Activities of Andrew DUFF related to 2009/2062(REG)
Plenary speeches (1)
Adaptation of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure to the Lisbon Treaty (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116
Rule 116
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. A specific period of time may be set aside for questions to the President and individual Members of the Commission. 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. 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. (If this amendment is adopted Annex II Point 15 (Format) is to be deleted)
Amendment 2 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – title and paragraph 1
Rule 117 – title and paragraph 1
Amendment 3 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – point 1 – indent -1 (new)
Annex III – point 1 – indent -1 (new)
– clearly specify the addressee to whom they are to be transmitted through the usual interinstitutional channels;
Amendment 5 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 8
Rule 8
8. Unless otherwise stipulated,Parliament shall adopt the rules governing implementation of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament shall be laid down by the Bureauon the basis of a proposal by the committee responsible, with the exception of decisions on the financial envelopes, which shall be taken by the Bureau and revised annually. Rule 138(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Amendment 6 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 131
Rule 131
1. On a proposal from the President, the Conference of Presidents shall name the members of, and may confer a mandate on, Parliament'’s delegation to COSAC. The delegation shall be headed by one of the Vice-Presida Vice- President of the European Parliaments responsible for implementation of relations with the national parliaments and by the Chair of the committee responsible for institutional matters. 2. The other members of the delegation shall be chosen in the light of the subjects to be discussed at the COSAC meeting, taking due account and shall comprise, as far as possible, representatives of the committees responsible for those subjects. Due account shall be taken of the overall political balance within Parliament. A report shall be submitted by the delegation after each meeting.
Amendment 8 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 74b – paragraph 1 a (new)
Rule 74b – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where Parliament is consulted, in accordance with Article 48(6) of the Treaty on European Union, on a proposal for a decision of the European Council amending Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Rule 74a(1a) shall apply mutatis mutandis. In that event, the motion for a resolution may contain proposals for amendments only of provisions of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 9 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 2
Rule 117 – paragraph 2
2. Questions shall be submitted in writing to the President who shall forward them to the institution concernedaddressees. Doubts concerning the admissibility of a question shall be settled by the President. The questioner shall be notified of his decision. (Horizontal amendment: the words "institution concerned" shall be replaced in Rule 117(2) and (4) and points 1 and 3 of Annex III to the Rules of Procedure by the word "addressees".)
Amendment 10 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Title IV – chapter 3 – title
Title IV – chapter 3 – title
Amendment 11 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 37 a (new)
Rule 37 a (new)
Rule 37a Delegation of legislative powers 1. When scrutinising a proposal for a legislative act which delegates powers to the Commission as provided for in Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Parliament shall pay particular attention to the objectives, content, scope and duration of the delegation, and to the conditions to which it is subject. 2. The committee responsible for the subject-matter may at any time request the opinion of the committee responsible for the interpretation and application of Union law. 3. The committee responsible for the interpretation and application of Union law may also, on its own initiative, take up questions concerning the delegation of legislative powers. In such cases it shall duly inform the committee responsible for the subject-matter.
Amendment 62 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 23 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Rule 23 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 191 – paragraph 1
Rule 191 – paragraph 1
1. At the first committee meeting after the election of committee members pursuant to Rule 186, the committee shall elect a bureau consisting of a chair and one, two or three vice-chairs who shall be elected in separate ballof vice- chairs who shall be elected in separate ballots. The number of vice-chairs to be elected shall be determined by Parliament upon a proposal by the Conference of Presidents.