# C_2021465EN.01017401.xml

| 17.11.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 465/174 |
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17.11.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 465/174

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P9_TA(2021)0032

Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 9 February 2021 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) (COM(2020)0048 — C9-0017/2020 — 2020/0029(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — codification)

(2021/C 465/20)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0048), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0048),

| — | 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 (C9-0017/2020), |
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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 (C9-0017/2020),

| — | 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 10 June 2020 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 10 June 2020 (1),

| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2), |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2),

| — | having regard to Rules 109 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 109 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0010/2021), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0010/2021),

| A. | whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question 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 proposal in question 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. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 311, 18.9.2020, p. 52.

(2)  OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.

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P9_TC1-COD(2020)0029

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 9 February 2021 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2021/... of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2021/555.)

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