8. Council positions at first reading

The President announced under Rule 64(1) that the following positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their 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 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (14956/2/2015 - C8-0129/2016 – 2013/0119(COD)) 06457/2016 – COM(2016)0206)

referred back to committee responsible: JURI

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (14957/2/2015 - C8-0130/2016 – 2013/0091(COD)) 06415/2016 – COM(2016)0209)

referred back to committee responsible: LIBE

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (recast) (14958/2/2015 - C8-0131/2016 – 2013/0081(COD)) 06414/2016 – COM(2016)0184)

referred back to committee responsible: LIBE

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (05418/1/2016 - C8-0139/2016 – 2012/0010(COD) - COM(2016)0213)

referred back to committee responsible: LIBE

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (05419/1/2016 - C8-0140/2016 - 2012/0011(COD) - COM(2016)0214)            
referred back to committee responsible: LIBE

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (12 April 2016).