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From · plenary report· 25 Mar 2024
on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform “Parliament 2024”
To · adopted text· 10 Apr 2024
Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform “Parliament 2024”
+11 added · −11 removed · 6 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 4 of 7: Paragraphs 181–240
34 unchanged paragraphs
Amendment: Discharge to the Commission includes non-traditionally financed instruments, off-budget instruments and performance-based hybrid instruments. Since such instruments require a special control framework, the committee responsible concerning discharge has to be systematically associated with the consideration of those instruments in accordance with Rule 56.
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Rule 113 – title
Amendment: Consideration under the joint committee procedure
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Rule 113 – paragraph 1
Amendment: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)
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Rule 118 – paragraph 1
Amendment: 1. In accordance with Rule 54, paragraphs 1 and 2, the committee responsible may draw up draft recommendations for the Council, for the Commission or for the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on subjects under Title V of the Treaty on European Union (the Union’s external action), or in cases where an international agreement falling within the scope of Rule 114 has not been referred to Parliament or Parliament has not been informed thereof under Rule 115.
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Rule 118 – paragraph 3
Amendment: 3. During the procedure for adopting those draft recommendations at committee stage, it shall be necessary for a written text to be put to the vote. Other committees may deliver an opinion to the committee responsible in accordance with Rule 56.
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Rule 118 – paragraph 6
Amendment: 6. Recommendations shall be deemed to have been adopted unless, before the beginning of the part-session, a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold submit a written objection. Where such an objection is submitted, the committee's draft recommendations shall be included on the agenda of the same part-session. Such recommendations may be the subject of a debate, and any amendment tabled by a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold shall be put to the vote.
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Rule 123 a (new)
Amendment: Rule 123a / Cooperation with committees or in the context of special scrutiny hearings / A representative of a Union institution or body and any other person shall be expected to cooperate in case of requests to attend meetings of committees and special scrutiny hearings as well as to supply relevant documents to the committees and for such hearings. In the case of lack of cooperation, a committee or Chair of a special scrutiny hearing may request the President to take action. The President, after consulting the Conference of Presidents, shall decide on whether to apply one or more of the following measures: / (a) an instruction to the Secretary General to seek authorisation from the Quaestors to withdraw or deactivate long-term access badges in accordance with Rule 123(3); / (b) a formal statement expressing Parliament’s dissatisfaction; / (c) a request to the relevant Union institution or body or any other organisation to send a representative to a meeting of the Conference of Presidents to explain its refusal; / (d) any other appropriate measures.
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Title V – title: RELATIONS WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES AND POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY
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Rule 125 – paragraph 1
Amendment: 1. The President shall invite the President-elect of the Commission to inform Parliament about the planned structure of the new Commission and the allocation of responsibilities (portfolios) in the proposed new College of Commissioners in accordance with the political guidelines of the President-elect as well as about other horizontal issues, including gender balance in that College.
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Rule 125 – paragraph 3
Amendment: 3. The confirmation hearings shall be conducted by the committees. Exceptionally, a confirmation hearing may be carried out in a different format when the responsibilities of a Commissioner-designate are primarily horizontal in nature, provided that such a confirmation hearing involves the committees responsible. / The confirmation hearings shall be held in public. / (Amendment applies throughout: replace "hearings" by "confirmation hearings” throughout Rule 125 and Annex VII)
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Rule 133 a (new)
Amendment: Rule 133a / Statements explaining the use of Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as a legal basis / 1. When the Commission plans to adopt a proposal for a legal act based on Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the President shall invite the President of the Commission to make a statement to Parliament explaining the reasons for the choice of that legal basis, as well as outlining the main objectives and elements of the proposal. The statement shall be made prior to the formal adoption of the proposal by the Commission. Failing that, it shall be included in the draft agenda of the first part-session following the adoption of the proposal by the Commission, unless the Conference of Presidents decides otherwise. The Conference of Presidents shall decide whether the statement is to be followed by a debate. Rule 132(2) to (8) concerning the tabling and voting of motions for resolutions shall apply mutatis mutandis. / When such statement is not placed on the agenda of the first part-session following the adoption of the proposal mentioned in the first subparagraph, the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall invite the Commissioner responsible to provide the information referred to in the first subparagraph at one of its forthcoming meetings. / 2. The President shall refer the proposal to the committee responsible for legal affairs for verification of the legal basis. If that committee decides to question the…
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Title V – Chapter 3 – title: SPECIAL SCRUTINY HEARINGS AND PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
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Rule 135 a (new)
Change 4
Changed:Amendment: Rule 135a / Special scrutiny hearings / 1. In order to question one or more Commissioners, or any other relevant person,Commissioners on an issue of major political importance, the Conference of Presidents may, upon a proposal by the President, by a committee or by Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the medium threshold, convene at short notice a special scrutiny hearing. / 2. The Conference of Presidents shall determine the number of Members to be appointed for a given special scrutiny hearing by the political groups and the non-attached Members. Where relevant, political groups shall ensure that the committees concerned are duly represented. / 3. A special scrutiny hearing shall be chaired by the President or, by delegation, by one of the Vice-Presidents. It shall be entirely public unless decided otherwise by the Conference of Presidents. / 4. The speaking time allocated to a political group shall be treated as a block. Each political group shall distribute the speaking time within its block between those of its members who are participating in the hearing. Speaking time allocated to non-attached Members shall not be treated as a block. / 5. Time may be allocated for questions and answers to a political group as a block for which each political group shall makeFollowing freethe useconclusion of that time. During the time sospecial allocatedscrutiny ashearing, aits block,Chair themay rolesubmit ofto the ChairConference of the hearing shall be limited to maintaining orderPresidents andwritten torecommendations ensuringon observancebehalf of the standardsMembers ofwho conductparticipated laidin downthe in…hearing.
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Rule 137 – paragraph 1
Amendment: 1. Question Time with one or more Commissioners may be held at each part-session for a duration of up to about 90 minutes on one or more themes to be decided upon by the Conference of Presidents in advance, and at the latest on the Thursday before the relevant part-session. The Commissioners invited to participate in Question Time by the Conference of Presidents shall have a portfolio related to the theme or themes on which questions are to be put to them.
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Rule 137 – paragraph 2
Amendment: deleted
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Rule 137 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment: 2a. As a general rule, once per part-session, a special scrutiny session shall be held with the President of the Commission or selected Commissioners without a pre-defined theme.
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Rule 137 – paragraph 3
Amendment: 3. Question Time may also be held, under the terms laid down in paragraph 1, with the President of the European Council, with the Presidency of the Council, with the President of the Commission, with the entire college of Commissioners or specific categories of Commissioners, with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the President of the Eurogroup and with other relevant representatives of Union institutions and bodies.
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Removed:Rule 137 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Removed:Amendment: 5a. Time may be allocated for questions and answers to a political group as a block for which each political group shall make free use of that time. During the time so allocated as a block, the role of the Chair shall be limited to maintaining order and to ensuring observance of the standards of conduct laid down in Rule 10. In that case, paragraphs 4 and 5 shall not apply.
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Rule 137 – paragraph 6a (new)
Amendment: 6a. Members shall not have pre-allocated seats and shall be encouraged to sit at the front of the Chamber.
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Rule 150 – paragraph 3
Amendment: 3. A committee may directly engage in dialogue with national parliaments at committee level within the limits of the budgetary appropriations set aside for that purpose. This may include appropriate forms of pre-legislative and post-legislative cooperation, including scrutiny of the implementation of Union law and Union policies.
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Rule 154 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment: 4a. The Conference of Presidents may decide, on a proposal from a committee or Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the high threshold, to hold ad hoc part-sessions on matters of significant political importance. In such cases no voting session may take place. / The President shall, following the decision of the Conference of Presidents, convene Parliament.
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