# C_2017265EN.01015901.xml

| 11.8.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 265/159 |
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11.8.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 265/159

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P8_TA(2015)0240

Exercise of the Union’s rights under international trade rules ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 7 July 2015 on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Union procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Union’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (codified text) (COM(2015)0049 — C8-0041/2015 — 2014/0174(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — codification)

(2017/C 265/23)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission's amended proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0049), |
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having regard to the Commission's amended proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0049),

| — | 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 (C8-0041/2015), |
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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 (C8-0041/2015),

| — | 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 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2), |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2),

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| — | having regard to Rules 103 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 103 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0203/2015), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0203/2015),

| A. | whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question 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 proposal in question 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. | 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 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.

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P8_TC1-COD(2014)0174

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 7 July 2015 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2015/... of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Union procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Union’s rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (codification)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2015/1843.)

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