REPORT on amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 216 on committee meetings

4.7.2022 - (2022/2069(REG))

Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Gabriele Bischoff

Amendments

• 001-003 (PDF - 94 KB)
• 001-003 (DOC - 26 KB)
• 004-005 (PDF - 116 KB)
• 004-005 (DOC - 72 KB)

PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

on amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 216 on committee meetings (2022/2069(REG))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the letter from its President of 9 June 2022,

– having regard to Rules 236 and 237 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A9-0203/2022),

1. Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

2. Decides that the amendments shall enter into force on the day following their adoption;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.

 

Amendment  1

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 216 – paragraph 1

Present text	Amendment
1. A committee shall meet when convened by its Chair or at the request of the President.	1. A committee shall meet when convened by its Chair or at the request of the President.
	When convening such a meeting, the Chair may decide, on a case-by-case basis and with the approval of coordinators representing a majority of the committee members, that the meeting may also be attended remotely, except for votes and committee meetings to be held in camera.
When convening the meeting, the Chair shall submit a draft agenda. The committee shall take a decision on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting.	When convening the meeting, the Chair shall submit a draft agenda, in which it shall be stated whether the meeting may also be attended remotely. The committee shall take a decision on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting.

Amendment  2

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 216 – paragraph 4

Present text	Amendment
4. Rule 171(2) on allocation of speaking time shall apply mutatis mutandis to committees.	4. Rule 171(2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to committees. However, the second sentence of Rule 171(2) shall not apply to Members who are attending the meeting remotely.

Amendment  3

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 216 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Present text	Amendment
	5a. For any remote participation, it shall be ensured that:
	-  Members are able to exercise their parliamentary mandate, including, in particular, their right to speak in committees without impairment;
	-  the information technology solutions made available are ‘technology neutral’;
	-  secure electronic means that are managed and supervised by Parliament’s services directly and internally are used;
	-  the technical equipment enables the necessary audio and video quality; and
	-  the intervention is done from an appropriate place.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted	4.7.2022
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	20 0 2
Members present for the final vote	Gerolf Annemans, Gabriele Bischoff, Damian Boeselager, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Pascal Durand, Daniel Freund, Brice Hortefeux, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Victor Negrescu, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Helmut Scholz, Sven Simon, Guy Verhofstadt, Loránt Vincze
Substitutes present for the final vote	Gunnar Beck, Vladimír Bilčík, Cyrus Engerer, Raphaël Glucksmann, Seán Kelly, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Alin Mituța, Maite Pagazaurtundúa
Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote	Salvatore De Meo, José Manuel Fernandes

 

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

20	+
ID	Gerolf Annemans, Gunnar Beck, Antonio Maria Rinaldi
PPE	Vladimír Bilčík, Salvatore De Meo, José Manuel Fernandes, Seán Kelly, Loránt Vincze
Renew	Pascal Durand, Alin Mituța, Maite Pagazaurtundúa
S&D	Gabriele Bischoff, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Cyrus Engerer, Raphaël Glucksmann, Miapetra Kumpula Natri, Victor Negrescu
The Left	Helmut Scholz
Verts/ALE	Damian Boeselager, Daniel Freund

 

 

0	-

 

 

2	0
ECR	Zdzisław Krasnodębski
PPE	Sven Simon

 

Key to symbols:

+ : in favour

- : against

0 : abstention

 

 

NOTE: Brice Hortefeux (PPE) and Guy Verhofstadt (Renew) did not have their voting cards but declared that they wanted to vote in favour in the final vote