# C_2021116EN.01021501.xml

| 31.3.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 116/215 |
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31.3.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 116/215

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P8_TA(2019)0351

Computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 April 2019 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast) (COM(2018)0341 — C8-0215/2018 — 2018/0187(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — recast)

(2021/C 116/23)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0341), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0341),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0215/2018), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0215/2018),

| — | 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 17 October 2018 (1). |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 17 October 2018 (1).

| — | 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),

| — | having regard to the letter of 18 December 2018 sent by the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in accordance with Rule 104(3) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the letter of 18 December 2018 sent by the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in accordance with Rule 104(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 27 February 2019 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 27 February 2019 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | 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 Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0010/2019), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0010/2019),

| 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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| 2. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; |
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| 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 62, 15.2.2019, p. 108.

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

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P8_TC1-COD(2018)0187

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2020/... of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision (EU) 2020/263.)

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