Generalised tariff preferences ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 March 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 (COM(2010)0142 – C7-0135/2010 – 2010/0140(COD))#P7_TC1-COD(2010)0140 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 24 March 2011 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011
Date: 2011-03-24
Institutions: Committee on Development, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament
Subjects: common commercial policy, common tariff policy, developing countries, development aid, generalised preferences, least-developed country, sustainable development








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17.8.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 247/38





Thursday 24 March 2011Generalised tariff preferences ***I
P7_TA(2011)0105
European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 March 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 (COM(2010)0142 – C7-0135/2010 – 2010/0140(COD))
2012/C 247 E/10
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2010)0142),










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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 (C7-0135/2010),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on International Trade and the opinion of the Committee on Development (A7-0051/2011),










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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;










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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;










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Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a new Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences without delay;










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






Thursday 24 March 2011P7_TC1-COD(2010)0140
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 24 March 2011 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament’s position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 512/2011.)