# CE2009294EN.01012401.xml

| 3.12.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 294/124 |
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3.12.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 294/124

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Wednesday 9 July 2008Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS) ***I

P6_TA(2008)0343

European Parliament legislative resolution of 9 July 2008 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS) (COM(2007)0433 — C6-0234/2007 — 2007/0156(COD))

2009/C 294 E/44

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0433),

having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0234/2007),

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1),

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having regard to Rule 51 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 Budgets (A6-0240/2008),

| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal as amended; |
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Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

| 2. | Considers that the financial envelope indicated in the legislative proposal must be compatible with the ceiling of subheading 1a of the 2007-2013 multiannual financial framework as revised by Decision 2008/371/EC (2) and points out that the annual amount will be decided as part of the annual budgetary procedure in accordance with point 37 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006; |
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Considers that the financial envelope indicated in the legislative proposal must be compatible with the ceiling of subheading 1a of the 2007-2013 multiannual financial framework as revised by Decision 2008/371/EC (2) and points out that the annual amount will be decided as part of the annual budgetary procedure in accordance with point 37 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006;

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| 3. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the 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 the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

| 4. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ L 128, 16.5.2008, p. 8.

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Wednesday 9 July 2008P6_TC1-COD(2007)0156

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 9 July 2008 with a view to the adoption of Decision No .../2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision No 1297/2008/EC.)

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