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Compendium of the main legal acts related to the Rules of Procedure
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A. MEMBERS ELECTION AND STATUTE
1. Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage
(PDF - 86 KB)
2. Protocol No 7 on the privileges and immunities of the European Union
(PDF - 132 KB)
3. Decision adopting the Statute for Members of the European Parliament
(PDF - 114 KB)
B. INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS
1. Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission
(PDF - 319 KB)
2. Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law Making
(PDF - 1 MB)
2a. Statement on the occasion of the adoption of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law Making
(PDF - 352 KB)
3. Decision on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry
(PDF - 158 KB)
4. Decision on the terms and conditions for internal investigations in relation to the prevention of fraud, corruption and any illegal activity detrimental to the Communities' interests
(PDF - 155 KB)
5. Interinstitutional Agreement on the practical modalities of the exercise of democratic accountability and oversight over the exercise of the tasks conferred on the European Central Bank within the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism
(PDF - 840 KB)
6. Communicating Europe in partnership
(PDF - 90 KB)
C. LEGISLATIVE AND BUDGETARY PRODEDURES
1. Joint Declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure
(PDF - 141 KB)
2. Code of conduct for negotiating in the context of the ordinary legislative procedures
(PDF - 18 KB)
3. Interinstitutional Agreement on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts
(PDF - 132 KB)
4. Interinstitutional Agreement on an accelerated working method for official codification of legislative texts
(PDF - 281 KB)
5. Interinstitutional Agreement on common guidelines for the quality of drafting of Community legislation
(PDF - 98 KB)
6. Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management
(PDF - 933 KB)
D. DELEGATED AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS
1. Interinstitutional Agreement on procedures for implementing Council Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission
(PDF - 160 KB)
2. Regulation laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers
(PDF - 797 KB)
3. Interinstitutional agreement on non-binding criteria for the application of Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
(PDF - 435 KB)
E. TRANSPARENCY, ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS AND TREATMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
1. Interinstitutional Agreement on the transparency register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation
(PDF - 547 KB)
2. Regulation regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
(PDF - 171 KB)
3. Interinstitutional Agreement concerning access by the European Parliament to sensitive information of the Council in the field of security and defence policy
(PDF - 154 KB)
4. Decision on the implementation of the Interinstitutional Agreement governing European Parliament access to sensitive Council information in the sphere of security and defence policy
(PDF - 164 KB)
5. Interinstitutional Agreement cincerning the forwarding to and handling by the European Parliament of classified information held by the Council on matters other than those in the area of the common foreign and security policy
(PDF - 875 KB)
6. Decision concerning the rules governing the treatment of confidential information by the European Parliament
(PDF - 1 MB)
F. OTHER DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST FOR PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES
1. Decision on the procedure for granting authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports
(PDF - 299 KB)
2. Regulation on the European citizens' initiative
3. Decision on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties
(PDF - 109 KB)
4. Regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations
5. Code of conduct on multilingualism
(PDF - 92 KB)
COMPENDIUM
September 2019
(PDF - 12 MB)