Being the result of a Parliamentary/Council compromise, the Commission has decided to accept the single amendment adopted by the European Parliament in second reading. The Commission clarified that it will pay particular attention to the matter of recreational craft during discussion in the comitology procedure. As such, the accepted amendment neither alters, nor substantially changes, the Commission’s initial approach.
The Commission has made a unilateral declaration in which it states that, when implementing the present Directive, it commits itself to working closely with the CCNR.