P8_TA(2019)0121 Framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 February 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union (COM(2017)0487 — C8-0309/2017 — 2017/0224(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2017)0224 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 February 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union
Date: 2019-02-14
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on International Trade, Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: capital movement, direct investment, disclosure of information, financial control, foreign investment, public order, third country, threat to national security








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23.12.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 449/673






P8_TA(2019)0121
Framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 February 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union (COM(2017)0487 — C8-0309/2017 — 2017/0224(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2020/C 449/67)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2017)0487),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0309/2017),










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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 19 April 2018 (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 23 March 2018 (2),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 5 December 2018 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 International Trade and the opinions of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0198/2018),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Takes note of the statement by the Commission annexed to this resolution, which will be published in the L series of the Official Journal of the European Union together with the final legislative act;












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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 262, 25.7.2018, p. 94.

(2)  OJ C 247, 13.7.2018, p. 28.




P8_TC1-COD(2017)0224
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 February 2019 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2019/452.)






ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
COMMISSION STATEMENT
Following the request of the European Parliament, the European Commission undertakes to:






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share with the European Parliament the standardised forms which the European Commission will prepare to facilitate compliance of Member States with the annual reporting obligations under Article 5 of the Regulation once they are finalised, and










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share with the European Parliament such standardised forms each year, in parallel to presenting the annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council, in accordance with Article 5(3) of the Regulation.