# C_2020449EN.01021301.xml

| 23.12.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 449/213 |
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23.12.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 449/213

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P8_TA(2019)0069

Multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 February 2019 on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for fish stocks in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 establishing a multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008 (COM(2018)0149 — C8–0126/2018 — 2018/0074(COD)

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2020/C 449/33)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0149), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0149),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0126/2018), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0126/2018),

| — | 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 official notification of 29 March 2017 by the United Kingdom government, pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, of its intention to withdraw from the European Union, |
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having regard to the official notification of 29 March 2017 by the United Kingdom government, pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, of its intention to withdraw from the European Union,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 September 2018 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 19 September 2018 (1),

| — | having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 12 December 2018 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 provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 12 December 2018 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A8-0310/2018), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A8-0310/2018),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2); |
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| 2. | Approves the joint statement by Parliament and the Council annexed to this resolution, which will be published in the L series of the Official Journal of the European Union together with the final legislative act; |
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| 3. | 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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| 4. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 440, 6.12.2018, p. 171.

(2)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 25 October 2018 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0425).

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P8_TC1-COD(2018)0074

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 February 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/... of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/1139 and (EU) 2018/973, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007 and (EC) No 1300/2008

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2019/472.)

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ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Joint statement by the European Parliament and the Council

The European Parliament and the Council intend to repeal the empowerments to adopt technical measures by means of delegated acts under Article 8 of this Regulation when they adopt a new regulation on technical measures which includes an empowerment covering the same measures.

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