# C_2016300EN.01005201.xml

| 18.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 300/52 |
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18.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/52

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P8_TA(2015)0004

Possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 January 2015 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory (10972/3/2014 — C8-0145/2014 — 2010/0208(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2016/C 300/13)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Council position at first reading (10972/3/2014 — C8-0145/2014), |
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having regard to the Council position at first reading (10972/3/2014 — C8-0145/2014),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 9 December 2010 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 9 December 2010 (1),

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| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 28 January 2011 (2), |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 28 January 2011 (2),

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| — | having regard to its position at first reading (3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2010)0375), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2010)0375),

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 10 December 2014 to approve Parliament’s position at second reading, in accordance with Article 294(8)(a) 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 10 December 2014 to approve Parliament’s position at second reading, in accordance with Article 294(8)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Rule 69 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 69 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A8-0038/2014), |
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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A8-0038/2014),

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

| 2. | 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 54, 19.2.2011, p. 51.

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(2)  OJ C 104, 2.4.2011, p. 62.

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(3)  OJ C 33 E, 5.2.2013, p. 350.

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P8_TC2-COD(2010)0208

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 January 2015 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2015/... of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2015/412.)

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