(Special legislative procedure – consultation – recast)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Council draft (05603/2014),

–  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2011)0742),

–  having regard to Article 322(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C7‑0037/2014),

–  having regard to its resolution of 29 March 2007 on the future of the European Union’s own resources(1),

–  having regards to its resolution of 8 June 2011 on investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe(2),

–  having regards to its resolution of 13 June 2012 on the Multiannual Financial Framework and own resources(3),

–  having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2012 in the interest of achieving a positive outcome of the Multiannual Financial Framework approval procedure(4),

–  having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2013 on the European Council conclusions of 7-8 February 2013 concerning the Multiannual Financial Framework(5),

–  having regard to its resolution of 3 July 2013 on the political agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020(6),

–  having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts(7),

–  having regard to the letter of 6 March 2012 from the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Budgets in accordance with Rule 87(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

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

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0268/2014),

A.  whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal 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;

1.  Approves the Council draft as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;

2.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.  Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the text approved by Parliament;

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

(1) OJ C 27 E, 31.1.2008, p. 214. (2) OJ C 380 E, 11.12.2012, p. 89. (3) OJ C 332 E, 15.11.2013, p. 42. (4) OJ C 68 E, 7.3.2014, p. 1. (5) Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0078. (6) Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0304. (7) OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.