CELEX: 52015DP0295
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-09 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision of 9 September 2015 concerning the questions for written answer (interpretation of Rule 130(3) of the Rules of Procedure) (2015/2152(REG))

22.9.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 316/272
            
         P8_TA(2015)0295
   Questions for written answer (interpretation of Rule 130(3) of the Rules of Procedure)
   European Parliament decision of 9 September 2015 concerning the questions for written answer (interpretation of Rule 130(3) of the Rules of Procedure) (2015/2152(REG))
   (2017/C 316/31)
   
      The European Parliament,
   
   
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               having regard to the letter of 4 September 2015 from the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,
            
         
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               having regard to Rule 226 of its Rules of Procedure,
            
         
            
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               Decides to append the following interpretation to Rule 130(3) of the Rules of Procedure:
               ‘The expression “by way of exception” is to be interpreted as meaning that the additional question concerns a matter of urgency and that the submission of that question cannot wait until the following month. Furthermore, the number of questions tabled under the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 must be smaller than the norm of five questions per month.’
            
         
            
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               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.