What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Changed:Amendment: Rule 237b / Disturbance of the political balance in Parliament / 1. The President may, with the approval of the Conference of Presidents, adopt measures necessary to facilitate the participation of Members or of a political group concerned if, on the basis of reliable evidence, the President comes to the conclusion that the political balance in Parliament is severely impaired because a significant number of Members or a political group cannot take part in Parliament’s proceedings in accordance with its usual procedures, as set out elsewhere in these Rules, for reasons of security or safety, or as a result of the non-availability of technical means. / The sole aim of such measures shall be to allow the remote participation of Members concerned by the application of selected technical means under Rule 237c(1) or by other appropriate means serving the same purpose. / 2. Measures under paragraph 1 may be adopted for the benefit of a significant number of Members if exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond their control occurring in a regional context lead to their non-participation. / Measures under paragraph 1 may also be adopted for the benefit of members of a political group if that group has requested them where the non-participation of that group results from exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of that group.group’s control. / 3. Rule 237a(2), second and third subparagraphs, and the rules and principles laid down in Rule 237a(4) and (5) shall apply accordingly.accordingl…

Changed:Amendment: Rule 237 c / Remote participation regime / 1. Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237a(3), point (d), to apply the remote participation regime, Parliament may conduct its proceedings remotely inter alia by permitting all Members to exercise certain of their parliamentary rights by electronic means. / Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237b that selected technical means under the remote participation regime are to be used, this Rule shall apply only to the necessary extent necessary and only to the Members concerned. / 2. The remote participation regime shall ensure that: / – Members are able to exercise their parliamentary mandate, including, in particular, their right to speak in plenary and in the committees, to vote and to table texts, without impairment; / – all votes are cast by Members individually and in person; / – the remote voting system enables Members to cast ordinary votes, roll call votes and secret ballots and to verify that their votes are counted as cast; / – a uniform voting system is applied for all Members, regardless of whether they are present or not on Parliament’s premises; / – Rule 167 is applied to the greatest possibleextent extent;possible; / – the information technology solutions made available to Members and their staff are ‘technology neutral’; / – participation of Members in parliamentary debates and votes takes place using secure electronic means that are managed and supervised by Parliament’s services directly and internally. / 3. When taking the decision r…Whe…

Changed:Amendment: Rule 237d / Holding of thea plenarypart-session sessionor a sitting in separate meeting rooms / Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237a(3), point (c), to allow a plenarypart-session sessionor ofa Parliamentsitting to be heldheld, in whole or in partpart, in more than one meeting room, including, where appropriate, the hemicycle, the following rules shall apply: / – the meeting rooms used in this context shall be considered to collectively constitute the Chamber; / – the President may, if necessary, determine the manner in which the respective meeting rooms can be used, in order to ensure that physical distancing requirements are respected.