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| 13.9.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 264/104 |
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13.9.2013

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 264/104

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Wednesday 23 May 2012Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean ***I

P7_TA(2012)0214

European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2012 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (COM(2011)0330 – C7-0154/2011 – 2011/0144(COD))

2013/C 264 E/21

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0330), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0330),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0154/2011), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0154/2011),

| — | 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 26 October 2011 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 October 2011 (1),

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 18 April 2012 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 undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 18 April 2012 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 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A7-0449/2011), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A7-0449/2011),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

| 2. | Approves the statement by Parliament annexed to this resolution; |
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Approves the statement by Parliament annexed to this resolution;

| 3. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its 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 its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

| 4. | 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 24, 28.1.2012, p. 116.

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Wednesday 23 May 2012P7_TC1-COD(2011)0144

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 May 2012 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 500/2012).

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Wednesday 23 May 2012Annex to the legislative resolution

Statement by the European Parliament on implementing acts

The European Parliament declares that the provisions of this Regulation regarding implementing acts are the result of a delicate compromise. In order to achieve a first reading agreement before the beginning of the bluefin tuna fishing season, the European Parliament has therefore accepted the possibility of implementing acts in certain specific cases. It underlines however, that those provisions shall not be taken or used as a precedent for regulating similar situations for effective transposition of future international conservation and management measures which have been established by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and which become binding upon the Union in accordance with the terms of the international conventions setting up those organisations.

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