P8_TA(2016)0368 Legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 October 2016 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on provisional legal aid for suspects or accused persons deprived of liberty and legal aid in European arrest warrant proceedings (COM(2013)0824 — C7-0429/2013 — 2013/0409(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2013)0409 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 October 2016 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2016/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings
Date: 2016-10-04
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, European arrest warrant, charge, criminal proceedings, extradition, legal aid, right to justice, rights of the defence








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19.6.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 215/260





P8_TA(2016)0368
Legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 October 2016 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on provisional legal aid for suspects or accused persons deprived of liberty and legal aid in European arrest warrant proceedings (COM(2013)0824 — C7-0429/2013 — 2013/0409(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2018/C 215/43)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0824),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 82(2)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0429/2013),










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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 25 March 2014 (1),










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having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 30 June 2016 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 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0165/2015),












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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 226, 16.7.2014, p. 63.


P8_TC1-COD(2013)0409
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 October 2016 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2016/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2016/1919.)