15.12.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 468/220

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having regard to the draft Council Decision (12324/2013),

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having regard to the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,

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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 114(1) and Article 207, and with Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0379/2013),

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having regard to the Stockholm Programme and its implementing Action Plan (1),

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having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2013 on the Second Report on the implementation of the EU Internal Security Strategy (2),

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having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2013 on organised crime, corruption, and money laundering: recommendations on action and initiatives to be taken (CRIM committee final report) (3),

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

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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A7-0359/2013),

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Consents to the conclusion of the Protocol;

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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, Europol and Eurojust.