# C_2013194EN.01000601.xml

| 5.7.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 194/6 |
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5.7.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 194/6

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DECISION OF THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 1 July 2013

amending the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament

2013/C 194/02

THE BUREAU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 223(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union,

Having regard to the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (1),

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Having regard to Rules 8 and 23 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

| (1) | According to the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the latter will be a Member State of the European Union as of 1 July 2013. From that date, the Croatian Members will sit in the European Parliament. It is thus necessary to modify point (b) of Article 23(1) of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (2) (‘the Implementing Measures’) on travel expenses incurred in the Member State of election to take account of the new Croatian Members joining the European Parliament. |
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According to the Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the latter will be a Member State of the European Union as of 1 July 2013. From that date, the Croatian Members will sit in the European Parliament. It is thus necessary to modify point (b) of Article 23(1) of the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (2) (‘the Implementing Measures’) on travel expenses incurred in the Member State of election to take account of the new Croatian Members joining the European Parliament.

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| (2) | Travel in the Member State of election by car is limited annually to a number of kilometres on a basis established according to the size of the Member State concerned. Considering that the area of Croatia is 56 542 km2, Croatian Members of the European Parliament should have an individual right to 8 000 km annually, |
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Travel in the Member State of election by car is limited annually to a number of kilometres on a basis established according to the size of the Member State concerned. Considering that the area of Croatia is 56 542 km2, Croatian Members of the European Parliament should have an individual right to 8 000 km annually,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In point (b) of Article 23(1) of the Implementing Measures, the third indent is replaced by the following:

| ‘— | 8 000 km for Members elected in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands or Slovenia.’. |
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8 000 km for Members elected in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands or Slovenia.’.

Article 2

1.   This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Official Journal of the European Union

2.   This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2013.

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(1)  Decision 2005/684/EC, Euratom of the European Parliament of 28 September 2005 adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ L 262, 7.10.2005, p. 1).

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(2)  Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 19 May and 9 July 2008 concerning implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament (OJ C 159, 13.7.2009, p. 1).

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