CELEX: 52014DP0410
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-16 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision of 16 April 2014 on amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure so as to allow for the possibility of electronic signatures (2014/2011(REG))

22.12.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 443/100
            
         P7_TA(2014)0410
   Amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure so as to allow for the possibility of electronic signatures
   European Parliament decision of 16 April 2014 on amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure so as to allow for the possibility of electronic signatures (2014/2011(REG))
   (2017/C 443/22)
   
      The European Parliament,
   
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               having regard to the letter from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 10 December 2013,
            
         
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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 (A7-0175/2014),
            
         
            
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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 148a (new)
   
   
               
                  Present text
               
            
            
               
                  Amendment
               
            
         
                
            
            
               
                  
                     Rule 148a
                  
               
            
         
                
            
            
               
                  
                     Electronic handling of documents
                  
               
            
         
                
            
            
               
                  
                     Parliament documents may be prepared, signed and distributed in electronic form. The Bureau shall decide on the technical specifications and on the presentation of the electronic form.
                  
               
            
         
      Amendment 2
   
   
      Parliament's Rules of Procedure
   
   
      Rule 156 — paragraph 1 — interpretation appearing after subparagraph 2
   
   
               
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                  Amendment
               
            
         
               
                  
                     Amendments may be signed electronically as part of a pilot project involving a limited number of parliamentary committees, on condition, first, that the committees participating in the project have given their agreement and, second, that appropriate measures have been put in place to ensure the authenticity of the signatures.
                  
               
            
            
               
                  
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