# C_2016482EN.01023401.xml

| 23.12.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 482/234 |
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23.12.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 482/234

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P7_TA(2014)0029

Hercule III programme and protection of the European Union's financial interests ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 January 2014 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Hercule III programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the European Union's financial interests (COM(2011)0914 — C7-0513/2011 — 2011/0454(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2016/C 482/43)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0914), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0914),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0513/2011), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0513/2011),

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

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors of 15 May 2012 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors of 15 May 2012 (1),

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 14 November 2013 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 the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 14 November 2013 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0385/2012), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0385/2012),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

| 2. | 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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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;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

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(1)  OJ C 201, 7.7.2012, p. 1.

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P7_TC1-COD(2011)0454

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 January 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 250/2014.)

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