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| 7.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 377/250 |
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7.12.2012

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 377/250

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Wednesday 11 May 2011Excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco *

P7_TA(2011)0216

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 May 2011 on the amended proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codified text) (COM(2010)0641 – C7-0403/2010 – 2007/0206(CNS))

2012/C 377 E/43

(Special legislative procedure – consultation – codification)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0587) and the amended proposal (COM(2010)0641), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2007)0587) and the amended proposal (COM(2010)0641),

| — | having regard to its position of 19 February 2008 (1), |
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having regard to its position of 19 February 2008 (1),

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| — | having regard to Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0403/2010), |
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having regard to Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7-0403/2010),

| — | 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),

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| — | having regard to Rules 86 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 86 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0100/2011), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0100/2011),

| 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. | Approves the amended 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; |
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Approves the amended 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;

| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

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(1)  OJ C 184 E, 6.8.2009, p. 119.

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

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