What changed between the plenary report of 18 Dec 2018 and the plenary report of 14 Dec 2020

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

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Changed:(COM(2018)0324(09980/1/2020 – C80178/2018/2018C9-0407/2020 – 2018/0136(COD))

Changed:(Ordinary legislative procedure: firstsecond reading)

The European Parliament,

Changed:– having regard to the CommissionCouncil proposalposition toat Parliamentfirst andreading the(09980/1/2020 Council– (COM(2018)0324),C90407/2020),

Removed:– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 322(1)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0178/2018),

Removed:– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors of 17 August 2018,

Changed:– having regard to Rulethe 59opinion of its Rulesthe ofCommission Procedure,(COM(2020)0843),

Changed:– having regard to the jointits deliberationsposition ofat thefirst Committeereading on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary ControlCommission underproposal Ruleto 55Parliament ofand the Rules ofCouncil Procedure,(COM(2018)0324),

Change 1

Removed:– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A8-0469/2018),

Added:– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Removed:1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

Added:– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committees responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

Removed:2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

Added:– having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

Added:– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0262/2020),

Added:1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

Added:2. Approves the joint statement by Parliament, the Council and the Commission annexed to this resolution;

Added:3. Takes note of the Commission statement annexed to this resolution;

Added:4. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

Added:5. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Added:6. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

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

Change 2

Removed:Recital 1: (1) The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and in the criteria for Union membership. As recalled by Article 2 TEU, those values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.