CELEX: 52007DP0460
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-24 00:00:00
Title: P6_TA(2007)0460#Verbatim reports (amendment of Rule 173)#European Parliament decision of 24 October 2007 on amendment of Rule 173 and insertion of Rule 173a of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on verbatim reports and audiovisual record of proceedings (2007/2137(REG))

16.10.2008           EN                           Official Journal of the European Union                                       C 263 E/409
                                                                                                               Wednesday 24 October 2007
              P6_TA(2007)0460
              Verbatim reports (amendment of Rule 173)
              European Parliament decision of 24 October 2007 on amendment of Rule 173 and insertion
              of Rule 173a of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on verbatim reports and audiovisual record of
                                                     proceedings (2007/2137(REG))
              The European Parliament,
              — having regard to the letter from its President of 12 April 2007,
              — having regard to Rules 201 and 202 of its Rules of Procedure,
              — having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0354/2007),
              1.    Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;
              2.    Points out that the amendment 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.
                          PRESENT TEXT                                                              AMENDMENTS
                                                          Amendments 2, 7 and 8
                                                                  Rule 173
1.    A verbatim report of the proceedings of each sitting shall          1.    A verbatim report of the proceedings of each sitting shall
be drawn up in the official languages.                                    be drawn up in all official languages.
2.    Speakers shall be required to return typescripts of their           2.    Speakers shall be required to return corrections to type-
speeches to the Secretariat not later than the day following              scripts of their speeches to the Secretariat within one week.
that on which they received them.
3.    The verbatim report shall be published as an annex to the           3.    The verbatim report shall be published as an annex to the
Official Journal of the European Union.                                   Official Journal of the European Union.
                                                                          4. Members may request extracts of the verbatim report to
                                                                          be translated at short notice.
                                                          Amendments 3, 6 and 9
                                                               Rule 173a (new)
                                                                          Rule 173a
                                                                          Audiovisual record of proceedings
                                                                          Immediately after the sitting, an audiovisual record of the pro-
                                                                          ceedings, including the soundtrack from all interpretation
                                                                          booths, shall be produced and made available on the Internet.