The European Parliament adopted by 369 votes in favour, 48 against and 39 abstentions a resolution on the two procedures for amending the Sirene Manual. (Please see also CNS/2003/0807.) The rapporteur was Carlos COELHO (EPP-ED, Portugal.)
Concerning this Decision, Parliament deleted the Commission's provisions on comitology and stated that the Commission will be assisted by a Regulatory Committee, which will adopt its own rules of procedure. Certain parts of the manual may not be amended by committee. (Please refer to the previous document.) Parliament also inserted new recitals pointing out that the Sirene manual has stayed in the third pillar without a specific legal basis. This Decision constitutes also the decision on the legal basis of the manual.�