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On amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

Document AFCO-PR-771903 · 2025/2067(REG)

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Report parliamentary committee draft AFCO-PR-771903
Date
24 March 2025
Committee
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur
Sven Simon
Dossier
2025/2067(REG)
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This draft report proposes amending Parliament's Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and representatives of public authorities of third countries from whom they received input on the file.

Position. The Committee on Constitutional Affairs, through its rapporteur, proposes to amend Parliament's Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex the interest representatives and third-country public authorities that provided input.

Key points

  1. Rapporteurs must list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, and representatives of public authorities of third countries, including diplomatic missions and embassies, from whom they received input.
  2. The requirement is without prejudice to the obligation to publish meetings under Article 7 of Annex I.
  3. Article 7(4) of Annex I applies mutatis mutandis to the new listing requirement.
  4. The amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session.

Who is affected

  • Rapporteurs in the European Parliament, who must disclose input received from interest representatives and third-country public authorities.
  • Interest representatives and representatives of public authorities of third countries, whose input to rapporteurs will be publicly listed.

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Proposal for a european parliament decision

(2025/2067(REG))

The European Parliament,

having regard to the letter from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 11 April 2024,

–having regard to Rules 242 and 243 of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A100000/2025),

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

2.Points out that the amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;

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

Amendment 1

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Annex I – Article 8

Amendment: Present text and Amendment
Present textAmendment
Article 8Article 8
Declaration of inputDeclaration of input
Without prejudice to the requirement to publish meetings pursuant to Article 7, rapporteurs shall list the entities or persons from whom they received input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file in an annex to their report or opinion. Article 7(4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.Without prejudice to the requirement to publish meetings pursuant to Article 7, rapporteurs shall list, in an annex to their report or opinion, the interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, and the representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, from whom they received input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that the rapporteurs included in their report or opinion. Article 7(4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

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European Parliament (2025). “DRAFT REPORT on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)”. Text, 24 March 2025. docId AFCO-PR-771903. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/AFCO-PR-771903 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/AFCO-PR-771903 (CC BY 4.0).
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  title = {{DRAFT REPORT on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-03-24},
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  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/AFCO-PR-771903},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
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