17.10.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 349/106

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0547),

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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 (C7-0230/2013),

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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 Central Bank of 5 February 2014 (1),

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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 11 December 2013 (2),

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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 4 June 2015 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 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 Legal Affairs (A7-0169/2014),

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having regard to the amendments which it adopted at its sitting of 3 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 (A8-0266/2015),

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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.