19.6.2018   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 215/321


P8_TA(2016)0415

Protective measures against pests of plants ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 October 2016 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 protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (08795/2/2016 — C8-0364/2016 — 2013/0141(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

(2018/C 215/61)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Council position at first reading (08795/2/2016 — C8-0364/2016),

having regard to the reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Austrian Federal Council, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 10 December 2013 (1),

after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

having regard to its position at first reading (2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0267),

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

having regard to Rule 76 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (A8-0293/2016),

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.

(1)  OJ C 170, 5.6.2014, p. 104.

(2)  Texts adopted of 15.4.2014, P7_TA(2014)0382.