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Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services

Reference
2017/0288(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Parliament voted its first-reading position on 14 February 2019. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.
Stage
First reading
Lead committee
Transport and Tourism TRAN
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Roberts ZĪLE
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
EMPL

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 29 November 2017
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 22 January 2019
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 28 January 2019
  4. Plenary vote (done) Voted 14 February 2019
  5. Negotiations with the Council (to come)
  6. Published as law (to come)

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Transport and Tourism TRAN
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #96885 (ALDE) former member, Georg MAYER (ENF), MEP #28393 (EPP) former member, MEP #124857 (S&D) former member, MEP #28238 (Greens) former member, MEP #136236 (GUE-NGL) former member
Opinion: EMPL
Employment and Social Affairs

Decisions in plenary, 0

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No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

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No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament14 Feb 2019

    Adopted text TA8-0125/2019 TA-8-2019-0125

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  2. Tabled for plenary28 Jan 2019

    Report A8-0032/2019 A-8-2019-0032

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  3. Committee draft15 Jun 2018

    Draft report (TRAN) TRAN-PR-623746

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  • Adopted text TA8-0125/2019: Parliament's amended version of a proposed regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on access to the international market for coach and bus services. It extends the rules to national interurban services, sets up independent regulatory bodies, opens terminals on fair terms, and revises authorisation procedures and cabotage rules.
  • Report A8-0032/2019: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on access to the international coach and bus market. It extends the rules to all inter-urban regular services, keeps them out of urban centres, and requires each member state to designate an independent regulatory body.
  • Draft report (TRAN): The Committee on Transport and Tourism's draft report sets out Parliament's first-reading amendments to the Commission proposal amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on access to the international coach and bus market.

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Timeline, 5

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 28 Jan 2019–14 Feb 2019
  1. 14 February 2019

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 14 Feb 2019 Adopted text TA8-0125/2019Report A8-0032/2019

  2. 28 January 2019

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A8-0032/2019

Committee stage 3 steps · 29 Nov 2017–22 Jan 2019
  1. 22 January 2019

    Committee vote: report adopted

    TRAN (Transport and Tourism) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 15 June 2018

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in TRAN (Transport and Tourism). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (TRAN)

  3. 29 November 2017

    Referred to the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs) gives an opinion.

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Retrieved
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European Parliament (2026). “Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services”. Dossier. reference 2017/0288(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2017-0288 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2017/0288(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2017%2F0288(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2017-0288}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2017-0288},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2017/0288(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2017\%2F0288(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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