The European Parliament returned, on Monday 14 September, a few hours before the opening of the plenary session, to its decision to include on the agenda the vote on the post-Brexit operation of the Channel Tunnel (see EUROPE 12549/9).
A corrigendum on one of the two texts to be voted on was sent by the European Commission to the Parliament and the Council of the EU on Monday. It relates specifically to recital 11 and Article 1(4) of the draft regulation to amend Directive 2016/798 on railway safety.
The legal service of the Parliament and the EU Council expressed doubts as to the appropriateness of the legal basis of the amended text.
On the Parliament's side, the dossier will therefore be examined by the committee responsible for legal affairs (JURI), whose next meeting is scheduled for 28 September. An exchange of views could also take place between the three institutions.
In order to allow France to start negotiations with the United Kingdom on the tunnel, the European Parliament political group coordinators had agreed that the Commission proposals, already validated by the EU Council (see EUROPE 12556/17), should be submitted this week to MEPs for approval (see EUROPE 12558/21). They will now have to wait until the October plenary session to take a decision.
See the Commission's corrected (https://bit.ly/3iBOEj0 ) and initial (https://bit.ly/2ZHnIqB ) proposals. (Original version in French by Agathe Cherki)