P8_TA(2017)0107

Medical devices ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 April 2017 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (10728/4/2016 — C8-0104/2017 — 2012/0266(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2018/C 298/28)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Council position at first reading (10728/4/2016 — C8-0104/2017),

—	having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 14 February 2013 (1),

—	having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2012)0542),

—	having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

—	having regard to Rule 67a of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A8-0068/2017),

1.

Approves the Council position at first reading;

2.

Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.

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

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(1)  OJ C 133, 9.5.2013, p. 52.

(2)  Texts adopted of 2 April 2014, P7_TA(2014)0266.