The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report drawn up by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK), approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations.
In view of the manifest need for the Community to conclude the Protocol and having regard to the changes made by the Council working group to the Commission's proposal, it should be underlined that the rapporteur wholeheartedly commends this proposal to Parliament while regretting the United Kingdom's decision not to opt in.