# C_2021323EN.01001901.xml

| 11.8.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 323/19 |
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11.8.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 323/19

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P9_TA(2020)0056

Minimum requirements for water reuse ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 13 May 2020 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 minimum requirements for water reuse (15301/2/2019 — C9-0107/2020 — 2018/0169(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2021/C 323/05)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council position at first reading (15301/2/2019 — C9-0107/2020), |
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having regard to the Council position at first reading (15301/2/2019 — C9-0107/2020),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 12 December 2018 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 12 December 2018 (1),

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 6 December 2018 (2), |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 6 December 2018 (2),

| — | having regard to its position at first reading (3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0337), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0337),

| — | 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 provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0098/2020), |
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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0098/2020),

| 1. | Approves the Council position at first reading; |
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| 2. | Takes note of the Commission statement annexed to this resolution; |
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| 3. | Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; |
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| 4. | 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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| 5. | 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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| 6. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 110, 22.3.2019, p. 94.

(2)  OJ C 86, 7.3.2019, p. 353.

(3)  Texts adopted of 12.2.2019, P8_TA(2019)0071.

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ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

COMMISSION DECLARATION ON MICROPLASTICS

The Commission acknowledges that microplastics are substances of emerging concern in relation to water quality. In the light hereof, and considering that this is a general issue not limited to reclaimed water only, the Commission undertakes to pursue its efforts to further address this important issue.

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