# C_2017355EN.01016401.xml

| 20.10.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 355/164 |
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20.10.2017

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 355/164

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P8_TA(2015)0378

Provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 28 October 2015 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (08806/1/2015 — C8-0260/2015 — 2014/0213(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2017/C 355/24)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Council position at first reading (08806/1/2015 — C8-0260/2015), |
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having regard to the Council position at first reading (08806/1/2015 — C8-0260/2015),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 15 October 2014 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 15 October 2014 (1),

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| — | having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0457), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0457),

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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 Fisheries (A8-0295/2015), |
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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Fisheries (A8-0295/2015),

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

| 2. | Approves the statement annexed to this resolution; |
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Approves the statement annexed to this resolution;

| 3. | 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;

| 4. | 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;

| 5. | 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, together with the European Parliament statement thereon, 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, together with the European Parliament statement thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union;

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| 6. | 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 12, 15.1.2015, p. 116.

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(2)  Text adopted of 13.1.2015, P8_TA(2015)0005.

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ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Statement by the European Parliament on granting derogations for the use of trawl nets and gill-nets fisheries in the Black Sea

‘The European Parliament declares that the provisions in Article 15a to be inserted in Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011, regarding derogations from the prohibition on the use of certain gear in the coastal waters of the Black Sea, are of an exceptional nature. They take into account the prevailing situation in the region, where Member States have put in place measures in order to allow for the use of the gear concerned in accordance with relevant recommendations from the GFCM. That information was already available to Parliament prior to the tabling of the current Commission proposal. For those reasons, Parliament accepts, in the present context, the arrangement authorising the Member States concerned to grant the derogations in question. It stresses, however, that those provisions are not to be taken or used as a precedent in any future legal act.’

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