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ChangedAmendment: 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.

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

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

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ChangedAmendment: AtAfter 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 askedinvited to make a statement in plenary,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,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.

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ChangedAmendment: ConsiderationReferral of legally binding acts and questions of competence

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ChangedAmendment: 1. The President shall refer proposals for legally binding acts received from other institutions or Member States to the committee responsible or to two or morethe committees responsible pursuant to Rule 58 for consideration. The President may at the same time refer proposals to one or more committees for them to draft an opinion pursuant to Rule 56. The other committees and the political groups shall be informed of the referral at the same time.

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ChangedAmendment: 1a. Within onetwo weekweeks of the referral, a committee or a political group may challenge the President’s referral to the committee or committees responsible. In such a case, that committee or political group shall provide a detailed written justification and a substantiated alternative based on Annex VI at least one week before the next meeting of the Conference of Presidents. / The Conference of Presidents may decide to request a recommendation on the matter from the Conference of Committee Chairs. The Conference of Committee Chairs or its Chair shall adopt athat recommendation at its next meeting. The Conference of Presidents shall take a decision on the final referral withinat oneits weeknext frommeeting, provided that the transmission by the Conference of Committee Chairs of its recommendation.recommendation has taken place at least one week before. / If no committee or political group challenges the President’s referral to the committee or committees responsible within the deadline laid down in the first subparagraph, the President’s referral shall be considered to be final.

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ChangedAmendment: 2. In cases of doubt, the President may, before the referral provided for in paragraph 1, decide to request a recommendation on the question of competence from the Conference of Committee Chairs. The Conference of Committee Chairs or its Chair shall adopt that recommendation at its next meeting. After receiving the recommendation, the President shall make the referral. Political groups shall be informed of the referral at the same time. Within onetwo weekweeks of the referral, a political group may challenge the President’sPresident's referral to athe committee or committees responsible. In such a case, that group shall provide a detailed written justification and a substantiated alternative based on Annex VI at least onetwo weekweeks before the next meeting of the Conference of Presidents. The Conference of Presidents shall take a decision on the referral at thatits samenext meeting. / If no political group challenges the President’s referral to the committee or committees responsible within the deadline laid down in the first subparagraph, the President’s referral shall be considered to be final.

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ChangedAmendment: 2a. AWithin two weeks of the referral, a committee to which the President has not referred the proposal for an opinion pursuant to paragraph 1 may request, in time before the referral of that proposal is announced in plenary,request an authorisation from the Conference of Committee Chairs to draw up such an opinion. That request shall be based on a written statement of reasons justifying that the committee’smatter falls to a substantial competenceextent forwithin theits subjectcompetence matterpursuant ofto theAnnex proposal.VI. The Conference of Committee Chairs or its Chair shall take a decision at its next meeting and inform the President thereof.

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AddedRule 48 – paragraph 5 a (new)

AddedAmendment: 5a. For the purpose of calculating the deadlines referred to in this Rule, weeks without parliamentary activities and weeks set aside for external parliamentary activities shall not be taken into account.

AddedParliament’s Rules of Procedure

AddedRule 49 – paragraph 1

AddedAmendment: The acceleration of legislative procedures in coordination with the Council and Commission regarding specific proposals, selected in particular from among those identified as priorities in the joint declaration on annual interinstitutional programming pursuant to Rule 38(2), shall be agreed by the committee or committees responsible.

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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ChangedAmendment: Rule 53a / Co-rapporteurship / 1. Exceptionally, without prejudice to Rule 51(2) and at the request of the committee responsible, the Conference of Presidents may authorise the appointment of maximum three co-rapporteurs. As a general rule, co-rapporteurs shall come from different political groups. / 2. The appointment of co-rapporteurs shall not be authorised under paragraph 1 for reports drawn up by committees jointly under Rule 58, for opinions pursuant to Rule 56 or for own-initiative reports, except for thoseown-initiative reports of a budgetary or institutional nature.

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ChangedAmendment: 5a. The committee Chairs may enter into agreements with other committee Chairs concerning the allocation of an own-initiative report or a non-legislative report to a particular committee. / If a question of competence arises among two or more standing committees, the matter shall be examined by the Conference of Committee Chairs,Chairs. whichIf no agreement has been found among those committees, the Conference of Committee Chairs or its Chair shall issue a recommendation. The Conference of Presidents shall take a decision on the basis of that recommendation at its earliest possible meeting and at the latest within six weeks after its transmission. If the Conference of Presidents fails to take a decision within that period, the recommendation shall be deemed to have been approved.

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ChangedAmendment: 1. Committees may be authorised to draw up an opinion pursuant to Rule 48 or Rule 54 if a matter falls to a substantial extent within their competence pursuant to Annex VI18a. / 18a TheThis subparagraph is without prejudice to the other provisions of these Rules of Procedure relating to opinions and assessments on horizontal matters as well as to opinions on budgetary and discharge matters continue to apply.matters.

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ChangedAmendment: 2. Where an opinion concerns a proposal for a legally binding act, it shall consist of amendments to the text referred to the committee, accompanied, where appropriate, by short justifications. Such justifications shall be the responsibility of their author and shall not be put to the vote. If necessary, the opinion-giving committee may submit a short written justification for the opinion as a whole. That short written justification shall be the responsibility of the rapporteur for the opinion. / The committee responsible shall set a reasonable deadline by which the opinion-giving committeecommittees must deliver itsan opinion if it is to be taken into account by the committee responsible. Any changes to the announced timetable shall be immediately communicated by the committee responsible to the opinion-giving committeecommittees ortogether opinion-givingwith committees.the justification for such change. The committee responsible shall not reach its final conclusions before that deadline has expired. / 2a. Where the opinion does not concern a proposal for a legally binding act, it shall consist of amendments to the draft report of the committee responsible. The timetable set by the committee responsible shall allow the opinion-giving committees sufficient time to set a specific deadline to provide their amendments and to complete their work. / 2b. The committee responsible shall put the amendments of the opinion-giving committees to the vote. Amendments from an opinion-giving committee which are not adopted by the committee responsible may be tabled by tha…that opinion-giving committee directly for consideration by Parliament, except in the case of opinions pursuant to Rule 93, Rule 118 and Annex V. / 2c. The opinions shall deal solely with those matters that fall within the areas of competence of the opinion-giving committee. Amendments falling outside the areas of competence of that opinion-giving committee shall not be admissible.

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ChangedAmendment: 6. All opinions adopted by the opinion-giving committeecommittees shall be annexed to the report of the committee responsible.

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ChangedAmendment: 8. The Chair and rapporteur of the opinion-giving committee shall be invited to take part in an advisory capacity in meetings of the committee responsible. The rapporteur of the opinion-giving committee shall also be invited in an advisory capacity to shadows meetings and preparatory meetings taking place within the framework of interinstitutional negotiations. As regards the ordinary legislative procedure, this paragraph shall only apply to the first-reading stage.

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ChangedAmendment: Rule 56a / Budgetary assessment on proposals for legally binding acts with budgetary implications / 1. Without prejudice to the application of Rule 48, where a proposal for a legally binding act has implications for the Union budget, that proposal shall be referred by the President to the committee responsible for budgetary issues,.issues. That committee shall then issue a budgetary assessment of the proposal if it deems it appropriate or if so requested by the committee responsible for the subject-matter. This paragraph is without prejudice to the possibility for the committee responsible for budgetary issues to be authorised to submit opinions pursuant to Rule 56 or to act jointly with one or more committees pursuant to Rule 58. / 2. The committee responsible for the subject-matter shall set a deadline within which the budgetary assessment is to be provided. Any changes to the announced timetable shall be immediately communicated to the committee responsible for budgetary issues. The committee responsible for the subject-matter shall not adopt its report before that deadline has expired. / 3. In the budgetary assessment, the committee responsible for budgetary issues shall examine whether the proposal for a legally binding act provides for sufficient financial and human resources, and evaluate the potential impact of the financing proposed on other Union programmes or policies. It shall also determine whether the proposal is compatible with the multiannual financial framework, the system of……

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ChangedAmendment: deleted / (Amendment applies throughout: delete references to Rule 57 and make resulting changes throughout the Rules of Procedure)(deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)(Amendment applies throughout: delete references to Rule 57 and make resulting changes throughout the Rules of Procedure)

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ChangedAmendment: 1. When a matter falls within the competence of two or three committees, without the competence of any of them prevailing, the procedure with joint meetings of committees and a joint vote may be applied pursuant to Rule 48 or Rule 54. Each committee shall appoint one rapporteur. / (deleted) / (deleted)

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ChangedAmendment: 2. In that event, the respective rapporteurs shall draw up a single draft report, which shall be examined and voted on by the committees involvedinvolved, under the joint chairmanship of the committee Chairs. The chairmanship of meetings shall alternate among the Chairs of the committees involved.involved, unless otherwise agreed between the Chairs. / At all stages of the procedure, the rights attaching to the status of committee responsible may be exercised by the committees involved only when they are acting jointly. The committees involved may set up working groups to prepare the meetings and votes. For the calculation of quorums, majorities and thresholds, all committees involved shall be considered to constitute a single committee.

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ChangedRule 58 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

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ChangedRule 71 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

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ChangedAmendment: AnyDecisions to enter into negotiations shall be announced at the beginning of the part-session following their adoption in committee. By the end of the day following the announcement in Parliament, Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the medium threshold or a committee having issued an opinion pursuant to Rule 56 may oppose therequest adoptionin ofwriting suchthat a committee decision atto theenter latestinto 24negotiations hoursbe beforeput to the scheduledvote. Parliament shall then proceed to that vote induring the committeesame responsible.part-session.

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ChangedAmendment: 1. Parliament's negotiating team shall be led by the rapporteur and shall be presided over by the Chair of the committee responsible or by a Vice-Chair designated by the Chair.Chair, who may not be a shadow rapporteur for the report concerned. If neither the Chair nor a Vice-Chair can attend a specific negotiation meeting with the Council and the Commission (“trilogue”), the Chair shall seekinform the President’sPresident authorisationbefore forthe meeting takes place that the negotiating team towill be exceptionally presided over by the rapporteur at that trilogue. / Without prejudice to Rule 56a, the negotiating team shall consist of the shadow rapporteur from each political group.group that wishes to participate. If a shadow rapporteur is unable to attend a specific trilogue, his or her political group may appoint another Member to replace the shadow rapporteur.

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ChangedAmendment: 3a. Amendments concerning pilot projects and preparatory actions shall be subject to a prior executability assessment by the Commission, in accordance with the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management. Proposed pilot projects and preparatory actions directly linked to reports being drawn up, or to proposals having been adopted, in accordance with Rule 47 shall be sent to the Commission for information purposes only and not for assessment.purposes. / The committee responsible for budgetary issues shall lay down for each year the procedure and timetable for the executability assessment. That procedure and timetable shall allow sufficient time for the preparation of amendments to the Council’s position on the draft budget. The committee responsible for budgetary issues shall only send proposed pilot projects and preparatory actions to the Commission for assessment or for the purposes of information where those proposals have the support of a committee, a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold.

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ChangedAmendment: 4. The committee responsible shall vote on all budgetary amendments before they are discussed in Parliament. Amendments introducingconcerning pilot projects and preparatory actions directly linked to reports being drawn upup, or to proposals having been adoptedadopted, in accordance with Rule 47 shall be given priority in voting.

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AddedRule 118 – paragraph 1

AddedAmendment: 1. In accordance with Rule 54, paragraphs 1 and 2, the committee responsible may draw up draft recommendations for the Council, for the Commission or for the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on subjects under Title V of the Treaty on European Union (the Union’s external action), or in cases where an international agreement falling within the scope of Rule 114 has not been referred to Parliament or Parliament has not been informed thereof under Rule 115.

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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AddedRule 123 a (new)

AddedAmendment: Rule 123a / Cooperation with committees or in the context of special scrutiny hearings / A representative of a Union institution or body and any other person shall be expected to cooperate in case of requests to attend meetings of committees and special scrutiny hearings as well as to supply relevant documents to the committees and for such hearings. In the case of lack of cooperation, a committee or Chair of a special scrutiny hearing may request the President to take action. The President, after consulting the Conference of Presidents, shall decide on whether to apply one or more of the following measures: / (a) an instruction to the Secretary General to seek authorisation from the Quaestors to withdraw or deactivate long-term access badges in accordance with Rule 123(3); / (b) a formal statement expressing Parliament’s dissatisfaction; / (c) a request to the relevant Union institution or body or any other organisation to send a representative to a meeting of the Conference of Presidents to explain its refusal; / (d) any other appropriate measures.

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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ChangedAmendment: 1. The President shall invite the President-elect of the Commission to inform Parliament about the planned structure of the new Commission and the allocation of responsibilities (portfolios) in the proposed new College of Commissioners in accordance with the political guidelines of the President-elect as well as about other horizontal issues, in particularincluding gender balance in that College.

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ChangedAmendment: Rule 133a / Statements explaining the use of Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as a legal basis / 1. When the Commission plans to adopt a proposal for a legal act based on Article 122 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the President shall invite the President of the Commission to make a statement to Parliament explaining the reasons for the choice of that legal basis, as well as outlining the main objectives and elements of the proposal. The statement shall be included in the draftmade agendaprior ofto the first part-session following theformal adoption of the proposal by the Commission,Commission. unless,Failing forthat, timetablingit reasonsshall orbe becauseincluded in the draft agenda of the relativefirst politicalpart-session relevancefollowing the adoption of the subject-matter,proposal by the Commission, unless the Conference of Presidents decides otherwise. The Conference of Presidents shall decide whether the statement is to be followed by a full debate or by a period of brief and concise questions from Members lasting 30 minutes.debate. Rule 132(2) to (8) concerning the tabling and voting of motions for resolutions shall apply mutatis mutandis. / When such statement is not placed on the agenda of the first part-session following the adoption of the proposal mentioned in the first subparagraph, the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall invite the Commissioner responsible to provide the information referred to abovein the first subparagraph at one of its forthcoming meetings. / 2. The President shall refer the proposal to the committee responsible for legal affairs for verificatio…verification of the legal basis. If that committee decides to question the…

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ChangedAmendment: Rule 135a / Ad hoc specialSpecial scrutiny hearings / 1. In order to question one or more Commissioners, or any other relevant person, 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 an ad hoca special scrutiny hearing. / 2. The Conference of Presidents shall determine the number of Members to be appointed for a given ad hoc 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. An ad hocA 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. FollowingTime themay conclusionbe allocated for questions and answers to a political group as a block for which each political group shall make free use of thethat adtime. hocDuring specialthe scrutinytime hearing,so itsallocated chairas maya submitblock, tothe role of the ConferenceChair of Presidentsthe writtenhearing recommendationsshall onbe behalflimited ofto Membersmaintaining whoorder participatedand atto ensuring observance of the hearing.standards /of (deleted)conduct laid down in…

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ChangedRule 137 – paragraph 32 a (new)

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RemovedAmendment: 3. Question Time may also be held, under the terms laid down in paragraph 1, with the President of the European Council, with the Presidency of the Council, with the President of the Commission, with the entire college of Commissioners or specific categories of Commissioners, with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and with the President of the Eurogroup. / (deleted)

AddedAmendment: 2a. As a general rule, once per part-session, a special scrutiny session shall be held with the President of the Commission or selected Commissioners without a pre-defined theme.

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ChangedAmendment: 3. Question Time may also be held, under the terms laid down in paragraph 1, with the President of the European Council, with the Presidency of the Council, with the President of the Commission, with the entire college of Commissioners or specific categories of Commissioners, with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy andPolicy, with the President of the Eurogroup.Eurogroup /and (deleted)with other relevant representatives of Union institutions and bodies.

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AddedRule 137 – paragraph 5 a (new)

AddedAmendment: 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.

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

AddedRule 137 – paragraph 6a (new)

AddedAmendment: 6a. Members shall not have pre-allocated seats and shall be encouraged to sit at the front of the Chamber.

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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ChangedRule 158154 – paragraph 14 a (new)

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RemovedAmendment: 1. At the beginning of each part-session, Parliament shall adopt its agenda. Amendments to the final draft agenda may be proposed by a committee, a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold. Any such amendments must be received by the President at least one hour before the opening of the part-session. Any such amendment shall be inadmissible if a similar amendment to the draft agenda was rejected by the Conference of Presidents. When any such amendment proposes the addition of a new item, the committee, the political group or the Members proposing it shall indicate what item of the final draft agenda shall be replaced by the item added. The President may give the floor to the mover and to one speaker against, and in each case for not more than one minute. In order to be adopted, any such amendment shall require the votes of a majority of the component Members of Parliament. / (deleted)

AddedAmendment: 4a. The Conference of Presidents may decide, on a proposal from a committee or Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the high threshold, to hold ad hoc part-sessions on matters of significant political importance. In such cases no voting session may take place. / The President shall, following the decision of the Conference of Presidents, convene Parliament.

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ChangedAmendment: 1. At the beginning of each part-session, Parliament shall adopt its agenda. A committee, a political group or Members reaching at least theone mediumtenth thresholdof the Members may propose one amendment to the final draft agenda in response to events or new political developments, which arose after the adoption of the final draft agenda. Any such amendments must be received by the President at least one hour before the opening of the part-session. When any such amendment proposes the addition of a new item, the committee, the political group or the Members proposing it shall indicate what item of the final draft agenda is to be replaced by the item to be added. The President may give the floor to the mover and to one speaker against, and in each case for not more than one minute. / (deleted)

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ChangedParliament'sParliament’s Rules of Procedure

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ChangedAmendment: Rule 160a / Debates on specific matters of interest to the European Union - Parliament’s statements / 1. Parliament may place debates on specific matters of interest to the European Union on the agenda, in accordance with Rules 157 and 158. / 2. Rule 132(2) to (8) concerning the tabling and voting of motions for resolutions shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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ChangedAmendment: 5a. If requested by the President, a committee, a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold, Parliament may exceptionally decide to take the urgent decision on the proposal without a report or on the basis of an oral report by the committee responsible. In such cases, if interinstitutional negotiations take place, Rules 70 and 71 shall not apply and Rule 74 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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AddedRule 171 – title

AddedAmendment: Allocation of speaking time

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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ChangedAmendment: 3. Speakers whose interventions are foreseen on the list of speakers shall speak from the central rostrum, unless the President decides otherwise.otherwise when appropriate. Speakers with disabilities may speak from their places if they prefer.

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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 shall be 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 [40%]20% of the time for key debates. /The (deleted)Conference of Presidents shall determine the amount of that remaining time for all other debates.

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ChangedRule 171 – paragraph 78 a (new)

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RemovedAmendment: 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. That remaining part of the time for a debate shall constitute [40%] of the time for specific debates decided by the Conference of Presidents. / (deleted)

AddedAmendment: 8a. As a general rule, Members shall be present for the debate in which they are scheduled to speak or in which they wish to speak.

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ChangedAmendment: 9. The President may give the floor to Members who indicate, by raising a blue card or by using the electronic tool,system, their wish to put to another Member, during that Member’s speech, a question of no longer than half a minute’s duration related to what that Member has said. The President shall only do so if the speaker agrees to the question and if the President is satisfied that this will lead neither to disruption of the debate nor, through the putting of successive questions by raising a blue card, to a gross imbalance in the political group affinities of Members speaking in that debate. The Member raising the blue card and the speaker shall not be from the same political group, and they shall not both be non-attached Members. Subject to the conditions set out in the second sentence, applied mutatis mutandis, the President may allow the Member who has asked such a question to react to the speaker’s answer for no longer than half a minute. The speaker may then follow up on that reaction.

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RemovedParliament's Rules of Procedure

RemovedRule 178 – paragraph 3 – interpretation

RemovedAmendment: deleted / (deleted)

RemovedParliament's Rules of Procedure

RemovedRule 178 – paragraph 3 a (new)

RemovedAmendment: 3a. Debates may be held whatever the number of Members present in the Chamber. However, on a request made by at least 38 Members at the start of the debate or at any time during the debate, the President shall establish whether a quorum is present. / If the number of Members required to make up a quorum is not present, the President shall close the debate. Where one or more speakers have already intervened in the debate before the request to check the quorum was made, the President shall give the floor to one speaker present in the Chamber for each political group which has not yet provided a speaker. / (deleted)

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ChangedAmendment: -1a. Before taking a decision on such a request, the Conference of Presidents shallmay seek thea opinionrecommendation ofby the Conference of Committee Chairs.

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ChangedAmendment: Rule 207a / Ad-hoc temporary committees withTemporary legislative competencescommittees / 1. When it results from the procedure in Rule 48 or Rule 54 that a matter falls within the competence of more than three committees, without the competence of any committee prevailing, the Conference of Presidents may,may as a last resort, on the basis of a recommendation by the Conference of Committee Chairs, propose to Parliament the setting up of an ad-hoca temporary committee with legislative competencescommittee to deal with a specific proposal for a legally binding act or a pre-legislative strategic document. The recommendation by the Conference of Committee Chairs shall indicate the committees responsible for scrutiny of the implementation of the legislation. / 2. The numerical strength of an ad-hoca temporary committee with legislative competencescommittee shall be decided by Parliament, based on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents. Its term of office shall run from the date of its constitutive meeting until the adoption of the legally binding act, without prejudice to the need for scrutiny activities. In the case of a pre-legislative strategic document, its term of office shall run from the date of its constitutive meeting until the adoption of the report in plenary. / Members of an ad-hoca temporary committee with legislative competencescommittee shall be appointed by the political groups and the non-attached Members, in principle drawing from the members of the committees involved. The Conference of Presidents shall decide whether one or more rapporteurs are to …be appointed at the same time that the proposal is made to…

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AddedRule 208 – paragraph 10

AddedAmendment: 10. Requests for documents and for witnesses to provide testimony, in accordance with Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC shall be formally made by the President at the request of the committee of inquiry. Rule 123a shall apply in case of a refusal of a request for documents or for a witness to provide testimony without sufficient justification. / Committees of inquiry may, in accordance with Decision 95/167/EC Euratom, ECSC and with these Rules of Procedure: / – organise fact-finding missions to Member States; / – request documents and expert reports; / – invite witnesses; / – hear officials and other servants of the Union or of Member States; / – request national authorities for assistance in the course of its investigations; / – request the parliaments of the Member State concerned to cooperate in the investigation. / The President may invite the witnesses to testify under oath. No one shall be obliged to testify under oath, but formal note shall be taken where a witness declines to testify under oath.

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

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ChangedAmendment: deleted / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (Amendment applies throughout: delete references to Rule 211 and make resulting changes throughout the Rules of Procedure) / (deleted) / (deleted) / (deleted)

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ChangedAmendment: (a) shall task the committee responsible for the subject-matter according to Annex VI with organising the public hearing provided for in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788; the committee responsible for petitions shall be automatically involved;involved in accordance with the principle of good and sincere cooperation as referred to in Rule 56;

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RemovedParliament's Rules of Procedure

RemovedRule 223 – paragraph 3

RemovedAmendment: 3. The bureaux of the delegations shall be constituted in accordance with the procedure laid down for the committee bureaux in Rule 213. Any Chair of a delegation shall be a member of the committee responsible for foreign affairs, of the committee responsible for development, or of the committee responsible for international trade.

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ChangedAnnex VII – Article -1 (new): Article -1 / Structure and organisation of portfolios of the Commission / Pursuant to Rule 125, before the confirmation hearings, the President shall invite the President-elect of the Commission to inform the Conference of Presidents about the following: / – the planned structure of the new Commission, including the proposed titles of individual portfolios and their possible grouping; / – the allocation of responsibilities (portfolios) in the proposed College of Commissioners in accordance with the political guidelines of the President-elect; and / – other horizontal questions, in particularincluding gender balance in that College.

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ChangedAnnex VII – Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) if, when scrutinising a declaration of interests, the committee responsible for legal affairs considers, on the basis of the documents presented, that the declaration is accurate,accurate and complete and contains nothing indicating an actual or potential conflict of interests in connection with the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate, its Chair shall send a letter confirming this finding to the committees responsible for the confirmation hearing or to the committees involved in the event of a procedure taking place during a Commissioner's term of office; if the committee responsible for legal affairs finds in the declaration of interests of the Commissioner-designate elements, other than those related to financial interests, which should be considered in the overall evaluation of the Commissioner-designate, it shall immediately inform all the committees involved in the confirmation hearing;

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ChangedAnnex VII – Article 3 – paragraph 3: 3. Appropriate arrangements shall be made to allocate the responsibilities for a confirmation hearing to committees. There are two options: / (a) if the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate falls within the responsibility of a single committee or of several committees but with the competence of one committee prevailing, the Commissioner-designate shall be heard by that committee alone (the committee responsible); other committees may be invited to participate in the confirmation hearing if the portfolio falls to a substantial extent within their remit;responsibility; / (b) if significant parts of the portfolio of the Commissioner-designate fall within the responsibility of two or more committees without the competence of any of them prevailing, the Commissioner-designate shall be heard jointly by those committees (joint committees);committees; other committees may be invited to participate in the confirmation hearing if the portfolio falls to a substantial extent within their remit.responsibility. / (deleted)

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ChangedAnnex VII – Article 3 – paragraph 5: 5. The committees shall submit written questions to the Commissioners-designate in good time before the confirmation hearings. For each Commissioner-designate there shall be two common questions drafted by the Conference of Committee Chairs, the first of which shall relate to the issues of general competence, European commitment and personal independence, and the second of which shall relate to the management of the portfolio and cooperation with Parliament. The committee responsible shall submit five other questions. In the case ofthe jointCommissioner-designate is heard jointly by two or more committees, each of them shall have the right to submit three questions. Each invited committee shall have the right to submit one question. Sub-questions shall not be allowed. / The curriculum vitae of the Commissioners-designate and their response to the written questions shall be published on Parliament’s website in advance of the confirmation hearing.

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ChangedAnnex VII – Article 3 – paragraph 6: 6. Confirmation hearings shall take place in circumstances, and under conditions, in which Commissioners-designate enjoy a fair opportunity to present themselves and their opinions. In principle, confirmation hearings shall be scheduled to last for three hours. However, in the case of Commissioners-designate with particularly large or complex portfolios involving more than one committee, the Conference of Committee Chairs may recommend that the confirmation hearing be scheduled to last for up to three and a halffour hours. The recommended length of the confirmation hearing shall take due account of the number of invited committees in order to allow each of their Chairs to put one question.

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RemovedAnnex VII – Article 3 – paragraph 8: 8. A live audio-visual transmission of the confirmation hearings shall be made available free of charge to the public. An indexed recording of the confirmation hearings shall be made available to the public within 24 hours.

AddedVII – Article 3 – paragraph 8

AddedAmendment: 8. A live audio-visual transmission of the confirmation hearings shall be made available free of charge to the public. An indexed recording of the confirmation hearings shall be made available to the public within 24 hours.

Change 70

ChangedAnnex VII – Article 4 – paragraph 2: 2. In the case ofa jointCommissioner designate is heard jointly by two or more committees, the Chair and the coordinators of the committees concerned shall act jointly throughout the procedure, including by holding joint evaluation meetings.

Change 71

ChangedAnnex VII – Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point e: (e) If, further to the application of point (d), coordinators representing a majority of at least two-thirds of the committee members belonging to a political group approve the Commissioner-designate, the Chair shall submit a letter on their behalf stating that a large majority approve the Commissioner-designate. Minority views shall be mentioned in that letter upon request.

Change 72

AddedAnnex VII – Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point f: (f) If, further to the application of point (d), there is still no majority of coordinators representing at least two-thirds of the committee members belonging to a political group to approve the Commissioner-designate, the Chair shall convene a committee meeting and put to vote the two questions mentioned in paragraph 1. The Chair shall submit a letter stating the committee’s evaluation.

Change 73 under “EXPLANATORY STATEMENT”

ChangedThe reform measures, once implemented, will lead to a better functioning of Parliament as co legislator,co-legislator, arm of the budgetary authority and discharge authority. Moreover, the reforms will increase Parliament’s capacity to exercise democratic oversight and to hold the other institutions, notably the Commission, accountable.