Rule 41  : Verification of financial compatibility

1.    Where a proposal for a legislative act has financial implications, Parliament shall establish whether sufficient financial resources are provided.

2.    Without prejudice to Rule 47, the committee responsible for the subject-matter shall verify the financial compatibility of any proposal for a legislative act, or any other document of a legislative nature, with the multiannual financial framework.

3.    When the committee responsible for the subject-matter amends the financial endowment of the act it is considering, it shall request the opinion of the committee responsible for budgetary issues.

4.    The committee responsible for budgetary issues may also on its own initiative take up questions concerning the financial compatibility of proposals for legislative acts. In such cases it shall duly inform the committee responsible for the subject-matter.

5.    If the committee responsible for budgetary issues decides to dispute the financial compatibility of the proposal, it shall report its conclusions to Parliament which shall put them to the vote.

6.    An act declared incompatible may be adopted by Parliament subject to the decisions of the Budgetary Authority.