# C_2016036EN.01021501.xml

| 29.1.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 36/215 |
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29.1.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 36/215

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P7_TA(2013)0071

European venture capital funds ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Venture Capital Funds (COM(2011)0860 — C7-0490/2011 — 2011/0417(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2016/C 036/35)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0860), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0860),

| — | 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 (C7-0490/2011), |
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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 (C7-0490/2011),

| — | 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 European Economic and Social Committee of 26 April 2012 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 April 2012 (1),

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 12 December 2012 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 12 December 2012 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 Economic and Monetary Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0193/2012), |
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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 (A7-0193/2012),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2); |
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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2);

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| 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 191, 29.6.2012, p. 72.

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(2)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 13 September 2012 (Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0346).

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P7_TC1-COD(2011)0417

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 March 2013 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European venture capital funds

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 345/2013.)

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