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The vote on amendments to the Commission proposal had been held on 11 March 2009 but the final vote on the legislative resolution had been postponed, at the rapporteur's request, under Rule 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure.

The rapporteur again requested a postponement of the vote at the sitting of 5 May 2009, saying that the decision on this important dossier should be referred to the next parliamentary term. The report was therefore referred back to committee under Rule 168(2) of the Rules of Procedure.