Regulation (EU) 2019/501 on common rules ensuring basic road freight and road passenger connectivity with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Union (Text with EEA relevance.)

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to lay down temporary measures governing the carriage of goods by road between the Union and the United Kingdom following its withdrawal from the Union in the absence of a withdrawal agreement from the United Kingdom. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: on 13 December 2018, the European Council (Article 50) renewed its call to intensify work on preparing, at all levels, for the consequences of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Union, taking into account all possible outcomes. In response to this call, this Regulation is part of a package of emergency measures proposed by the Commission in view of the uncertainty in the United Kingdom regarding the ratification of the withdrawal agreement. The Committee on Transport and Tourism adopted the report by Isabella DE MONTE (S&D, IT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules ensuring basic road freight connectivity with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Union. The proposal provides for temporary measures to regulate the transport of goods by road between the Union and the United Kingdom in the absence of an agreement on the latter's withdrawal. It aims to allow UK operators to temporarily transport goods to the EU for 9 months (until 31 December 2019), provided that the United Kingdom grants equivalent rights to EU road hauliers and subject to the conditions of fair competition. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows: Members proposed replacing the notion of "bilateral carriage" of goods by the notion of "authorised carriage" which would cover: - a laden journey undertaken by a vehicle from the territory of the Union to the territory of the United Kingdom or vice versa, with or without transit through one or more Member States or third countries; - a laden journey undertaken by a vehicle from the territory of the United Kingdom to the territory of the United Kingdom with transit through the territory of the Union; - an unladen journeyin connection with the above-mentioned transport operations. - suspend the application of the regulation when equivalent rights are not granted to EU road hauliers or when the rights granted are minimal; or - establish limits to the allowable capacity available to UK road haulage operators or to the number of journeys or to both; or - adopt other appropriate measures, such as financial duties or operational restrictions. The European Parliament adopted by 578 votes to 15, with 18 abstentions, amendments on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules ensuring basic road freight connectivity with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the Union. The matter was referred to the relevant committees…

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