Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 27.11.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 286/61 |

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Tuesday 17 June 2008  
Legal protection of computer programs (codified version) \*\*\*I

P6\_TA(2008)0268

European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 June 2008 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of computer programs (codified version) (COM(2008)0023 — C6-0042/2008 — 2008/0019(COD))

2009/C 286 E/20

(Codecision procedure — codification)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0023),

having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0042/2008),

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts[(1)](#ntr1-CE2009286EN.01006101-E0001),

having regard to Rules 80 and 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0237/2008),

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| A. | whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance, |

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| 1. | Approves the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission; |

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| 2. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission. |

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