Text · Plenary report
On amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management
Report A-9-2024-0163 · 2024/2006(REG)
- Kind
- Plenary report A-9-2024-0163
- Date
- 4 April 2024
- Committee
- Committee on Constitutional Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Gabriele Bischoff
- Dossier
- 2024-2006
More facts (3)
- Formats
- Official page PDF Word
- Subject matter
- INST
- Reference
- 2024/2006(REG)
Text
The text as parsed from the official Word file. Every paragraph has a link (¶) and can be saved to a project as a passage.
Jump to an amendment (5)
Proposal for a european parliament decision
3.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
| 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 the European 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. |
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| The Conference of Presidents may, acting by a majority of three-fifths of the votes cast, representing at least three political groups, propose to Parliament that it bring to an end the term of office of the President, a Vice-President, a Quaestor, a Chair or Vice-Chair of a committee, a Chair or Vice-Chair of an interparliamentary delegation, or of any other office holder elected within the Parliament, where it considers that the Member in question has been guilty of serious misconduct. Parliament shall take a decision on that proposal by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of its component Members. | The Conference of Presidents may, acting by a majority of three-fifths of the votes cast, representing at least three political groups, propose to Parliament that it bring to an end the term of office of the President, a Vice-President, a Quaestor, a Chair or Vice-Chair of a committee, a Chair or Vice-Chair of an interparliamentary delegation, or of any other office holder elected within the Parliament, where it considers: |
| (a) that the Member in question has been guilty of serious misconduct, or | |
| (b) that the Member in question has not completed the specialised training organised for them by the European Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in the Code of appropriate behaviour for Members of the European Parliament in exercising their duties 12a. | |
| Parliament shall take a decision on that proposal by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of its component Members. | |
| 12a See Annex II. |
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Where a rapporteur breaches the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament regarding integrity and transparency13, the committee which appointed him or her may, at the initiative of the President and on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, terminate the holding of that office. The majorities laid down in the first paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to each stage of this procedure. | Where a rapporteur has been guilty of serious misconduct or has not completed the specialised training referred to in the first paragraph, point (b), in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in the Code of appropriate behaviour for Members of the European Parliament in exercising their duties, the committee which appointed him or her may, at the initiative of the President and on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, terminate the holding of that office. The majorities laid down in the first and second paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to each stage of this procedure. |
| 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. | As regards the prohibition of any type of psychological or sexual harassment laid down in Rule 10(6), first subparagraph, 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. |
| 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 the European Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management. That specialised 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 specialised training will be published on Parliament’s website. | |
| It is considered a serious breach of Rule 10(6) if a Member has not completed the specialised training in breach of the second subparagraph. That breach shall lead, pursuant to Rule 176, to the imposition of one or more penalties. |
Back matter, 2
Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.
Annex: entities or persons from whom the rapporteur has received input 1 block
Information on adoption in committee responsible 1 block
| Date adopted | 3.4.2024 | |
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 14 9 0 |
| Members present for the final vote | Gabriele Bischoff, Leila Chaibi, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Ana Collado Jiménez, Daniel Freund, Charles Goerens, Sandro Gozi, Brice Hortefeux, Jaak Madison, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Helmut Scholz, Pedro Silva Pereira, Sven Simon, Loránt Vincze, Rainer Wieland | |
| Substitutes present for the final vote | Gilles Boyer, Mercedes Bresso, Christian Doleschal, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Niklas Nienaß | |
| Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote | François Thiollet, Lucia Vuolo |
Procedure pages and committee votes
How the committees handled the text and how their members voted on it. Collapsed.
Final vote by roll call in committee responsible 3 blocks
14 · For
- Renew
- Gilles Boyer, Charles Goerens, Sandro Gozi
- S&D
- Gabriele Bischoff, Mercedes Bresso, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Pedro Silva Pereira
- The Left
- Leila Chaibi, Helmut Scholz
- Greens
- Daniel Freund, Niklas Nienaß, François Thiollet
9 · Against
- ID
- Jaak Madison, Antonio Maria Rinaldi
- EPP
- Ana Collado Jiménez, Christian Doleschal, Brice Hortefeux, Sven Simon, Loránt Vincze, Lucia Vuolo, Rainer Wieland
Connections
The dossier, the decisions on this text and its other versions.
No connections found for this item.
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2024). “REPORT on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management”. Text, 4 April 2024. docId A-9-2024-0163, reference A9-0163/2024. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2024-0163 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2024-0163_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-9-2024-0163 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-a-9-2024-0163,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{REPORT on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the training on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management}},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-04-04},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2024-0163}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2024-0163},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId A-9-2024-0163, reference A9-0163/2024. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2024-0163\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}