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having regard to Article 246, second paragraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

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having regard to point 6 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (1),

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having regard to the resignation of Phil Hogan as a Member of the Commission,

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having regard to the Council's letter of 14 September 2020, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission (C9-0295/2020),

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having regard to the letter of the President of the Commission of 14 September 2020,

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having regard to the hearing of Mairead McGuinness on 2 October 2020, led by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and to the evaluation letter drawn up following that hearing,

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having regard to the examination by the Conference of Committee Chairs at its meeting on 5 October 2020, and the examination by the Conference of Presidents at its meeting on 6 October 2020,

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having regard to Rule 125 of, and Annex VII to, its Rules of Procedure,

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