P9_TA(2021)0078 Equivalence of field inspections and equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the UK ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2021 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom (COM(2020)0853 — C9-0431/2020 — 2020/0379(COD)) P9_TC1-COD(2020)0379 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom
Date: 2021-03-11
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament
Subjects: United Kingdom, crop production, import (EU), plant health legislation, quality control of agricultural products, quality standard, seed, withdrawal from the EU








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24.11.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 474/335






P9_TA(2021)0078
Equivalence of field inspections and equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the UK ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2021 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom (COM(2020)0853 — C9-0431/2020 — 2020/0379(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2021/C 474/32)

The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0853),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 43(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0431/2020),










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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 27 January 2021 (1),










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having regard to Rules 59 and 163 of its Rules of Procedure,












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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)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.




P9_TC1-COD(2020)0379
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 March 2021 with a view to the adoption of Decision (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision (EU) 2021/537.)