It necessarily follows, in your rapporteur's opinion. that we should welcome the confirmation that the European Community has a potential, albeit partial, competence in relation to criminal matters provided the prerequisite conditions for, and the scope of, any such competence is clearly established; that the Commission is right to withdraw pending proposals and to resubmit legislation that has already been adopted, if such legislation must be regarded as unlawful in the light of the judgment in question; and that, in any event, there can be no question of excluding the European Parliament from participating actively in the relevant decision-making process.
It necessarily follows, in your rapporteur's opinion. that we should welcome the confirmation that the European Community has a potential, albeit partial, competence in relation to criminal matters provided the prerequisite conditions for, and the scope of, any such competence is clearly established; that the Commission is right to withdraw pending proposals and to resubmit legislation that has already been adopted, if such legislation must be regarded as unlawful in the light of the judgment in question; and that, in any event, there can be no question of excluding the European Parliament from participating actively in the relevant decision-making process.