LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION (Cooperation procedure: first reading) embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission to the Council for a directive amending, particularly as regards motor vehicle liability insurance, first Council Directive 73/239/EEC, and second Council directive 88/357/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance and laying down provisions to facilitate the effective exercise of freedom to provide services and amending Directive 73/239/ EEC