24.3.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 93/247

P7_TA(2014)0073

Imports of Atlantic bigeye tuna ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 February 2014 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 827/2004 prohibiting imports of Atlantic bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) originating in Bolivia, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia and Sierra Leone and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1036/2001 (COM(2013)0185 — C7-0091/2013 — 2013/0097(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2017/C 093/44)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0185),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0091/2013),

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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 undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 22 January 2014 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 Fisheries (A7-0475/2013),

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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.

P7_TC1-COD(2013)0097

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 5 February 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 827/2004 prohibiting imports of Atlantic bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) originating in Bolivia, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia and Sierra Leone and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1036/2001

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 249/2014.)