CELEX: 52021DP0330
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-07 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision of 7 July 2021 on amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning Rules 99, 197, 213, 214, 222, 223, 230, 235 and Annex V, and on insertion of a new Rule 106a (2021/2048(REG))

1.3.2022   
               
               
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                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  C 99/226
               
            
         P9_TA(2021)0330
         Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         European Parliament decision of 7 July 2021 on amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning Rules 99, 197, 213, 214, 222, 223, 230, 235 and Annex V, and on insertion of a new Rule 106a (2021/2048(REG))
         (2022/C 99/26)
         
            The European Parliament,
         
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                     having regard to Rules 236 and 237 of its Rules of Procedure,
                  
               
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                     having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0214/2021),
                  
               
            1.   
            
               Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;
            
         
         
            2.   
            Decides that the amendments shall enter into force on the first day of the part-session following that of their adoption, with the exception of:
            
                        (a)
                     
                     
                        the amendment to Rule 213(1) concerning gender diversity, which shall enter into force at the opening of the first part-session following the next elections to the European Parliament due to be held in 2024;
                     
                  
                        (b)
                     
                     
                        the amendment to Rule 223 on the term of office of the members of the bureaux of the delegations, which shall enter into force at the opening of the first part-session following the next elections to the European Parliament due to be held in 2024;
                     
                  
         
            3.   
            
               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
            
         
         
            Amendment 1
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 99
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     The provisions governing the procedure for granting discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget in accordance with the financial provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 
                           No 966/2012
                         of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) (the ‘Financial Regulation’) are attached to these Rules as an annex.
                  
                  
                     The provisions governing the procedure for granting discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget in accordance with the financial provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 
                           2018/1046
                         of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) (the ‘Financial Regulation’) are attached to these Rules as an annex.
                  
               
            Amendment 2
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 106 a (new)
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           Rule 106 a
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           Procedure for delivering Parliament’s position on the establishment or extension of Union trust funds for external actions
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           
                              1.
                              
                              Where the Commission consults Parliament on its intention to establish or extend a trust fund for emergency or post-emergency actions pursuant to Article 234(1), third subparagraph, or Article 234(5), first subparagraph, of the Financial Regulation, the committee responsible shall draw up draft recommendations.
                           
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           Those draft recommendations may include specific recommendations to the Commission concerning the details of the trust fund, such as the objectives that it should pursue or how it should operate.
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           Rule 118(2) to (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           
                              2.
                              
                              Where Parliament is asked by the Commission to give its approval to a draft decision on the establishment or extension of a trust fund for thematic actions pursuant to Article 234(1), fourth subparagraph, or Article 234(5), first subparagraph, of the Financial Regulation, the committee responsible shall prepare a recommendation to approve or reject the draft decision.
                           
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           Rule 105(1) to (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
                        
                     
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           
                              3.
                              
                              Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the medium threshold or the committee responsible may submit to Parliament a motion for a resolution requesting the Commission to discontinue appropriations for a Union trust fund, or to revise the constitutive agreement with a view to the liquidation of a Union trust fund, pursuant to Article 234(5), second subparagraph, of the Financial Regulation.
                           
                        
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 3
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 197
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        
                           Rule 197
                        
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        
                           deleted
                        
                     
                  
               
                     
                        
                           Motions calling for a matter to be declared inadmissible
                        
                     
                  
                  
                      
                  
               
                     
                        
                           
                              1.
                              
                              At the beginning of the debate on a specific item on the agenda, a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold may present a motion calling for it to be declared inadmissible. Such a motion shall be put to the vote immediately.
                           
                        
                     
                  
                  
                      
                  
               
                     
                        
                           The intention to present an inadmissibility motion shall be notified at least 24 hours in advance to the President who shall inform Parliament immediately.
                        
                     
                  
                  
                      
                  
               
                     
                        
                           
                              2.
                              
                              If the motion is carried, Parliament shall immediately proceed to the next item on the agenda.
                           
                        
                     
                  
                  
                      
                  
               
            Amendment 4
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 213 — paragraph 1
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.   At the first committee meeting after the appointment of committee members pursuant to Rule 209, and again two and a half years thereafter, the committee shall elect a bureau consisting of a Chair and of Vice-Chairs from among its full members in separate ballots. The number of Vice-Chairs to be elected shall be determined by Parliament upon a proposal by the Conference of Presidents. The diversity of Parliament must be reflected in the composition of the bureau of each committee
                              ; it
                            shall not be permissible 
                              to have an all male or all female bureau or
                            for all of the 
                              Vice-Chairs
                            to come from the same Member State.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1.   At the first committee meeting after the appointment of committee members pursuant to Rule 209, and again two and a half years thereafter, the committee shall elect a bureau consisting of a Chair and of Vice-Chairs from among its full members in separate ballots. The number of Vice-Chairs to be elected shall be determined by Parliament upon a proposal by the Conference of Presidents. The diversity of Parliament must be reflected in the composition of the bureau of each committee
                              . The Chair and the first Vice-Chair of a committee shall not be of the same gender. Gender balance shall also apply to the other members of the bureau. It
                            shall not be permissible for all of the 
                              bureau members
                            to come from the same Member State.
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 6
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 214 — paragraph 2 — subparagraph 4
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     The Chair shall announce in committee all decisions and recommendations of the coordinators, which shall be deemed to have been adopted if they have not been contested. 
                           They
                         shall be duly mentioned in the minutes of the committee meeting.
                  
                  
                     The Chair shall announce in committee all decisions and recommendations of the coordinators, which shall be deemed to have been adopted if they have not been contested. 
                           In cases of contestation, the committee shall vote with a simple majority. Those decisions and recommendations
                         shall be duly mentioned in the minutes of the committee meeting.
                  
               
            Amendment 7
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 1 — introductory part
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.   When the Commission has published a citizens’ initiative in the relevant register pursuant to 
                              point (a) of
                            Article 
                              10(1)
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              No 211/2011
                            of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), the President of the European Parliament, on a proposal from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs:
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1.   When the Commission has published 
                              the notice on
                            a citizens’ initiative in the relevant register pursuant to Article 
                              14(1)
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              2019/788
                            of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), the President of the European Parliament, on a proposal from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs:
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 8
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 1 — point a
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 shall task the committee responsible for the subject-matter according to Annex VI with organising the public hearing provided for in Article 
                                       11
                                     of Regulation (EU) 
                                       No 211/2011
                                    ; the committee responsible for petitions shall be automatically associated under Rule 57;
                              
                           
                  
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 shall task the committee responsible for the subject-matter according to Annex VI with organising the public hearing provided for in Article 
                                       14(2)
                                     of Regulation (EU) 
                                       2019/788
                                    ; the committee responsible for petitions shall be automatically associated under Rule 57;
                              
                           
               
            Amendment 9
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 1 — point b
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 may, where two or more citizens’ initiatives published in the relevant register pursuant to 
                                       point (a) of
                                     Article 
                                       10(1)
                                     of Regulation (EU) 
                                       No 211/2011
                                     have a similar subject-matter, decide, after consulting the organisers, that a joint public hearing is to be organised at which all of the citizens’ initiatives involved shall be dealt with on an equal footing.
                              
                           
                  
                     
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 may, where two or more citizens’ initiatives 
                                       for which the notices have been
                                     published in the relevant register pursuant to Article 
                                       14(1)
                                     of Regulation (EU) 
                                       2019/788
                                     have a similar subject-matter, decide, after consulting the organisers, that a joint public hearing is to be organised at which all of the citizens’ initiatives involved shall be dealt with on an equal footing.
                              
                           
               
            Amendment 10
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 2 — point a
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 shall ascertain whether the Commission has received the organisers at an appropriate level in accordance with 
                                       point (b) of
                                     Article 
                                       10(1)
                                     of Regulation (EU) 
                                       No 211/2011
                                    ;
                              
                           
                  
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 shall ascertain whether the Commission has received the 
                                       group of
                                     organisers at an appropriate level in accordance with Article 
                                       15(1)
                                     of Regulation (EU) 
                                       2019/788
                                    ;
                              
                           
               
            Amendment 11
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 3
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        3.   The Chair of the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall convene the public hearing at an appropriate date within three months of the submission of the initiative to the Commission pursuant to Article 
                              9
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              No 211/2011
                           .
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3.   The Chair of the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall convene the public hearing at an appropriate date within three months of the submission of the initiative to the Commission pursuant to Article 
                              13
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              2019/788
                           .
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 12
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 4 — subparagraph 2
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     The committee responsible for the subject matter shall invite a representative group of organisers, including at least one of the contact persons referred to in 
                           the second subparagraph of
                         Article 
                           3(2)
                         of Regulation (EU) 
                           No 211/2011
                        , to present the initiative at the hearing.
                  
                  
                     The committee responsible for the subject matter shall invite a representative group of organisers, including at least one of the contact persons referred to in Article 
                           5(3), first subparagraph,
                         of Regulation (EU) 
                           2019/788
                        , to present the initiative at the hearing.
                  
               
            Amendment 13
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 222 — paragraph 8
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        8.   Parliament shall hold a debate on a citizens’ initiative published in the relevant register pursuant to 
                              point (a) of
                            Article 
                              10(1)
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              No 211/2011
                           , at a part-session following the public hearing and shall, when placing the debate on its agenda, decide whether or not to wind up the debate with a resolution. It shall not wind up the debate with a resolution if a report on an identical or similar subject matter is scheduled for the same or the next part-session, unless the President, for exceptional reasons, proposes otherwise. If Parliament decides to wind up a debate with a resolution, the committee responsible for the subject matter or a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold may table a motion for a resolution. Rule 132(3) to (8) concerning the tabling and voting of motions for resolutions shall apply mutatis mutandis.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        8.   Parliament shall hold a debate on a citizens’ initiative 
                              for which a notice has been
                            published in the relevant register pursuant to Article 
                              14(1)
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              2019/788
                           , at a part-session following the public hearing and shall, when placing the debate on its agenda, decide whether or not to wind up the debate with a resolution. It shall not wind up the debate with a resolution if a report on an identical or similar subject matter is scheduled for the same or the next part-session, unless the President, for exceptional reasons, proposes otherwise. If Parliament decides to wind up a debate with a resolution, the committee responsible for the subject matter or a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold may table a motion for a resolution. Rule 132(3) to (8) concerning the tabling and voting of motions for resolutions shall apply mutatis mutandis.
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 14
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 223 — paragraph 3
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        3.   The bureaux of the delegations shall be constituted in accordance with the procedure laid down for the 
                              standing committees
                            in Rule 213.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        3.   The bureaux of the delegations shall be constituted in accordance with the procedure laid down for the 
                              committee bureaux
                            in Rule 213. 
                              However, members of the bureaux of the delegations shall be elected for the duration of the parliamentary term.
                           
                        
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 15
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 230 — paragraph 1
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.   When Parliament is informed that the Commission has been invited to submit a proposal for a legal act under Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union and in accordance with Regulation (EU) 
                              No 211/2011
                           , the committee responsible for petitions shall ascertain whether this is likely to affect its work and, if need be, shall inform those petitioners who have addressed petitions on related subjects.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1.   When Parliament is informed that the Commission has been invited to submit a proposal for a legal act under Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union and in accordance with Regulation (EU) 
                              2019/788
                           , the committee responsible for petitions shall ascertain whether this is likely to affect its work and, if need be, shall inform those petitioners who have addressed petitions on related subjects.
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 16
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 230 — paragraph 2
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        2.   Proposed citizens’ initiatives which have been registered in accordance with Article 
                              4
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              No 211/2011
                           , but which cannot be submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 
                              9
                            of that Regulation since not all the relevant procedures and conditions laid down have been complied with, may be examined by the committee responsible for petitions if it considers that follow-up is appropriate. Rules 226, 227, 228 and 229 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        2.   Proposed citizens’ initiatives which have been registered in accordance with Article 
                              6
                            of Regulation (EU) 
                              2019/788
                           , but which cannot be submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 
                              13
                            of that Regulation since not all the relevant procedures and conditions laid down have been complied with, may be examined by the committee responsible for petitions if it considers that follow-up is appropriate. Rules 226, 227, 228 and 229 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 17
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Rule 235 — paragraph 1 — subparagraph 1
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.   Where, in accordance with Article 
                              65(1)
                            of the Financial Regulation, Parliament decides to reserve to itself the right to authorise expenditure, it shall act through its Bureau.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1.   Where, in accordance with Article 
                              73(1)
                            of the Financial Regulation, Parliament decides to reserve to itself the right to authorise expenditure, it shall act through its Bureau.
                     
                  
               
            Amendment 18
         
         
            Parliament's Rules of Procedure
         
         
            Annex V — Article 2 — paragraph 1
         
         
                     
                        Present text
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Amendment
                     
                  
               
                     
                        1.   Parliament shall consider a report from the committee responsible concerning discharge by 
                              30 April
                            of the year following the adoption of the Court of Auditors' Annual Report as required by the Financial Regulation.
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        1.   Parliament shall consider a report from the committee responsible concerning discharge by 
                              15 May
                            of the year following the adoption of the Court of Auditors' Annual Report as required by the Financial Regulation.
                     
                  
               
            (1)  Regulation (EU, Euratom) 
               No 966/2012
             of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
               25 October 2012
             on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union 
               and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
            
         
         
            (1)  Regulation (EU, Euratom) 
               2018/1046
             of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
               18 July 2018
             on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, 
               amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
            
         
         
            (1)  Regulation (EU) 
               No 211/2011
             of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
               16 February 2011
             on the citizens’ initiative 
               (OJ L 65, 11.3.2011, p. 1).
            
         
         
            (1)  Regulation (EU) 
               2019/788
             of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
               17 April 2019
             on the 
               European
             citizens' initiative 
               (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 55).