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Activities of Beatrix von STORCH related to 2016/2114(REG)

Plenary speeches (1)

General revision of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (A8-0344/2016 - Richard Corbett) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2114(REG)

Amendments (14)

Amendment 900 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1
The President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors shall be elected by secret ballot, in accordance with Rule 182. Nominations shall be with consent. They may only be made by a political group or by at least 40 Members. However, if the number of nominations does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the candidates may be elected by acclamation. Members shall be permitted to serve a maximum of two terms in the office of President pursuant to Rule 19(1), regardless of whether they are served consecutively or not.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 906 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 15 – paragraph 1 – interpretation
If a Vice-President is to be replaced and there is only one candidate, he or she may be elected by acclamation. The President is empowered to decide, at his discretion, whether the election is to take place by acclamation or by a secret ballot. The candidate elected takes the place of his or her predecessor in the order of precedence.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 914 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 22 – paragraph 1 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
This provision can be interpreted as meaning that the powers conferred by it include the power to put an end to the excessive use of motions such as points of order, procedural motions, explanations of vote and requests for separate, split or roll-call votes where the President is convinced that these are manifestly intended to cause and will result in, a prolonged and serious obstruction of the procedures of the House or the rights of other Members.deleted
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 915 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 22 – paragraph 1 – interpretation – subparagraph 1
This provision cannot be interpreted as meaning that the powers conferred by it include the power to put an end to the excessive use of motions such as points of order, procedural motions, explanations of vote and requests for separate, split or roll- call votes where the President is convinced that these are manifestly intended to cause and will result in, a prolonged and serious obstruction of the procedures of the House or the rights of other Members.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 932 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 31 – paragraph 2
2. Any Member may ask questions concerning the work and decisions of the Bureau, the Conference of Presidents and the Quaestors. Such questions shall be submitted to the President in writing, notified to Members and published on Parliament's website within 30 days of tabling, together with the answers given.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 934 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 32 – paragraph 2
2. A political group shall comprise Members elected in at least one-quarterfifth of the Member States. The minimum number of Members required to form a political group shall be 250.
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 935 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 32 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The President shall not apply this derogation where there is sufficient evidence to suspect that it is being abused.deleted
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 939 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34
1. Intergroups or other unofficial groupings of Members, to hold informal exchanges of views on specific issues across different political groups, drawing on members of different parliamentary committees, and to promote contact between Members and civil society. 2. any activities which might result in confusion with the official activities of Parliament or of its bodies. Provided that the conditions laid down in the rules governing their establishment adopted by the Bureau are met, political groups may facilitate their activities by providing them with logistical support. Such groupings shall be required to declare any support, whether in cash or in kind (e.g. secretarial assistance), which if offered to Members as individuals would have to be declared under Annex I. The Quaestors shall keep a register of the declarations referred to in the second subparagraph. That register shall be published on the Parliament’s website. The Quaestors shall adopt detailed rules on those declarations.Article 34 deleted Intergroups Individual Members may form Such groupings may not engage in
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 941 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 1
1. Individual Members may form Intergroups or other unofficial groupings of Members, to hold informal exchanges of views on specific issues across different political groups, drawing on members of different parliamentary committees, and to promote contact between Members and civil society.deleted
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 943 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Such groupings may not engage in any activities which might result in confusion with the official activities of Parliament or of its bodies. Provided that the conditions laid down in the rules governing their establishment adopted by the Bureau are met, political groups may facilitate their activities by providing them with logistical support.deleted
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 945 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Such groupings shall be required to declare any support, whether in cash or in kind (e.g. secretarial assistance), which if offered to Members as individuals would have to be declared under Annex I.deleted
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 947 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 34 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The Quaestors shall keep a register of the declarations referred to in the second subparagraph. That register shall be published on the Parliament’s website. The Quaestors shall adopt detailed rules on those declarations.deleted
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1074 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 136
1. three political groups may submit a written declaration of not more than 200 words relating exclusively to a matter falling within the competence of the European Union. The contents of such a declaration may not go beyond the form of a declaration. In particular, it may not call for any legislative action, contain any decision on matters for which specific procedures and competences are laid down in these Rules of Procedure or deal with the subject of ongoing proceedings in Parliament. 2. further shall be subject to a reasoned decision by the President pursuant to paragraph 1 in any given case. Written declarations shall be published in the official languages on Parliament's website and distributed electronically to all Members. They shall be entered, with the names of the signatories, in an electronic register. This register shall be public and shall be accessible through Parliament's website. Hard copies of written declarations with signatures will be also kept by the President. 3. The signature of any Member may be added to a declaration entered in the electronic register. It may be withdrawn at any time before the end of a period of three months from the entry of the declaration in the register. In the event of such a withdrawal the Member concerned shall not be permitted to add his or her signature again to the declaration. 4. three months from its being entered in the register, a declaration is signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members, the President shall notify Parliament accordingly. Without binding Parliament, the declaration shall be published inRule 136 deleted Written declarations At least 10 Members from at least The authorisation to proceed Where, at the end of a period of The procedure shall be closed by Where the minutes with the names of its signatories. 5. the forwarding to the addressees, at the end of the part-session, of the declaration, together with the names of the signatories. 6. adopted declaration has been addressed do not inform Parliament about the intended follow-up within three months from its receipt, the matter shall, at the request of one of the authors of the declaration, be placed on the agenda of a subsequent meeting of the committee responsible. 7. remained in the register for over three months and is not signed by at least one half of the component Members of Parliament shall lapse, without any possibility of that three-month period being extended.stitutions to which the A written declaration that has
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1276 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex VI – heading XIX
XIX. Committee on Women's Rights and Gender EqualityEqual Opportunities for Men and Women
2016/09/27
Committee: AFCO