P9_TA(2021)0032

Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 9 February 2021 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) (COM(2020)0048 — C9-0017/2020 — 2020/0029(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — codification)

(2021/C 465/20)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0048),

—	having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0017/2020),

—	having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

—	having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 10 June 2020 (1),

—	having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2),

—	having regard to Rules 109 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0010/2021),

A.	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;

Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

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

(1) OJ C 311, 18.9.2020, p. 52.

(2) OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.