23.12.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 482/189

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0897),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 53(1), 62 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0004/2012),

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

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having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the German Bundesrat, the Spanish Congress of Deputies and the Austrian Federal Council, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 April 2012 (1),

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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 19 July 2012 (2),

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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 17 July 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 Rule 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 opinions of the Committee on International Trade, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Regional Development and Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0030/2013),

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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

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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.