# C_2017399EN.01022801.xml

| 24.11.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 399/228 |
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24.11.2017

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 399/228

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P8_TA(2015)0440

Laws of Member States relating to trade marks ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 December 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 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (recast) (10374/1/2015 — C8-0352/2015 — 2013/0089(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2017/C 399/43)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Council position at first reading (10374/1/2015 — C8-0352/2015), |
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having regard to the Council position at first reading (10374/1/2015 — C8-0352/2015),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 11 July 2013 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 11 July 2013 (1),

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| — | having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0162), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0162),

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| — | 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 76 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0355/2015), |
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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0355/2015),

| 1. | Approves the Council position at first reading; |
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Approves the Council position at first reading;

| 2. | Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; |
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Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

| 3. | Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; |
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Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

| 4. | Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; |
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Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

Official Journal of the European Union

| 5. | 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 372, 12.11.2013, p. 42.

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(2)  Texts adopted of 25.2.2014, P7_TA(2014)0119.

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