Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/825 to increase the financial envelope of the Structural Reform Support Programme and adapt its general objective (frist reading) - Adoption of the legislative act - Main contents

Document date	28-09-2018
Publication date	29-09-2018
Reference	12471/18
From	General Secretariat of the Council
External link	original article
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Council of the European Union

Brussels, 28 September 2018 (OR. en)

12471/18

Interinstitutional File: 2017/0334(COD) i

CODEC 1531 ECOFIN 846 UEM 288 FC 51 REGIO 77 AGRISTR 69 PECHE 358 CADREFIN 219 SOC 560

'I/A' ITEM NOTE

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Permanent Representatives Committee/Council

Subject: Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/825 to increase the financial envelope of the

Structural Reform Support Programme and adapt its general objective

(frist reading)

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  Adoption of the legislative act

• 1. 

  On 7 December 2017 the Commission sent the above proposal 1 , based on the third paragraph

  of Article 175 and Article 197(2) TFEU, to the Council.

• 2. 

  On 11 September 2018 the European Parliament adopted its position at first reading on the

  Commission proposal. The outcome of voting in the European Parliament reflects the

  compromise agreement reached between the institutions and should, therefore, be acceptable

  to the Council 2 .

1 15663/18.

2 11488/18.

• 3. 

  The European Economic and Social Committee delivered its opinion on 6 July 2018 3 .

• 4. 

  The Committee of the Regions delivered its opinion on 13 July 2018 4 .

• 5. 

  The Permanent Representatives Committee is therefore asked to confirm its agreement and to

  suggest that the Council

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    approve the European Parliament's position, as set out in PE-CONS 58/18, as an

    "A" item at a forthcoming meeting;

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    order that the statements in the addendum 1 to this note, be entered in the minutes of

    that meeting and published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

  If the Council approves the European Parliament's position, the legislative act will be adopted.

  After being signed by the President of the European Parliament and the President of the

  Council, the legislative act will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

3 OJ C 237, 6.7.2018, p. 53.

4 OJ C 247, 13.7.2018, p. 54.