Changes from plenary report to adopted text

RemovedDRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

AddedP10_TA(2026)0241

Changedon the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Austria to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of internationalInternational road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regionsregions: cabotage operations between theAustria twoand countriesSwitzerland

Removed(COM(2025)0773 – C100367/2025 – 2025/0407(COD))

AddedCommittee on Transport and Tourism

AddedPE785.404

AddedEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 7 July 2026 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Austria to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries (COM(2025)0773 – C10-0367/2025 – 2025/0407(COD))

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(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2025)0773),

– having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 2(1) and 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C100367/2025),

– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Added– having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 10 June 2026 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 21 January 2026,

– after having consulted the Committee of the Regions,

– having regard to Rules 60 and 41 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A10-0174/2026),

1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Change 1

RemovedCitation 1: Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 thereof,

AddedP10_TC1-COD(2025)0407

RemovedArticle 2(1) is not a legal basis that confers competences to the institutions for the adoption of a Union act. It is rather Article 91 that provides for legal basis in the transport field and stipulates that acts shall be adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.

AddedPosition of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 7 July 2026 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2026/… of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Austria to amend its bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries

RemovedRecital 7: (7) By letter dated 17 March 2025, Austria requested an empowerment from the Union to amend its road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations during the provision of passenger transport services by coach and bus in the respective border regions of the two countries, thereby fostering greater territorial cohesion.

AddedTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,