P8_TA(2019)0342 Common rules for the internal market for natural gas ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 April 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (COM(2017)0660 — C8-0394/2017 — 2017/0294(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2017)0294 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas
Date: 2019-04-04
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: energy grid, gas pipeline, gas supply, import (EU), natural gas, security of supply, single market, third country








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31.3.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 116/79






P8_TA(2019)0342
Common rules for the internal market for natural gas ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 April 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (COM(2017)0660 — C8-0394/2017 — 2017/0294(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2021/C 116/14)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2017)0660),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 194(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0394/2017),










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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 reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the French Senate, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,










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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 16 May 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 20 February 2019 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 Industry, Research and Energy (A8-0143/2018),












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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 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. 64.

(2)  OJ C 361, 5.10.2018, p. 72.




P8_TC1-COD(2017)0294
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2019/692.)