# CE2010076EN.01010902.xml

| 25.3.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 76/109 |
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25.3.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 76/109

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Thursday 19 February 2009Rules on aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (recast) ***I

P6_TA(2009)0071

European Parliament legislative resolution of 19 February 2009 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (recast) (COM(2007)0848 – C6-0006/2008 – 2007/0287(COD))

2010/C 76 E/23

(Codecision procedure – recast)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2007)0848),

having regard to Articles 251(2), 37 and 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0006/2008),

having regard to the undertakings given by the Council representative by letter of 2 February 2009 to adopt the proposal as amended, in accordance with Article 251(2), second subparagraph, first indent of the EC Treaty,

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (1),

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having regard to Rules 80a and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A6-0216/2008),

| 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 does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal 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 does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance,

| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and as amended hereunder; |
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Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission and as amended hereunder;

| 2. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text; |
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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

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(1)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.

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Thursday 19 February 2009P6_TC1-COD(2007)0287

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 19 February 2009 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament’s position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No ....)

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