9.2.2018 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 50/152 |
P8_TA(2016)0075
Reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 9 March 2016 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels (codified text) (COM(2014)0466 — C8-0107/2014 — 2014/0216(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure — codification)
(2018/C 050/19)
The European Parliament,
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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2014)0466), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0107/2014), |
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having regard to Article 294(3) 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 15 October 2014 (1), |
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after consulting the Committee of the Regions, |
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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 — Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts (2), |
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having regard to Rules 103 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0037/2016), |
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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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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; |
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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
(1) OJ C 12, 15.1.2015, p. 117.
P8_TC1-COD(2014)0216
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 9 March 2016 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2016/… of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels (codification)
(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2016/802.)