Rule 116  : Question Time

1.    Question Time with the Council and the Commission shall be held at each part-session at times decided by Parliament on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents.

2.    No Member may put more than one question to the Council and one question to the Commission at any given part-session.

3.    Questions shall be submitted in writing to the President, who shall rule on their admissibility and on the order in which they are to be taken. The questioner shall be notified immediately of this decision.

4.    The detailed procedure shall be governed by guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure (1).

5.    In accordance with guidelines established by the Conference of Presidents, specific question hours may be held with the President of the Commission, with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and with the President of the Eurogroup.