# C_2020411EN.01069401.xml

| 27.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 411/694 |
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27.11.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 411/694

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P8_TA(2019)0049

Accession of the Dominican Republic to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 31 January 2019 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and the United Kingdom to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of the Dominican Republic to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2018)0526 — C8-0376/2018 — 2018/0276(NLE))

(Consultation)

(2020/C 411/55)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2018)0526), |
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having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2018)0526),

| — | having regard to Article 38, fourth paragraph, of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, |
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having regard to Article 38, fourth paragraph, of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction,

| — | having regard to Article 81(3) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (b), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0376/2018), |
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having regard to Article 81(3) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (b), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8-0376/2018),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice (1) on the exclusive external competence of the European Union for a declaration of acceptance of an accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, |
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having regard to the opinion of the Court of Justice (1) on the exclusive external competence of the European Union for a declaration of acceptance of an accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction,

| — | having regard to Rules 78c and 108(8) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 78c and 108(8) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0451/2018), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0451/2018),

| 1. | Approves the authorisation for Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and the United Kingdom to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of the Dominican Republic to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; |
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| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States, as well as to the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. |
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(1)  Opinion of the Court of Justice of 14 October 2014, 1/13, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2303.

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