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having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2019)00791),

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having regard to the Commission’s letter of 30 January 2019 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

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having regard to the letter from the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 21 February 2019,

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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 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (1), and in particular Articles 1(6) and 82(6) thereof,

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having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs,

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having regard to Rule 105(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

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whereas the delegated act contains important amendments to ensure that the United Kingdom central bank and public bodies charged with or intervening in the management of the public debt will be exempted from the clearing and reporting requirements and the requirement to apply risk-mitigation techniques to non-cleared transactions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

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whereas Parliament recognises the importance of a swift adoption of this act in order to ensure the preparedness of the European Union in the event of a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without a withdrawal agreement;

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