On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive… (EU) 2025/… as regards certain driving disqualifications

(08351/1/2025 – C100231/2025 – 2023/0055(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Council position at first reading (08351/1/2025 - C10-0231/2025),

–having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 14 June 2023,

–after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

–having regard to its position at first reading on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0128),

–having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 75(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to Rule 68 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A100000/2025),

1.Approves the Council position at first reading;

2.Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3.Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

4.Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

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

The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage. The agreed text has been the result of smooth negotiations where the co-legislators have reached a satisfactory compromise text aiming to establish for the first time in EU legislation a system for communication, information sharing and recognition of driving disqualifications across the Union when applied for a limited range of major driving offences, such as drink or drug driving, excessive speeding or driving which causes death or serious bodily injury. The adopted provisions will curtail the current wide-spread in the Union impunity for drivers committing major offences outside of the Member State that issued their driving licence and thus improve the level of safety on Union roads.