# C_2022117EN.01019001.xml

| 11.3.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 117/190 |
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11.3.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 117/190

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P9_TA(2021)0363

Community plant variety rights: extension of the term for certain varieties ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 September 2021 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the extension of the term of Community plant variety rights for the species asparagus and the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals (COM(2021)0036 — C9-0010/2021 — 2021/0019(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2022/C 117/20)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0036), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0036),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and the first paragraph of Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0010/2021), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and the first paragraph of Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0010/2021),

| — | 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 24 March 2021 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 24 March 2021 (1),

| — | having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 14 July 2021 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 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 14 July 2021 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 Agriculture and Rural Development (A9-0171/2021), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A9-0171/2021),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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| 2. | 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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| 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 220, 9.6.2021, p. 86.

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P9_TC1-COD(2021)0019

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 September 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/... of the European Parliament and of the Council on the extension of the term of the Community plant variety rights for varieties of the species Asparagus officinalis L. and of the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2021/1873.)

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