P7_TA(2013)0200 Offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 21 May 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities (COM(2011)0688 — C7-0392/2011 — 2011/0309(COD)) P7_TC1-COD(2011)0309 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 21 May 2013 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2013/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC
Date: 2013-05-21
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: coastal pollution, environmental liability, extraction of oil, man-made disaster, marine pollution, offshore drilling, offshore oil structure, oil pollution, prevention of pollution, safety standard








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Official Journal of the European Union


C 55/138





P7_TA(2013)0200
Offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 21 May 2013 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities (COM(2011)0688 — C7-0392/2011 — 2011/0309(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2016/C 055/31)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0688),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0392/2011),










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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 22 February 2012 (1),










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after consulting the Committee of the Regions,










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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 6 March 2013 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 Industry, Research and Energy and the opinions of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0121/2013),












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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 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 143, 22.5.2012, p. 107.


P7_TC1-COD(2011)0309
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 21 May 2013 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2013/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2013/30/EU.)