Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

Change 48

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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Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 163 – paragraph 1

Amendment: 1. A request to decide urgently on a proposal submitted to Parliament pursuant to Rule 48(1) as a result of unforeseen developments may be made to Parliament by the President, a committee, a political group, Members reaching at least the low threshold, the Commission or the Council. Such requests shall be made in writing and supported by reasons. For requests made by the Commission or the Council, the statement of reasons shall contain a detailed justification of each proposal and, where appropriate, a precise indication of legally required deadlines for the adoption or entry into force of the proposed legally binding act.

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Rule 163 – paragraph 2

Amendment: 2. Requests for an urgent decision shall be announced in Parliament as soon as possible after they are received by the President. The vote on the request shall be taken at the beginning of the sitting following that during which the announcement was made, provided that the proposal to which the request relates has been distributed to Members in the official languages. Where there are several requests for an urgent decision on the same subject, the approval or rejection of the request for an urgent decision shall apply to all such requests.

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Rule 163 – paragraph 3

Amendment: 3. Before the vote on the request for an urgent decision, only the mover, and one speaker against may be heard, along with the Chair or rapporteur of the committee responsible, or both. None of those speakers may speak for more than three minutes.

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Rule 163 – paragraph 4

Amendment: 4. Where the request for an urgent decision is approved, the item shall be given priority over other items on the agenda. The President shall determine the time of the debate, where one is appropriate, and the time of the vote.

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Rule 163 – paragraph 5

Amendment: 5. Parliament shall take the urgent decision on the proposal on the basis of a report from the committee responsible in accordance with the usually applicable rules and with due consideration of the urgency of the matter. In such a case, the examination of the proposal shall be given priority over other items on the committee agenda and the committee responsible shall, where expedient, apply the simplified procedure pursuant to Rule 52. / (deleted)

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Rule 163 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Change 49

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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Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 167 – paragraph 4

Amendment: 4. During missions away from the usual places of work, interpretation shall be provided from and into the languages of those members who have confirmed that they will attend the meeting. These arrangements shall be determined on the basis of the Code of Conduct on multilingualism and may exceptionally be made more flexible. The Bureau shall adopt the necessary provisions.

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Change 50

AddedRule 171 – title

AddedAmendment: Allocation of speaking time

AddedParliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 171 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Change 51

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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Rule 171 – paragraph 4

Change 52

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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Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 171 – paragraph 5 – point c

Amendment: (c) the Members who do not belong to a political group shall be allocated an overall speaking time based on the fractions allocated to each political group under point (b), in proportion to the total number of non-attached Members up to the number of Members provided for in Rule 33(2);

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Rule 171 – paragraph 7

Change 53

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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Change 54

ChangedRule 171 – paragraph 78 a (new)

Change 55

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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Rule 171 – paragraph 9

Change 56

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.

Change 57

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)

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 may decide to 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)

RemovedParliament's Rules of Procedure

RemovedRule 178 – paragraph 3 b (new)

RemovedAmendment: 3b. The electronic voting system may be used to check the threshold of 38 Members for a request to establish whether a quorum is present, but it shall not be used for checking the quorum itself. The doors of the Chamber shall not be closed when establishing the quorum.

RemovedParliament's Rules of Procedure

RemovedRule 178 – paragraph 4

RemovedAmendment: 4. Members who ask for the quorum to be established must be present in the Chamber when the request is made, and shall be counted as being present within the meaning of paragraphs 2, 3 and 3a, even if they then leave the Chamber.

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