Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 14.6.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 168/159 |

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Thursday 15 December 2011  
Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents \*\*\*I

P7\_TA(2011)0580

European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 December 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (recast) (COM(2008)0229 – C6-0184/2008 – 2008/0090(COD))

2013/C 168 E/45

(Ordinary legislative procedure: recast)

The European Parliament,

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| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2008)0229), |

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| — | having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 255(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted its initial proposal to Parliament (C6-0184/2008), |

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| — | having regard to the Commission Communication to Parliament and the Council entitled ‧Consequences of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon for ongoing interinstitutional decision-making procedures‧ (COM(2009)0665), |

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| — | having regard to Article 294(3) and Article 15 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |

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| — | having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in particular Articles 41 and 42 thereof, |

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| — | having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts[(1)](#ntr1-CE2013168EN.01015902-E0001), |

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| — | having regard to Rules 87 and 55 of its Rules of Procedure, |

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| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, the Committee on Petitions and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0426/2011), |

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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 does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance |

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| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account 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. | Considers that procedure 2011/0073(COD) has lapsed as a result of the incorporation into procedure 2008/0090(COD) of the contents of the Commission proposal (COM(2011)0137); |

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| 3. | 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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| 4. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission |

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