9.3.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 93/401

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0064),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 33, 114 and 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0045/2012),

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

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after transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 23 May 2012 (1),

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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (2),

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having regard to the letter of 12 July 2012 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection in accordance with Rule 87(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 22 May 2013 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 Rules 87 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the opinion of the Committee on International Trade (A7-0006/2013),

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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

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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.