The Commission accepts the sole amendment adopted at second reading by the European Parliament.
It adds a new recital to the preamble, the text of which was negotiated with the Council and the Commission, on the information to be provided to the European Parliament on the work of the management committee provided for by the Decision.
The Commission also made the following declaration when the vote was taken at the plenary session: "as regards the measures for implementing the Decision of the European Parliament and the Council establishing for 2007-2013 the specific programme "Civil Justice", the Commission undertakes, by way of exception, to transmit as rapidly as possible to the chair of the appropriate Parliamentary Committee the draft annual work programmes relating to the abovementioned specific programme, as well as transmitting these drafts via the comitology register. The Commission will also inform Parliament, as quickly as possible, of any amendment made following the meetings of the committee".