ).

In the case of the proposal for a Council Directive concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade, the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty had the following impacts :

· the old legal basis - Treaty/EC/Art.37 – became Art. 43 (2) of the TFEU. Please note that the numbering of the old legal basis corresponds to the consolidated version of the Treaty that was applicable immediately before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, and may differ from the references in the original Commission proposal ;

· the proposal, which had previously fallen under the old consultation procedure (CNS), was classified as an ordinary legislative procedure (COD).

The European Parliament adopted, by 653 votes to 9 with 11 abstentions, a legislative resolution approving, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council directive concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade (codified version).

The report had been table d for consideration in plenary by Lidia Joanna GERINGER de OEDENBERG (PES, PL) on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs.

The proposal is approved as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Lidia Joanna GERINGER de OEDENBERG (PES, PL) approving, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council directive concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade (codified version).

Although the proposal was not the subject to any ‘formal’ amendments by the committee, it incorporates the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

PURPOSE: to codify on Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal is to codify EU provisions on Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market. In codifying legislative acts that have been amended frequently the EU is seeking to both simplify and clarify EU legislation.

The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together, with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

PURPOSE: to codify on Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

CONTENT: the purpose of this proposal is to codify EU provisions on Council Directive 89/662/EEC concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market. In codifying legislative acts that have been amended frequently the EU is seeking to both simplify and clarify EU legislation.

The new Directive will supersede the various acts incorporated in it. It fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together, with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.