22.9.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 316/314

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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2015)0451),

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having regard to Article 78(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0271/2015),

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having regard to its position of 9 September 2015 on the proposal for a Council decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (1),

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having regard to the exceptional situation of urgency and the need to address the situation with no further delay,

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having regard to Rules 59 and 154 of its Rules of Procedure,

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Approves the Commission proposal;

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Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

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Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the Commission proposal;

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Informs the Council that this approval is without prejudice to its position that it subsequently takes on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a crisis relocation mechanism and amending Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (COM(2015)0450);

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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.