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Added3. Decides that transitional arrangements shall apply to legislative procedures for which Parliament did not adopt a position before the end of the last part-session of this parliamentary term and for which Rules 56, 57 or 58 were applied; mandates the Conference of Presidents to lay down those transitional arrangements pursuant to Rule 240, on the basis of a recommendation of the Conference of Committee Chairs; decides that, for the legislative procedures for which Rule 57 was applied and for which the report of the committee responsible was adopted before the end of that last part-session, Rule 57 shall continue to apply until the adoption of the proposed legal act;

Added4. Stresses that, when nominating candidates for, and electing, the President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors, political groups bear collective responsibility for putting forward candidates that respect the gender balance;

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ChangedAmendment 8Parliament'sParliament's Rules of Procedure

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Added<Amendment 12

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ChangedAmendment: 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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RemovedRule 137 – paragraph 5 a (new)

RemovedAmendment: 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.

RemovedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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ChangedAmendment: 4. The President may draw up, for the first part of a particular debate, a list of speakers that includes one or more rounds of speakers from each political group wishing to speak, in the order of the relative size of those political groups. Speaking time allocated to political groups shall be in proportion to the total number of their members. Speaking time for key debates shall be at least two minutes per speaker.

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ChangedAmendment: 7. The remaining part of the time for a debate shall not be specifically allocated in advance. Instead, the President may call on Members to speak, as a general rule for no more than one minute. The President shall, as far as possible, ensure that speakers who hold different political views and who come from different Member States are heard in turn. Speaking time allocated to speakers from political groups shall be in proportion to the total number of their members. That remaining part of the time for a debate shall constitute 20% of the time for key debates. The Conference of Presidents shall determine the amount of that remaining time for all other debates.

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AddedAmendments 147 and 148