15.12.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 468/423

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having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2013)07167),

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having regard to the Commission’s letter of 25 November 2013 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

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having regard to the letter of 2 December 2013 from the Committee on International Trade to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs,

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having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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having regard to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (1), and in particular Articles 3(2), 5(3) and 17(2) thereof,

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having regard to Rule 87a(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

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whereas the Commission has stressed that it is essential for Parliament to adopt its decision before 16 December 2013, given the need for the delegated regulation to be published before 1 January 2014, enabling the timely reinstatement of Myanmar/Burma and the inclusion of South Sudan in the GSP scheme;

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Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

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Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.