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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0206),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 16 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0146/2021),

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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank of 29 December 2021  (1),

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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 22 September 2021  (2),

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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committees responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 2 February 2024 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the joint deliberations of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on Culture and Education, the Committee on Legal Affairs, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Transport and Tourism,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0188/2023),