9.11.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 378/656

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0753),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 82(1), 84 and 87(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0445/2011),

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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 11 July 2012 (1)

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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 18 July 2012 (2),

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having regard to its decision of 17 January 2013 on the opening of, and the mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal (3),

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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 11 December 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 Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0026/2014),

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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.