The Committee is in the process of preparing its opinion on the legislative proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL), presented by the European Commission on 11 October 2011. IMCO will deliver its opinion to the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) under the 'enhanced cooperation' provisions of Rule 50 of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure, with exclusive competence for a number of key provisions of the draft proposal.
Similar to the lead Committee, IMCO has appointed two co-Rapporteurs who have been cooperating closely in the preparatory stage of the draft opinion (inlcuding through the preparation of a public hearing and the request for a quality check of the Commission's impact assessment through the European Parliament services). However, as the two co-Rapporteurs have opted for two significantly different approaches to the draft proposal, the draft opinion to be discussed in Committee consists of two separate documents:
Similar to the lead Committee, IMCO has appointed two co-Rapporteurs who have been cooperating closely in the preparatory stage of the draft opinion (inlcuding through the preparation of a public hearing and the request for a quality check of the Commission's impact assessment through the European Parliament services). However, as the two co-Rapporteurs have opted for two significantly different approaches to the draft proposal, the draft opinion to be discussed in Committee consists of two separate documents:
- a draft opinion document bringing together the joint amendments of the two co-Rapporteurs as well as an explanatory memorandum setting out the two suggested approaches
- a first document of amendments listing the proposed amendments put forward by each co-Rapporteur individually
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