Adopted text, 24 April 2024
Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management
Document TA-9-2024-0315 · P9_TA(2024)0315 · PE759.748
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Parliament's amended version of its Rules of Procedure requires Members to complete specialised training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management. Members who have not signed the declaration confirming their commitment to the Code of Conduct, including completing that training, cannot be elected as office-holders, appointed as rapporteur or take part in official delegations or interinstitutional negotiations. The training must be completed within the first six months of a Member's term of office, except in duly substantiated exceptional cases, and certificates of completion are published on Parliament's website. On harassment, the President may only adopt a reasoned decision under Rule 176 after the occurrence of harassment is established under the applicable internal administrative procedure. The amendments enter into force on 16 July 2024.
Key points
- Members may not be elected as office-holders of Parliament or its bodies, appointed as rapporteur or participate in official delegations or interinstitutional negotiations if they have not signed the declaration confirming their commitment to the Code of Conduct.
- That declaration includes completing the specialised training organised by Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management.
- Members may also be barred from those positions if they have not completed the specialised training in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in the Code.
- Members who have not already done so shall take part in the specialised training organised for them by Parliament.
- The training shall be completed within the first six months of the Member's term of office, save in duly substantiated exceptional cases.
- Members' certificates of completion of the training will be published on Parliament's website.
- Members will cooperate fully, in accordance with procedures laid down by the Bureau, in managing situations of conflict or harassment, including by responding promptly to any allegations of harassment.
- As regards the prohibition of any type of psychological or sexual harassment, the President may only adopt a reasoned decision under Rule 176 following the establishment of the occurrence of harassment in accordance with the applicable internal administrative procedure.
- The amendments enter into force on 16 July 2024.
Who is affected
- Members of the European Parliament: must complete the specialised training and sign the declaration to hold certain positions.
- The President of Parliament: may only adopt a reasoned decision on harassment after the occurrence is established under the internal procedure.
Figures and deadlines
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2024 on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management (2024/2006(REG))
The European Parliament,
–having regard to Rules 236 and 237 of its Rules of Procedure,
–having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0163/2024),
1.Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;
2.Decides that the amendments shall enter into force on 16 July 2024;
3.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
Amendment 1
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Members may not be elected as office-holders of Parliament or one of its bodies, be appointed as rapporteur or participate in an official delegation or interinstitutional negotiations, if they have not signed the declaration relating to that Code. | Members may not be elected as office-holders of Parliament or one of its bodies, be appointed as rapporteur or participate in an official delegation or interinstitutional negotiations: |
| (a) if they have not signed the declaration confirming their commitment to complying with that Code, including completing the specialised training organised for them by Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management; or | |
| (b) if they have not completed the specialised training referred to in point (a) in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in that Code. |
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Amendments 4 and 10
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 176 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| In relation to Rule 10(6), the President may only adopt a reasoned decision under this Rule following the establishment of the occurrence of a harassment in accordance with the applicable internal administrative procedure on harassment and its prevention. | In relation to Rule 10(6), as regards the prohibition of any type of psychological or sexual harassment laid down in the first subparagraph of that paragraph, the President may only adopt a reasoned decision under this Rule following the establishment of the occurrence of a harassment in accordance with the applicable internal administrative procedure on harassment and its prevention. |
Amendment 6
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – point 5
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 5. Where necessary, Members will cooperate promptly and fully with the procedures in place for managing situations of conflict or harassment (psychological or sexual), including responding promptly to any allegations of harassment. Members should take part in specialised training organised for them on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management. | 5. Where necessary, Members will cooperate fully, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Bureau, with a view to managing situations of conflict or harassment (psychological or sexual), including by responding promptly to any allegations of harassment. |
| Members who have not already done so shall take part in specialised training organised for them by Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management. That training shall be completed within the first six months of the Member’s term of office save in duly substantiated exceptional cases. The Members’ certificates of completion of that training will be published on Parliament’s website. |