# C_2016316EN.01022401.xml

| 30.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 316/224 |
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30.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 316/224

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P8_TA(2015)0053

Common rules for imports from certain third countries ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2015 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for imports from certain third countries (recast) (COM(2014)0323 — C8-0014/2014 — 2014/0168(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — recast)

(2016/C 316/34)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0323), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0323),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0014/2014), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0014/2014),

| — | 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 10 December 2014 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 10 December 2014 (1),

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| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (2), |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (2),

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| — | having regard to the letter of 13 November 2014 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on International Trade in accordance with Rule 104(3) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the letter of 13 November 2014 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on International Trade in accordance with Rule 104(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to Rules 104 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 104 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade (A8-0014/2015), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade (A8-0014/2015),

| A. | whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance; |
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whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;

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

| 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)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

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(2)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.

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P8_TC1-COD(2014)0168

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 March 2015 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/... of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for imports from certain third countries (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2015/755.)

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