Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 22.12.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 443/980 |

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P7\_TA(2014)0425

Invasive alien species \*\*\*I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 April 2014 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (COM(2013)0620 — C7-0264/2013 — 2013/0307(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2017/C 443/98)

The European Parliament,

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| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0620), |

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| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0264/2013), |

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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 Austrian Bundesrat, 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 22 January 2014[(1)](#ntr1-C_2017443EN.01098001-E0001), |

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| — | after consulting the Committee of the Regions, |

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| — | having regard to the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 19 March 2014 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 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |

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| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinions of the Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Fisheries (A7-0088/2014), |

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|  | 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |

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|  | 2. | 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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|  | 3. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |

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