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Major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 June 2012 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (COM(2010)0781 – C7-0011/2011 – 2010/0377(COD))#P7_TC1-COD(2010)0377 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 June 2012 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2012/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC#Annex to the legislative resolution
Major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 June 2012 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (COM(2010)0781 – C7-0011/2011 – 2010/0377(COD))
P7_TC1-COD(2010)0377 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 June 2012 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2012/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC
Annex to the legislative resolution
Major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 June 2012 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (COM(2010)0781 – C7-0011/2011 – 2010/0377(COD))
P7_TC1-COD(2010)0377 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 June 2012 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2012/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC
Annex to the legislative resolution
OJ C 332E, 15.11.2013, p. 182–183
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances ***I
P7_TA(2012)0254
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 June 2012 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (COM(2010)0781 – C7-0011/2011 – 2010/0377(COD))
2013/C 332 E/35
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2010)0781), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0011/2011), |
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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 Economic and Social Committee of 15 June 2011 (1), |
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after consulting the Committee of the Regions, |
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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 25 April 2012 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 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinions of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A7-0339/2011), |
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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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Takes note of the Commission statement annexed to this resolution; |
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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text; |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
(1) OJ C 248, 25.8.2011, p. 138.
Thursday 14 June 2012
P7_TC1-COD(2010)0377
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 June 2012 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2012/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC
(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2012/18/EU).
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Annex to the legislative resolution
Statement by the Commission
Declaration on the exclusion of category acute toxic 3 dermal (Seveso Annex I, part 1)
The Commission acknowledges that the compromise reached on its proposal implies an improvement of the level of protection of human health and safety and of the environment as compared with that provided by the current Seveso II Directive 96/82/EC.
The Commission intends to undertake further analysis of the likelihood, risks and potential consequences of major accidents involving dangerous substances classified acute toxic 3 dermal. Depending on the outcome of this analysis, the Commission may present a legislative proposal to also include this category within the scope of the Directive.