P8_TA(2017)0067 Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2017 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement and Directive 2013/34/EU as regards certain elements of the corporate governance statement (COM(2014)0213 — C7-0147/2014 — 2014/0121(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2014)0121 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 March 2017 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement
Date: 2017-03-14
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: access to information, administrative transparency, board of management, business management, company with share capital, investment, management audit, protection of shareholders, shareholder, shareholding








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25.7.2018   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 263/170






P8_TA(2017)0067
Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2017 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement and Directive 2013/34/EU as regards certain elements of the corporate governance statement (COM(2014)0213 — C7-0147/2014 — 2014/0121(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2018/C 263/27)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0213),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 50 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0147/2014),










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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 9 July 2014 (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 16 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 Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0158/2015),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2);












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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






(1)  OJ C 451, 16.12.2014, p. 87.

(2)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 8 July 2015 (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0257).




P8_TC1-COD(2014)0121
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 March 2017 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2017/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2017/828.)