# C_2021494EN.01019701.xml

| 8.12.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 494/197 |
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8.12.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 494/197

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P9_TA(2021)0101

Control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 March 2021 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (recast) (COM(2016)0616 — C8-0393/2016 — 2016/0295(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure — recast)

(2021/C 494/22)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0616), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0616),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0393/2016), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0393/2016),

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

| — | having regard to the letter of 27 March 2017 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on International Trade in accordance with Rule 110(3) of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the letter of 27 March 2017 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on International Trade in accordance with Rule 110(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | 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 18 November 2020 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 18 November 2020 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Rules 110 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rules 110 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A8-0390/2017), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A8-0390/2017),

| A. | whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal 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 Commission proposal 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. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission; |
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| 2. | Takes note of the statement by the Commission annexed to this resolution; |
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| 3. | 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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| 4. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.

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P9_TC1-COD(2016)0295

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/... of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items (recast)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2021/821.)

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ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Statement by the Commission on a capacity-building programme for the control of dual-use exports

The Commission recognises the importance of a common licensing and enforcement capacity-building and training programme for an effective EU export control system. The Commission, in consultation with the Dual-Use Coordination Group, undertakes to explore the human and financial resource implications that such a programme may entail, with a view to identifying options for the design, modalities and deployment of a capacity-building and training programme.

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