The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (recast).
Parliament approved the Council position at first reading.
It also took note of the Commission statement on explanatory documents annexed to this resolution. In the statement, the Commission recalled that the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission acknowledged that the information Member States supply to the Commission as regards the transposition of directives in national law 'must be clear and precise' in order to facilitate the achievement by the Commission of its task overseeing the application of Union law. In the present case, explanatory documents could have been useful to this end. The Commission regretted that the final text does not contain provisions to this effect.