P8_TA(2017)0047 Reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 February 2017 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders (COM(2015)0670 — C8-0407/2015 — 2015/0307(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2015)0307 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 February 2017 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders
Date: 2017-02-16
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Development, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Schengen Information System, area of freedom, security and justice, biometrics, border control, external border of the EU, foreign national, internal border of the EU, passport, terrorism








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18.7.2018   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 252/431





P8_TA(2017)0047
Reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 February 2017 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders (COM(2015)0670 — C8-0407/2015 — 2015/0307(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2018/C 252/44)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2015)0670),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 77(2)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0407/2015),










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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 undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 7 December 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 and the opinion of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A8-0218/2016),












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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.






P8_TC1-COD(2015)0307
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 February 2017 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2017/458.)