4. Composition of Parliament

Kyriakos Velopoulos had been elected to the Greek Parliament, with effect from 7 July 2019.

Parliament took note that, under Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, that office was incompatible with membership of the European Parliament and, under Rule 4(1) and (4), established the vacancy of his seat as of that date.

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The Netherlands authorities had given notice of the election of Lara Wolters to replace Frans Timmermans as Member of Parliament with effect from 4 July 2019.

The Greek authorities had given notice of the election of Emmanouil Fragkos to replace Kyriakos Velopoulos as Member of Parliament with effect from 10 July 2019.

Parliament took note of their election.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Lara Wolters and Emmanouil Fragkos would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.