The European Parliament adopted by 618 votes to 11, with 9 abstentions, a legislative resolution approving unamended, under the first reading of codecision procedure, the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels (codified version).
The text was approved as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. According to the Consultative Working Party, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance.