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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0467) and the amended proposal (COM(2020)0611),

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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 78(2)(d) and 79(2)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0039/2024),

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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

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having regard to Article 294(3) and Article 79(2)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee of 14 December 2016  (1) and of 25 February 2021  (2),

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having regard to the opinions of the Committee of the Regions of 8 February 2017  (3) and of 19 March 2021  (4),

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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 8 February 2024 to approve that position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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having regard to the decision by the Conference of Presidents of 21 February 2024 to authorise the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to split the legislative procedure and to proceed with the tabling of two separate consolidated texts for consideration in plenary;

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having regard to Rules 59 and 40 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0164/2024),