9.11.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 378/298


P7_TA(2014)0183

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources ***

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2014 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (06852/2013 — C7-0005/2014 — 2012/0279(NLE))

(Consent)

(2017/C 378/37)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the draft Council Decision (06852/2013),

having regard to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, attached to the above-mentioned draft Council decision,

having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 192(1) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0005/2014),

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

having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0061/2014),

1.

Consents to conclusion of the Protocol;

2.

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