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P6_TA(2006)0479

Request for defence of immunity of Gabriele Albertini

European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Gabriele Albertini (2006/2099(IMM))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the request by Gabriele Albertini for defence of his immunity in connection with the criminal proceedings brought against him before the District Court of Milan, made on 25 April 2006, announced in plenary sitting on 27 April 2006,

- having heard Gabriele Albertini in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

- having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 [1] of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

- having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0378/2006),

1. Decides to defend the immunity and privileges of Gabriele Albertini;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the report of the committee responsible, immediately to the appropriate authorities of the Italian Republic.

[1] Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

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1.

Adopts the following interpretation of Rule 19:‘Rule 19(1) can be interpreted as meaning that the powers conferred by that Rule include the power to call an end to the excessive use of motions such as points of order, procedural motions, explanations of vote and requests for separate, split or roll-call votes where the President is convinced that these are manifestly intended to cause and will result in a prolonged and serious obstruction of the procedures of the House or the rights of other Members;’
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 294/91

Wednesday 9 July 2008

Formation of political groups (amendment of Rule 29)

P6_TA(2008)0351

European Parliament decision of 9 July 2008 on amendment of Rule 29 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure — Formation of political groups (2006/2201(REG))

2009/C 294 E/23

The European Parliament,

having regard to the proposal for amendment of its Rules of Procedure (B6-0420/2006),

having regard to Rules 201 and 202 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0206/2008),

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

2. Decides that the amendment will enter into force on the first day of the first part-session following the European elections in the year 2009;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
1.

Decides that the number of delegations and their regional groupings shall be as follows: (a) Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey Delegations to the: — EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee — EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee — EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (b) Russia, the Eastern Partnership States, Central Asia and Mongolia Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Delegation for relations with Belarus Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (c) Maghreb, Mashreq, Israel and Palestine Delegations for relations with: — Israel — the Palestinian Legislative Council — the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union — the Mashreq countries (d) The Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran Delegations for relations with: — the Arab Peninsula — Iraq — Iran (e) The Americas Delegations for relations with: — the United States — Canada — the countries of Central America — the countries of the Andean Community — Mercosur Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (f) Asia/Pacific Delegations for relations with: — Japan — the People’s Republic of China — India — Afghanistan — the countries of South Asia — the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — the Korean Peninsula — Australia and New Zealand (g) Africa Delegations for relations with: — South Africa — the Pan-African Parliament (h) Multilateral Assemblies Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (which will consist of members of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence);
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 81/146

Wednesday 5 May 2010

Immunity of Miroslav Ransdorf

P7_TA(2010)0093

European Parliament decision of 5 May 2010 on the request for waiver of the immunity of Miloslav Ransdorf (2009/2208(IMM))

2011/C 81 E/25

The European Parliament,

having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Miloslav Ransdorf, forwarded by the competent authority of the Czech Republic on 16 September 2009, and announced in plenary sitting on 23 November 2009,

having heard Miloslav Ransdorf in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to Article 9 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

having regard to Rules 6(2) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0107/2010),

A. whereas Miroslav Ransdorf is a Member of the European Parliament,

B. whereas, according to Article 9 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities of 8 April 1965, during the sessions of the European Parliament its Members enjoy in the territory of their own State the immunities accorded to members of their parliament; whereas immunity cannot be claimed when a Member is caught in the act of committing an offence; and whereas this does not prevent the European Parliament from exercising its right to waive the immunity of one of its Members,

C. whereas, according to Article 27(4) of the Czech Constitution, no Member of Parliament or Senator may be criminally prosecuted without the consent of the chamber of which he or she is member and, if the respective chamber denies its consent, criminal prosecution shall be excluded forever,

1. Decides to waive the immunity of Miloslav Ransdorf;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the report of its committee responsible, immediately to the appropriate authorities of the Czech Republic.

(1) Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.
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having regard to the hearing of Tonio Borg on 13 November 2012, led by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety with the association of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, and to the statement of evaluation drawn up following that hearing;
EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 257/91

Thursday 29 March 2012

Amendment of the Rules of Procedure to take into account the changing relationships between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty

P7_TA(2012)0111

European Parliament decision of 29 March 2012 amending the Rules of Procedure to take into account the changing relationships between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (2011/2266(REG))

2013/C 257 E/15

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the letter from its President of 4 March 2011,

— having regard to Rules 211 and 212 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A7-0039/2012),

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

2. Points out that the amendments 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.
3. The committee may ask the authority concerned to provide any information or explanation which the committee deems necessary in order for it to form an opinion on whether immunity should be waived or defended. The Member concerned shall be given an opportunity to be heard, may present any documents or other written evidence deemed by that Member to be relevant and may be represented by another Member.

3. The committee may ask the authority concerned to provide any information or explanation which the committee deems necessary in order for it to form an opinion on whether immunity should be waived or defended.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 443/88

P7_TA(2014)0396

Voting in the context of procedures concerning the immunity of Members (interpretation of the Rules of Procedure)

European Parliament decision of 15 April 2014 concerning voting in the context of procedures concerning the immunity of Members (interpretation of Rules 166, 167(1) and 195(3)) (2014/2028(REG)

(2017/C 443/19)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the letter of 9 April 2014 from the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,

— having regard to Rule 211 of its Rules of Procedure,

1. Decides to append the following interpretation to Rules 166, 167(1) and 195(3): ‘Rule 166, Rule 167(1) and Rule 195(3) on voting by roll call do not apply to the reports provided for in Rule 6b(2) and Rule 7(3), (6) and (8) in the context of procedures relating to the immunity of a Member.’
J.

whereas, however, it is the considered opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs that, in the light of Judgment No 1126/1994 of the Greek Supreme Court, the time bar is in any case suspended for up to three years while Stelios Kouloglou is a Member of the European Parliament;
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having regard to its decision of 12 March 2014 on the number of interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and to multilateral parliamentary assemblies (1),
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having regard to the Council's letter of 15 July 2016, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Julian King as a Member of the Commission (C8-0339/2016),
Official Journal of the European Union

P8_TA(2018)0234

Appointment of a member to the selection panel for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

European Parliament decision of 31 May 2018 on the appointment of Antonio Mura to the selection panel set up under Article 14(3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (2018/2071(INS))

(2020/C 76/38)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 14(3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (1),

— having regard to the proposal of its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (B8-0237/2018),

— having regard to its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas Antonio Mura meets the conditions laid down in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1939;

1. Proposes that Antonio Mura be appointed to the selection panel;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1.
A.

whereas the amending delegated regulation should apply before 23 February 2018, the date of entry into force of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358 and of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 (‘the two delegated regulations’), and full use of the three-month scrutiny period available to Parliament could lead to the two delegated regulations entering into force before the amended date of application of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (‘IDD’), 1 October 2018, as proposed by the Commission in its proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2016/97 as regards the date of application of Member States’ transposition measures (COM(2017)0792);
P8_TA(2019)0393

Political declaration for the establisment of a political group (interpretation of Rule 32(5), first subparagraph, second indent, of the Rules of Procedure)

European Parliament decision of 17 April 2019 concerning the political declaration for the establisment of a political group (interpretation of Rule 32(5), first subparagraph, second indent, of the Rules of Procedure) (2019/2019(REG))

(2021/C 158/07)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the letter of 3 April 2019 from the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,

— having regard to Rule 226 of its Rules of Procedure,

1. Decides to append the following interpretation to Rule 32(5), first subparagraph, second indent, of the Rules of Procedure:

‘The political declaration of a group shall set out the values that the group stands for and the main political objectives which its members intend to pursue together in the framework of the exercise of their mandate. The declaration shall describe the common political orientation of the group in a substantial, distinctive and genuine way.’
P8_TA(2019)0161

Non-objection to a delegated act amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of exempted entities

European Parliament decision to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 30 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of exempted entities (C(2019)00791 — 2019/2549(DEA))

(2021/C 23/50)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2019)00791),

— having regard to the Commission’s letter of 30 January 2019 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

— having regard to the letter from the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 21 February 2019,

— having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (1), and in particular Articles 1(6) and 82(6) thereof,

— having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs,

— having regard to Rule 105(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas the delegated act contains important amendments to ensure that the United Kingdom central bank and public bodies charged with or intervening in the management of the public debt will be exempted from the clearing and reporting requirements and the requirement to apply risk-mitigation techniques to non-cleared transactions laid down in Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

B. whereas Parliament recognises the importance of a swift adoption of this act in order to ensure the preparedness of the European Union in the event of a withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union without a withdrawal agreement;

1. Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 1.
A.

whereas the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued on 26 September 2019 amendments to International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 — Financial Instruments and to International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 — Financial Instruments; whereas those amendments aim to provide a general relief in view of the ‘phase 1’ Interbank offered rate (IBOR) replacement; whereas those amendments provide clarity to companies reporting according to IFRS and their auditors that the regulatory driven market-wide replacement of reference rates by improved (nearly) risk-free interest rates would not disrupt hedging relationships due to replacement uncertainty; whereas those amendments provide legal certainty in the IFRS and IAS financial reporting framework and prevent unnecessary stress in the financial system; whereas the Commission urged the IASB to speed up the issuance of those amendments in order for the Union to endorse those amendments in a timely manner;
A.

whereas the Fifth Criminal Division of Warsaw-Śródmieście District Court-, in Poland, has submitted a request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Guy Verhofstadt on the grounds of certain statements made by the latter on 15 November 2017 during a plenary debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg; whereas the grounds for the order of the District Court state that, as it is for the applicant to obtain authorisation to commence proceedings, ‘in this situation the Public Prosecutor’s Office should be considered the relevant authority’, that ‘if the public prosecutor does not intervene in the proceedings and the Court refuses to request that the immunity in question be waived’, the civil applicant ‘is deprived of the possibility of exercising his rights against persons protected by the immunity of the European Parliament’ and that the provision in question [Rule 9(12) of its Rules of Procedure] ‘does not provide that the Court should draft such a request, but merely that it should transmit it. Thus, the request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity in itself constitutes a purely formal transmission of a request’ from the civil applicant; noting therefore that the request for waiver of parliamentary immunity was communicated by the judicial authorities in accordance with Rule 9(12) of its Rules of Procedure, but drawing attention to the fact that, under Rule 9(1) of its Rules of Procedure, any request for waiver of parliamentary immunity must be submitted by ‘a competent authority of a Member State’, the two concepts not being identical;
P9_TA(2020)0250

Approval of the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the European Commission

European Parliament decision of 7 October 2020 on the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission (C9-0295/2020 — 2020/0803(NLE))

(2021/C 395/21)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 246, second paragraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

— having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

— having regard to point 6 of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (1),

— having regard to the resignation of Phil Hogan as a Member of the Commission,

— having regard to the Council's letter of 14 September 2020, whereby the Council consulted Parliament on a decision, to be taken by common accord with the President of the Commission, on the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission (C9-0295/2020),

— having regard to the letter of the President of the Commission of 14 September 2020,

— having regard to the hearing of Mairead McGuinness on 2 October 2020, led by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and to the evaluation letter drawn up following that hearing,

— having regard to the examination by the Conference of Committee Chairs at its meeting on 5 October 2020, and the examination by the Conference of Presidents at its meeting on 6 October 2020,

— having regard to Rule 125 of, and Annex VII to, its Rules of Procedure,

1. Approves the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as a Member of the Commission for the remainder of the Commission’s term of office until 31 October 2024;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the governments of the Member States.

(1) OJ L 304, 20.11.2010, p. 47.
P9_TA(2021)0005

Non-objection to a delegated act: date of application of the amendments to certain detailed production rules for organic products

European Parliament decision to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 4 December 2020 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 as regards the date of application of the amendments to certain detailed production rules for organic products in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council (C(2020)08462 — 2020/2902(DEA))

(2021/C 456/28)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2020)08462),

— having regard to the Commission's letter of 17 December 2020 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation,

— having regard to the letter from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 14 January 2021,

— having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (1), and in particular Article 12(2)(e), Article 14(2)(c) and Article 15(2)(a) and (d) thereof,

— having regard to Rule 111(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,

A. whereas, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting extensive movement restrictions, exceptional difficulties have been encountered by all Member States and by farmers in all Member States;

B. whereas the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, initially set for 1 January 2021, has been recently amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/1693 to 1 January 2022;

C. whereas the delegated regulation aims at aligning the date of application of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 (2) with the amended date of application of Regulation (EU) 2018/848;

D. whereas, to avoid confusion and ensure legal certainty for the organic sector, it is of paramount importance to speed up the entry into force of the delegated regulation;

1. Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/427 of 13 January 2020 amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain detailed production rules for organic products (OJ L 87, 23.3.2020, p. 1).
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having regard to its decision of 19 June 2020 on setting up a committee of inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the protection of animals during transport within and outside the Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office (4),