Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codification)

A8-0054/2017 6.3.2017 ***I REPORT 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))

Committee on Legal Affairs Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (Codification – Rule 103 of the Rules of Procedure) PE 599.671v02-00 Symbols for procedures *  Consultation procedure ***  Consent procedure ***I  Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading) ***II  Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading) ***III  Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading) (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.)

CONTENTS

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION  5

ANNEX: OPINION OF THE CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY OF THE LEGAL SERVICES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION   6

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE  7

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE  8

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 OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p.

2. ,

• 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;

1Adopts 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;

2Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

ANNEX: OPINION OF THE CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY OF THE LEGAL SERVICES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION

CONSULTATIVE WORKING PARTY

OF THE LEGAL SERVICES

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   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. , 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 PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE Title Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codification) References COM(2016)0702 – C8-0439/2016 – 2016/0345(COD) Date submitted to Parliament 31.10.2016 Committee responsible Date announced in plenary JURI 21.11.2016 Rapporteurs Date appointed Tadeusz Zwiefka 8.2.2017 Date adopted 28.2.2017 Result of final vote +: –: 0:²³⁰

0 Date tabled 6.3.2017

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE 23 + PPE S&D

ALDE GUE/NGL Verts/ALE EFDD ENF 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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0 0 Key to symbols: +  :  in favour -  :  against 0  :  abstention