The European Parliament adopted by 630 votes to 10 with 25 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the acceptance on behalf of the European Union of an Amendment to the 1999 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone.
Following the recommendation by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Parliament gave its consent to the acceptance of an amendment of the protocol.
The request for consent was submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 192(1) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.