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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

Document ENVI-AD-629597 · COM(2018)0373 – C80228/2018 – 2018/0198(COD)

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Opinion parliamentary committee ENVI-AD-629597
Date
26 October 2018
Committee
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur
AdinaIoana Vălean
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COM(2018)0373 – C80228/2018 – 2018/0198(COD)
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The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety proposes amendments to the proposed regulation on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context.

Position. The committee proposes amendments to the proposed regulation, focusing on environmental, public health and food safety aspects in cross-border contexts.

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  1. Calls for the mechanism to apply to cross-border regions and to cover environmental, public health and food safety aspects.

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Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2018/0198(COD)

26.10.2018

OPINION

Back matter, 1

Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.

Amendments 9 blocks

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)

Amendment: Text proposed by the Commission and Amendment
Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(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)

Amendment: Text proposed by the Commission and Amendment
Text proposed by the CommissionAmendment
(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.

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Procedure – committee asked for opinion 1 block
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TitleMechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context
ReferencesCOM(2018)0373 – C8-0228/2018 – 2018/0198(COD)
Committee responsible Date announced in plenaryREGI 11.6.2018
Opinion by Date announced in plenaryENVI 5.7.2018
Rapporteur Date appointedAdina-Ioana Vălean 21.6.2018
Date adopted25.10.2018
Result of final vote+: –: 0:27 2 9
Members present for the final voteMarco 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 voteLinnéa Engström, Eleonora Evi, Norbert Lins, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Christel Schaldemose, Keith Taylor
Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final voteJaromír Kohlíček, Tonino Picula
Final vote by roll call in committee asked for opinion 6 blocks

27 · For

EFDD
Eleonora Evi
GUE/NGL
Jaromír Kohlíček, Kateřina Konečná
EPP
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 · Against

ALDE
Nils Torvalds
EFDD
Julia Reid

9 · Abstained

ECR
Mark Demesmaeker, Urszula Krupa, Bolesław G. Piecha, John Procter
VERTS/ALE
Marco Affronte, Bas Eickhout, Linnéa Engström, Benedek Jávor, Keith Taylor

+ : in favour

- : against

0 : abstention

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European Parliament (2018). “OPINION 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”. Text, 26 October 2018. docId ENVI-AD-629597. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-AD-629597 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/ENVI-AD-629597 (CC BY 4.0).
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{OPINION 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}},
  year = {2018},
  date = {2018-10-26},
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  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-AD-629597},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
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