16.12.2015

Official Journal of the European Union

C 419/216

P7_TA(2012)0437

Modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat between the EU, Brazil, and Thailand ***

European Parliament legislative resolution of 21 November 2012 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Brazil pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat provided for in the EU Schedule annexed to GATT 1994, and of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat provided for in the EU Schedule annexed to GATT 1994 (07883/2012 — C7-0171/2012 — 2012/0046(NLE))

(Consent)

(2015/C 419/46)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the draft Council decision (07883/2012),

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having regard to the draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Brazil pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat provided for in the EU Schedule annexed to GATT 1994 (07884/2012),

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having regard to the draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat provided for in the EU Schedule annexed to GATT 1994 (07885/2012),

—	having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0171/2012),

—	having regard to Rules 81 and 90(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A7-0350/2012),

Consents to conclusion of the Agreements;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Kingdom of Thailand.