30.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 316/217

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0462),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0209/2013),

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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 opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 16 October 2013 (1),

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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 30 January 2014 (2),

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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 10 December 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 Rules 59 and 61(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0211/2014),

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having regard to the amendments which it adopted at its sitting of 17 April 2014 (3),

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having regard to the Decision of the Conference of Presidents of 18 September 2014 on unfinished business from the seventh parliamentary term,

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having regard to the supplementary report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0021/2015),

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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.