Rule 115 : Provisional application or suspension of the application of international agreements or establishment of the Union's position in a body set up by an international agreement

Where the Commission or the Vice-President of the Commission /High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy informs Parliament and the Council of its intention to propose the provisional application or suspension of an international agreement, Parliament may invite the Council, the Commission or the Vice-President/High Representative to make a statement, following which there shall be a debate. Parliament may issue recommendations on the basis of a report by the committee responsible or pursuant to Rule 118, which may include, in particular, a request to the Council not to provisionally apply an agreement until the Parliament has given consent.

That procedure shall also apply when the Commission or the Vice-President/High Representative proposes positions to be adopted on the Union's behalf in a body set up by an international agreement.