# C_2018086EN.01021601.xml

| 6.3.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 86/216 |
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6.3.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 86/216

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P8_TA(2016)0277

Promoting free movement by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 9 June 2016 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (14956/2/2015 — C8-0129/2016 — 2013/0119(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2018/C 086/42)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council position at first reading (14956/2/2015 — C8-0129/2016), |
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having regard to the Council position at first reading (14956/2/2015 — C8-0129/2016),

| — | having regard to the reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Romanian Senate, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity, |
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having regard to the reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Romanian Senate, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

| — | 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)0228), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0228),

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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 the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis, |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

| — | having regard to Rules 76 and 39 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 76 and 39 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0156/2016), |
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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0156/2016),

| 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;

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| 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 327, 12.11.2013, p. 52.

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(2)  Texts adopted of 4.2.2014, P7_TA(2014)0054.

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