REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codified text)
6.3.2017 - (COM(2016)0702 – C8‑0439/2016 – 2016/0345(COD)) - ***I
Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka
(Codification – Rule 103 of the Rules of Procedure)
DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codified text)
(COM(2016)0702 – C8‑0439/2016 – 2016/0345(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure – codification)
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0702),
– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8‑0439/2016),
– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 - Accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts[1],
– having regard to Rules 103 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0054/2017),
A. 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;
1. Adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
- [1] OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 2.
ANNEX: OPINION OF THE CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY OF THE LEGAL SERVICES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION
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CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY OF THE LEGAL SERVICES |
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Brussels, 8 February 2017
OPINION
FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
THE COUNCIL
THE COMMISSION
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codification)
COM(2016) 702 final of 31.10.2016 - 2016/0345 (COD)
Having regard to the Inter-institutional Agreement of 20 December 1994 on an accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts, and in particular to point 4 thereof, the Consultative Working Party consisting of the respective legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission met on 23 November 2016 for the purpose of examining the aforementioned proposal submitted by the Commission.
At that meeting[1], an examination of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council codifying Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the European Union trade mark resulted in the Consultative Working Party’s concluding, without dissent, that the proposal is a straightforward codification of existing texts, without any change in their substance.
F. DREXLER H. LEGAL L. ROMERO REQUENA
Jurisconsult Jurisconsult Director General
- [1] The Consultative Working Party worked on the basis of the English language version of the proposal, being the master-copy language version of the text under discussion.
PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codification) |
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COM(2016)0702 – C8-0439/2016 – 2016/0345(COD) |
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Date submitted to Parliament |
31.10.2016 |
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Committee responsible Date announced in plenary |
JURI 21.11.2016 |
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Rapporteurs Date appointed |
Tadeusz Zwiefka 8.2.2017 |
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Date adopted |
28.2.2017 |
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Result of final vote |
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Date tabled |
6.3.2017 |
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FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE
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Daniel Buda, Therese Comodini Cachia, Pál Csáky, Emil Radev, Pavel Svoboda, Axel Voss, Tadeusz Zwiefka Mady Delvaux, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Evelyn Regner, Virginie Rozière, Tiemo Wölken Jean-Marie Cavada, António Marinho e Pinto Kostas Chrysogonos, Jiří Maštálka Max Andersson, Julia Reda Joëlle Bergeron, Laura Ferrara Marie-Christine Boutonnet, Gilles Lebreton |
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Key to symbols:
+ : in favour
- : against
0 : abstention