What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council empowering Austria to amend its existing bilateral road transport agreement with Switzerland with a view to authorising cabotage operations in the course of the provision of international road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions between the two countries

(COM(2025)0773 – C100367/2025 – 2025/0407(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2025)0773),

– having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 2(1) and 91 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C100367/2025),

– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 21 January 2026,

– after having consulted the Committee of the Regions,

– having regard to Rules 60 and 41 of its Rules of Procedure,

1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Citation 1: Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 thereof,

Article 2(1) is not a legal basis that confers competences to the institutions for the adoption of a Union act. It is rather Article 91 that provides for legal basis in the transport field and stipulates that acts shall be adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.