Press Release: Road traffic offence directive: Council confirms agreement with Parliament

The Permanent Representatives Committee approved on 17 December 2015 a compromise agreed with the European Parliament on a draft directive on the cross-border exchange of information on road traffic offences.

A new directive became necessary when the Court of Justice ruled in May 2014 that the directive's legal basis should be transport, not police cooperation, and allowed a one-year transition period to get the new legal act in place. Swift negotiations – first within the Council and then with the Parliament – led to a deal only five months after the Commission presented its proposal.

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ESO: Background information: Road traffic offence directive: Council adopts its position http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-road-traffic-offence-directive-council-adopts-its-position/

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