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Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament
8th parliamentary term - January 2017
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TITLE I  : MEMBERS, PARLIAMENT BODIES AND POLITICAL GROUPS
CHAPTER 2  : OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT

Rule 20  : Vacancies

1.    If it becomes necessary for the President, a Vice-President or a Quaestor to be replaced, a successor shall be elected in accordance with the respective rules for elections to the office concerned.

A newly elected Vice-President shall take the place of his or her predecessor in the order of precedence.

2.    If the office of President becomes vacant, a Vice-President, determined in accordance with the order of precedence, shall act as President until a new President is elected.

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