RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast)
7.12.2015 - (10374/1/2015 – C8‑0352/2015 – 2013/0089(COD)) - ***II
Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström
DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast)
(10374/1/2015 – C8‑0352/2015 – 2013/0089(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Council position at first reading (10374/1/2015 – C8‑0352/2015),
– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 11 July 2013[1]
– having regard to the opinion of the Commission (COM(2015)0588),
– having regard to its position at first reading[2] on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0162),
– 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 Legal Affairs (A8-0355/2015),
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.
PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
Title |
Laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) |
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References |
10374/1/2015 – C8-0352/2015 – 2013/0089(COD) |
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Date of Parliament’s first reading – P number |
25.2.2014 T7-0119/2014 |
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Commission proposal |
COM(2013)0162 - C7-0088/2013 |
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Receipt of Council position at first reading announced in plenary |
26.11.2015 |
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Committee responsible Date announced in plenary |
JURI 26.11.2015 |
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Rapporteurs Date appointed |
Cecilia Wikström 24.4.2013 |
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Previous rapporteurs |
Cecilia Wikström |
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Discussed in committee |
2.12.2014 |
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Date adopted |
3.12.2015 |
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Result of final vote |
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18 3 1 |
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Members present for the final vote |
Joëlle Bergeron, Marie-Christine Boutonnet, Jean-Marie Cavada, Kostas Chrysogonos, Therese Comodini Cachia, Mady Delvaux, Laura Ferrara, Enrico Gasbarra, Mary Honeyball, Gilles Lebreton, António Marinho e Pinto, Jiří Maštálka, Emil Radev, Evelyn Regner, Pavel Svoboda, József Szájer, Tadeusz Zwiefka |
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Substitutes present for the final vote |
Angel Dzhambazki, Jytte Guteland, Heidi Hautala, Stefano Maullu, Rainer Wieland, Cecilia Wikström, Kosma Złotowski |
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Date tabled |
7.12.2015 |
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- [1] OJ C 372, 12.11.2013, p. 42.
- [2] Texts adopted of 25.2.2014, P7_TA(2014)0119.