# C_2018035EN.01015201.xml

| 31.1.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 35/152 |
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31.1.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 35/152

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P8_TA(2016)0025

Rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 2 February 2016 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codified text) (COM(2015)0008 — C8-0008/2015 — 2015/0006(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — codification)

(2018/C 035/29)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0008), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0008),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 77(2)(b) and (e) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0008/2015), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 77(2)(b) and (e) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0008/2015),

| — | 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 Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (1), |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (1),

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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 (A8-0359/2015), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0359/2015),

| 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)  OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.

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P8_TC1-COD(2015)0006

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 2 February 2016 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2016/ ... of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codification)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2016/399.)

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