CELEX: 52012DP0423
Language: en
Date: 2012-11-20 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision of 20 November 2012 on amendment of Rule 181 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning verbatim reports of proceedings and Rule 182 concerning the audiovisual record of proceedings (2012/2080(REG))

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 419/200
            
         P7_TA(2012)0423
   Amendment of Rule 181 on verbatim reports and Rule 182 on audiovisual record of proceedings
   European Parliament decision of 20 November 2012 on amendment of Rule 181 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning verbatim reports of proceedings and Rule 182 concerning the audiovisual record of proceedings (2012/2080(REG))
   (2015/C 419/32)
   
      The European Parliament,
   
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               having regard to the letter from its President of 13 January 2012,
            
         
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               having regard to its resolution of 26 October 2011 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 as modified by the Council — all sections — and letters of amendment Nos 1/2012 and 2/2012 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 (1),
            
         
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               having regard to Rules 211 and 212 of its Rules of Procedure,
            
         
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               having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A7-0336/2012),
            
         
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               whereas savings from the budget in the area of translation and interpretation must not jeopardise the principle of multilingualism, but are possible with the help of innovation and new working methods (2),
            
         
            
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               Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;
            
         
            
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               Points out that the amendments will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;
            
         
            
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               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
            
         
      Amendment 1
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 181 — paragraph 1
   
   
               
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                  Amendment
               
            
         
               1.   A verbatim report of the proceedings of each sitting shall be drawn up 
                     in all the official languages
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               1.   A verbatim report of the proceedings of each sitting shall be drawn up 
                     as a multilingual document in which all oral contributions appear in their original language
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      Amendment 2
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 181 — paragraph 2
   
   
               
                  Present text
               
            
            
               
                  Amendment
               
            
         
               2.   Speakers 
                     shall return
                   corrections to typescripts of their 
                     speeches
                   to the Secretariat 
                     within one week
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               2.   Speakers 
                     may make
                   corrections to typescripts of their 
                     oral contributions within five working days. Corrections shall be sent within that deadline
                   to the Secretariat.
            
         
      Amendment 3
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 181 — paragraph 3
   
   
               
                  Present text
               
            
            
               
                  Amendment
               
            
         
               3.   The verbatim report shall be published as an annex to the Official Journal of the European Union.
            
            
               3.   The 
                     multilingual
                   verbatim report shall be published as an annex to the Official Journal of the European Union 
                     and preserved in the records of Parliament
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      Amendment 4
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 181 — paragraph 4
   
   
               
                  Present text
               
            
            
               
                  Amendment
               
            
         
               4.   
                     Members may ask for extracts
                   from the verbatim report 
                     to be translated
                   at short notice.
            
            
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                     A translation into any official language of an extract
                   from the verbatim report 
                     shall be made on request from a Member. If necessary, the translation shall be provided
                   at short notice.
            
         
      Amendment 5
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 182 — paragraph - 1 (new)
   
   
               
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                  Amendment
               
            
         
                
            
            
               
                  
                     The proceedings of Parliament in the languages in which they are conducted, as well as the multilingual soundtrack from all active interpretation booths, shall be broadcast in real time on its website.
                  
               
            
         
      Amendment 6
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 182 — paragraph 1
   
   
               
                  Present text
               
            
            
               
                  Amendment
               
            
         
               Immediately after the sitting, an audiovisual record of the proceedings, 
                     including
                   the soundtrack from all interpretation booths, shall be produced and made available on 
                     the internet
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               Immediately after the sitting, an 
                     indexed
                   audiovisual record of the proceedings 
                     in the languages in which they were conducted
                  , 
                     as well as
                   the 
                     multilingual
                   soundtrack from all 
                     active
                   interpretation booths, shall be produced and made available on 
                     Parliament's website during the current and the next parliamentary term, after which it shall be preserved in the records of Parliament
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                     That audiovisual record shall be linked to the multilingual verbatim reports of the proceedings as soon as they are available.
                  
               
            
         
      (1)  Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0461.
   
      (2)  See resolution of 26 October 2011 mentioned above, paragraph 77.