Use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 December 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in household laundry detergents (COM(2010)0597 – C7-0356/2010 – 2010/0298(COD))#P7_TC1-COD(2010)0298 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 December 2011 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in consumer laundry detergents and consumer automatic dishwasher detergents
Date: 2011-12-14
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: consumer protection, household, phosphate, polishing and scouring preparations








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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 168/154





Wednesday 14 December 2011Use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents ***I
P7_TA(2011)0568
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 December 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in household laundry detergents (COM(2010)0597 – C7-0356/2010 – 2010/0298(COD))
2013/C 168 E/41
(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)0597),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0356/2010),










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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 the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 15 March 2011 (1),










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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 15 November 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 Rule 55 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A7-0246/2011),










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






(1)  OJ C 132, 3.5.2011, p. 71.


Wednesday 14 December 2011P7_TC1-COD(2010)0298
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 December 2011 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in consumer laundry detergents and consumer automatic dishwasher detergents

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) No 259/2012).