Car industry: global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts. Parallel Agreement UN/ECE

The committee adopted the report (assent procedure) by Mr Guido BODRATO (EPP/ED, I) recommending that Parliament give its assent to the proposal for a Council Decision on the "Parallel Agreement". The report stated that, as the EC's participation in the Parallel Agreement was of decisive importance, the European Parliament should give its assent to the conclusion of the Agreement to enable the EC to accede to it without delay, not least because the Community had always been a forerunner in international technical harmonisation.