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2020/0258(NLE) Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (Interbus Agreement): international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus. Protocol

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead TRAN GRAPINI Maria (icon: S&D S&D) ŁUKACIJEWSKA Elżbieta Katarzyna (icon: EPP EPP), ZĪLE Roberts (icon: ECR ECR)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 191, TFEU 218-p6a

Events

2023/05/05
   Final act published in Official Journal
2021/09/28
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2021/07/06
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 613 votes to 29, with 53 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of a Protocol to the Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (Interbus Agreement) regarding the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus.

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.

The protocol will replace the protocol to the Interbus Agreement on the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus which was open for signature between 16 July 2018 and 16 April 2019 but was only signed by the Union, on the basis of Council Decision (EU) 2018/1195.

The Protocol covers only the provisions that were necessary to extend the Interbus Agreement to international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus, without amending or repeating the common rules of the main Agreement. However, it emphasises the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 with regard to penalties and most serious infringements as well as maintains the obligation to fulfil the four conditions for access to the profession of a road passenger transport operator: effective and stable establishment, good repute, financial standing and professional competence.

In addition, in order to safeguard the quality of regular and special regular services and to ensure respect for the rules, a Contracting Party can only sign, conclude, ratify or accede to the Protocol if it has already signed and concluded, ratified or acceded to the main Interbus Agreement.

Documents
2021/05/28
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2021/05/28
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2021/05/25
   EP - Vote in committee
2021/04/30
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/03/08
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2020/11/16
   EP - GRAPINI Maria (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2020/10/20
   CSL - Legislative proposal
Documents
2020/10/19
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Documents
2020/09/18
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2020/09/18
   EC - Preparatory document
2020/09/18
   EP - Preparatory document

Documents

Votes

Accord Interbus: protocole concernant le transport international régulier et régulier spécial de voyageurs par autocar ou par autobus - Interbus agreement: Protocol on international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus - Interbus-Übereinkommen: Protokoll über die Personenbeförderung im grenzüberschreitenden Linienverkehr und in Sonderformen des grenzüberschreitenden Linienverkehrs mit Kraftomnibussen - A9-0176/2021 - Maria Grapini - Procédure d'approbation #

2021/07/06 Outcome: +: 613, 0: 53, -: 29
DE ES IT PL FR RO HU SE CZ PT NL BG BE EL AT SK IE DK FI HR LT LV SI MT CY LU EE
Total
95
59
75
50
78
32
21
20
21
21
29
17
20
20
19
14
13
14
14
12
10
8
8
6
6
6
7
icon: PPE PPE
174

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
143

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2
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98

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3
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71

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
63

Germany ECR

1

Romania ECR

1

Netherlands ECR

4

Bulgaria ECR

2

Greece ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Croatia ECR

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Latvia ECR

2
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39

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Portugal The Left

4

Netherlands The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Belgium The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
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37

Germany NI

2

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

Abstain (1)

2

Croatia NI

2

Lithuania NI

1
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70

Czechia ID

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

Abstain (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

1

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 613 votes to 29, with 53 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of a Protocol to the Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (Interbus Agreement) regarding the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus.
  • Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Protocol.
  • The protocol will replace the protocol to the Interbus Agreement on the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus which was open for signature between 16 July 2018 and 16 April 2019 but was only signed by the Union, on the basis of Council Decision (EU) 2018/1195.
  • The Protocol covers only the provisions that were necessary to extend the Interbus Agreement to international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus, without amending or repeating the common rules of the main Agreement. However, it emphasises the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 with regard to penalties and most serious infringements as well as maintains the obligation to fulfil the four conditions for access to the profession of a road passenger transport operator: effective and stable establishment, good repute, financial standing and professional competence.
  • In addition, in order to safeguard the quality of regular and special regular services and to ensure respect for the rules, a Contracting Party can only sign, conclude, ratify or accede to the Protocol if it has already signed and concluded, ratified or acceded to the main Interbus Agreement.
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