12. Council position at first reading

The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 61(1), the following position had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to its adoption, and the Commission's position on:

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (17427/1/2012 - C7-0051/2013 - 2006/0084(COD))
referred to responsible: CONT

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (15 March 2013).