# C_2021425EN.01016301.xml

| 20.10.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 425/163 |
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20.10.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 425/163

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P9_TA(2020)0309

Service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 November 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 the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents) (recast) (09890/2/2020 — C9-0356/2020 — 2018/0204(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2021/C 425/21)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Council position at first reading (09890/2/2020 — C9-0356/2020), |
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having regard to the Council position at first reading (09890/2/2020 — C9-0356/2020),

| — | 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 its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0379), |
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having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0379),

| — | 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 Legal Affairs (A9-0222/2020), |
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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0222/2020),

| 1. | Approves the Council position at first reading; |
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| 2. | Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; |
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| 3. | 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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| 4. | 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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| 5. | 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. 56.

(2)  Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0104.

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