11.5.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 136/104

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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0026), and the amended proposal (COM(2010)0391),

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having regard to its position at first reading of 17 June 2008 (1),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 50(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0209/2010),

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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 21 October 2010 (2),

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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 – Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (3),

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having regard to Rules 86 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0363/2010),

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whereas according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance,

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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.