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Plenary report, 15 May 2025

On amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

Report A-10-2025-0086 · (2025/2067(REG))

Committee on Constitutional Affairs · Rapporteur: Sven Simon

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Parliament amends its Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and third-country public authorities from whom they received input, with Article 7(4) applying mutatis mutandis.

Key points

  1. Rapporteurs must list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, and representatives of public authorities of third countries, including diplomatic missions and embassies, from whom they received input.
  2. The requirement is without prejudice to the obligation to publish meetings under Article 7, and Article 7(4) applies mutatis mutandis.
  3. The amendment enters into force on the first day of the next part-session.

Who is affected

  • Rapporteurs of parliamentary committees, who must disclose input from interest representatives and third-country public authorities.
  • Interest representatives and third-country public authorities, whose input must be listed in annexes.

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Full text

Proposal for a european parliament decision 12 paragraphs

(2025/2067(REG))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the letter from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 11 April 2024,

–having regard to Rules 242 and 243 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A10-0086/2025),

1.Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

2.Points out that the amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.

Amendment 1

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Annex I – Article 8

Present textAmendment
Article 8Article 8
Declaration of inputDeclaration of input
Without prejudice to the requirement to publish meetings pursuant to Article 7, rapporteurs shall list the entities or persons from whom they received input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file in an annex to their report or opinion. Article 7(4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.Without prejudice to the requirement to publish meetings pursuant to Article 7, rapporteurs shall list, in an annex to their report or opinion, the interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, and the representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, from whom they received input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that the rapporteurs included in their report or opinion. Article 7(4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Annex: entities or persons from whom the rapporteur has received input 1 paragraph

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

Information on adoption in committee responsible 1 paragraph
Date adopted14.5.2025
Result of final vote+: –: 0:30 0 0
Members present for the final voteGerolf Annemans, François-Xavier Bellamy, Gabriele Bischoff, Daniel Freund, Charles Goerens, Sandro Gozi, Ľubica Karvašová, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Nicola Procaccini, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, Sven Simon, Anthony Smith, Reinier Van Lanschot, Alexandre Varaut, Loránt Vincze
Substitutes present for the final voteMarc Angel, Marieke Ehlers, Borja Giménez Larraz, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Branko Grims, Liudas Mažylis, Idoia Mendia, Gheorghe Piperea, Krzysztof Śmiszek
Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final voteRené Aust, Damien Carême, Alberico Gambino, Elena Sancho Murillo, Flavio Tosi

Procedure pages

How the committees handled the text, and how their members voted on it.

Final vote by roll call by the committee responsible 3 paragraphs

30 · For

ECR
Alberico Gambino, Gheorghe Piperea, Nicola Procaccini
ESN
René Aust
EPP
François-Xavier Bellamy, Borja Giménez Larraz, Branko Grims, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Liudas Mažylis, Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz, Sven Simon, Flavio Tosi, Loránt Vincze
Patriots
Gerolf Annemans, Marieke Ehlers, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Alexandre Varaut
Renew
Charles Goerens, Sandro Gozi, Ľubica Karvašová
S&D
Marc Angel, Gabriele Bischoff, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Idoia Mendia, Elena Sancho Murillo, Krzysztof Śmiszek
The Left
Damien Carême, Anthony Smith
Greens
Daniel Freund, Reinier Van Lanschot

0 · Against

0 · Abstained