Changes from plenary report to adopted text

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the letter from its President of 31 January 2024,

– having regard to Rules 236 and 237 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 19 April 1995 on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry,

– having regard to its proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry and repealing Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0158/2024),

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

2. Decides that the amendments shall enter into force on 16 July 2024; decides that the amendments empowering the Conference of Presidents and the Bureau to adopt implementing measures shall however apply from the date that this decision is adopted;

5. Commits to engage with the Commission to commence the revision of the Framework Agreement of 20 October 2010 on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission in the light of the parliamentary reform "Parliament 2024" and welcomes that Parliament's President has initiated the first steps with the President of the Commission to this effect;

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

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 25 – paragraph 9

Amendment: 9. The Bureau shall be the authority responsible for authorising expenditure for hearings. / (deleted)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 27 – paragraph 7

Amendment: 7. The Conference of Presidents shall make proposals to Parliament concerning the composition and competence of committees, special committees, committees of inquiry, joint parliamentary committees and standing interparliamentary delegations. The Conference of Presidents shall be the authority responsible for proposing to Parliament the setting up of temporary legislative committees in accordance with Rule 207a.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 27 – paragraph 7 a (new)

Amendment: 7a. The Conference of Presidents shall be the authority responsible for authorising missions away from the usual places of work and interparliamentary meetings.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 42

Amendment: (deleted) / deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 1– subparagraphs 1a and 1b (new)

Amendment: Parliament's resolution shall indicate the appropriate legal basis of the proposal. / Parliament shall consider the financial implications, if any, of the proposal.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

Amendment: The proposal shall be submitted to the President, who shall verify whether the legal requirements are fulfilled. The President may refer the proposal to the committee responsible for legal affairs for an opinion on the appropriateness of the legal basis, which shall be delivered without undue delay. If the President declares the proposal to be admissible, he or she shall announce it in plenary and refer it to the committee responsible for the subject matter.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6 a

Amendment: Where the committee responsible for the subject-matter has decided to draw up an own-initiative report in accordance with Rule 54 on the proposal and the President has not referred it to the committee responsible for legal affairs for an opinion on the appropriateness of the legal basis, the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall request such an opinion from that committee, which shall be delivered without undue delay.

Rule 47 – paragraph 3

Amendment: 3. The committee responsible for the subject-matter may also table such a proposal on its own initiative. It shall request an opinion on the appropriateness of the legal basis from the committee responsible for legal affairs, which shall be delivered without undue delay.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 4

Amendment: 4. The committee responsible for budgetary issues may provide the committee responsible for the subject-matter with an opinion on the potential financial implications of the proposal. It shall provide such an opinion if so requested by the committee responsible for the subject-matter. Any such opinion shall be provided without undue delay.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 4 a (new)

Amendment: 4a. Parliament's resolution shall be accompanied by recommendations concerning the content of the requested proposal.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 4 b (new)

Amendment: 4b. Parliament’s resolution shall be brought to the attention of the Council and the Commission with a view to its possible inclusion in the joint declaration on annual interinstitutional programming referred to in Rule 38(2).

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 5 – subparagraphs 1a and 1b (new)

Amendment: After the expiry of the deadline of three months provided for in paragraph 16, third subparagraph, of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission and in paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, the Commission may be invited to make a statement in plenary pursuant to Rule 132 in order to inform Parliament about the follow-up actions it intends to take. / If such a statement is not placed on the agenda of the first or second part-session following the expiry of the deadline referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph, the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall invite the Commissioner responsible to provide the information referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph at one of its forthcoming meetings.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 47 – paragraph 6

Amendment: 6. The Conference of Committee Chairs shall regularly monitor and report to the Conference of Presidents on whether the Commission is complying with paragraph 16, third subparagraph, of the Framework Agreement as well as with paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, according to which the Commission is to reply to requests for the submission of proposals within three months by adopting a specific communication stating the intended follow-up actions to be taken.

Parliament's Rules of Procedure