# Safeguarding competition in air transport

European Parliament procedure 2017/0116(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee ECON / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 329 committee amendments tabled by 41 Members between 2017-12-12 and 2018-01-24.

## What the amendments focus on

A regulation on safeguarding competition in air transport. The amendments set out how the Commission initiates and conducts investigations into practices by third countries or third-country carriers that injure Union air carriers, including who may lodge a complaint, time limits and prolongation of proceedings, urgency procedures, redressive measures and their termination, and the principle of fair competition alongside States' right to maintain public ownership of their airlines.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugues BAYET | Belgium | S&D | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125002.md |
| Deirdre CLUNE | Ireland | PPE | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124988.md |
| Henna VIRKKUNEN | Finland | PPE | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124726.md |
| Lucy ANDERSON | United Kingdom | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124949.md |
| Nicola CAPUTO | Italy | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124851.md |
| Jacqueline FOSTER | United Kingdom | ECR | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4553.md |
| Gabriele PREUSS | Germany | S&D | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124888.md |
| Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY | France | S&D | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124287.md |
| Claudia ȚAPARDEL | Romania | S&D | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124793.md |
| Pavel TELIČKA | Czechia | ALDE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124706.md |
| Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA | Spain | RE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96922.md |
| Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA | Poland | ECR | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96801.md |
| Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI | Poland | ECR | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124884.md |
| Dominique RIQUET | France | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96885.md |
| Matthijs van MILTENBURG | Netherlands | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125022.md |

## Official source documents

- PE615.422: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-615422_EN.pdf
- PE616.689: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-616689_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2017-0116-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2017-0116-COD.json

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