PRESENT TEXT AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 38a (new)

Rule 38a Rights of initiative conferred on Parliament by the Treaties In cases where the Treaties confer a right of initiative on Parliament, the committee responsible may decide to draw up an own-initiative report. The report shall comprise: (a) a motion for a resolution; (b) where appropriate, a draft decision or a draft proposal; (c) an explanatory statement including, where appropriate, a financial statement. Where the adoption of an act by Parliament requires the approval or the consent of the Council and the opinion or the consent of the Commission, Parliament may, following the vote on the proposed act, and on a proposal by the rapporteur, decide to postpone the vote on the motion for a resolution until the Council or the Commission have stated their position.

Amendment 2

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 45 — paragraph 1a (new)

1a. Motions for a resolution contained in own-initiative reports shall be examined by Parliament pursuant to the short presentation procedure set out in Rule 131a. Amendments to such motions for a resolution shall not be admissible for consideration in plenary unless tabled by the rapporteur to take account of new information, but alternative motions for a resolution may be tabled in accordance with Rule 151(4). This paragraph shall not apply where the subject of the report qualifies for a key debate in plenary, where the report is drawn up pursuant to the right of initiative referred to in Rule 38a or 39, or where the report can be considered a strategic report according to the criteria set out by the Conference of Presidents (2).

Amendment 3

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 45 — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 1

2. The provisions of this Rule shall apply mutatis mutandis in cases where the Treaties attribute the right of initiative to Parliament. 2. Where the subject of the report comes under the right of initiative referred to in Rule 38a, authorisation may be withheld only on the grounds that the conditions set out in the Treaties are not met.

Amendment 4

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 45 — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 2

In such cases, the Conference of Presidents shall take a decision within two months. 2a. In the cases referred to in Rule 38a and Rule 39 , the Conference of Presidents shall take a decision within two months.

Amendment 5

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 110 — paragraph 1

1. Questions for written answer may be put by any Member to the Council or the Commission. The content of questions shall be the sole responsibility of their authors. 1. Any Member may put questions for written answer to the Council or the Commission in accordance with guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure (3). The content of questions shall be the sole responsibility of their authors.

Amendment 6

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 110 — paragraph 2

2. Questions shall be submitted in writing to the President who shall forward them to the institution concerned. 2. Questions shall be submitted in writing to the President who shall forward them to the institution concerned. Doubts concerning the admissibility of a question shall be settled by the President. His decision shall be notified to the questioner.

Amendment 7

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 111 — paragraph 1

1. Any Member may put questions for written answer to the European Central Bank. 1. Any Member may put questions for written answer to the European Central Bank in accordance with guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure (4).

Amendment 8

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 131a (new)

Rule 131a Short presentation At the request of the rapporteur or on a proposal of the Conference of Presidents, Parliament may also decide that an item not needing a full debate be dealt with by means of a short presentation in plenary by the rapporteur. In that event, the Commission shall have the opportunity to intervene and any Member shall have the right to react by handing in an additional written statement pursuant to Rule 142(7).

Amendment 9

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 142 — paragraph 5

5. The Commission and Council shall be heard in the debate on a report as a rule immediately after its presentation by the rapporteur. However, in a debate on a Commission proposal, the President shall invite the Commission to speak first in order to briefly present its proposal, and when debating a text originating from the Council, the President may invite the Council to speak first, in each case to be followed by the rapporteur. The Commission and Council may be heard again, in particular to respond to the statements made by Members. 5. The Commission and Council shall be heard in the debate on a report as a rule immediately after its presentation by the rapporteur. The Commission , the Council and the rapporteur may be heard again, in particular to respond to the statements made by Members.

Amendment 10

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 151 — paragraph 4

4. A political group may table an alternative motion for a resolution to a non-legislative motion for a resolution contained in a committee report. 4. A political group or at least forty members may table an alternative motion for a resolution to a non-legislative motion for a resolution contained in a committee report.

In such a case, the group may not table amendments to the motion for a resolution by the committee responsible. The group's motion for a resolution may not be longer than the committee's motion for a resolution. It shall be put to a single vote in Parliament without amendment. In such a case, the group or the members concerned may not table amendments to the motion for a resolution by the committee responsible. The alternative motion for a resolution may not be longer than the committee's motion for a resolution. It shall be put to a single vote in Parliament without amendment.

Rule 103(4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Amendment 11

Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex IIa (new)