Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 5.2.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 33/350 |

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Tuesday 5 July 2011  
Possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory \*\*\*I

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European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 July 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (COM(2010)0375 – C7-0178/2010 – 2010/0208(COD))

2013/C 33 E/38

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2010)0375), |

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| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C7-0178/2010), |

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| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis, |

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| — | having regard to Article 294(3) and Article 192(1) 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 December 2010[(1)](#ntr1-CE2013033EN.01035001-E0001), |

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| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 28 January 2011[(2)](#ntr2-CE2013033EN.01035001-E0002), |

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| — | having regard to Rules 55 and 37 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 opinion of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A7-0170/2011), |

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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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