# CE2013249EN.01006801.xml

| 30.8.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 249/68 |
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30.8.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 249/68

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Tuesday 14 February 2012Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Trade Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights ***I

P7_TA(2012)0032

European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 February 2012 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on entrusting the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private sector representatives as a European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy (COM(2011)0288 – C7-0136/2011 – 2011/0135(COD))

2013/C 249 E/20

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0288), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0288),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 114 and 118(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0136/2011), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 114 and 118(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0136/2011),

| — | 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 21 September 2011 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 21 September 2011 (1),

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 21 December 2011 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 21 December 2011 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 Legal Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Culture and Education (A7-0003/2012), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Culture and Education (A7-0003/2012),

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

| 2. | 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;

| 3. | 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 376, 22.12.2011, p. 62.

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Tuesday 14 February 2012P7_TC1-COD(2011)0135

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 February 2012 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on entrusting the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private sector representatives as a European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 386/2012.)

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