The European Parliament adopted a Decision on amendment of Rule 48 (2) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on own-initiative reports.

Parliament takes note of the Conference of Presidents' decision of 7 April 2011 stating that own-initiative reports drawn up on the basis of annual activity and monitoring reports listed in Annexes 1 and 2 to the Conference of Presidents' decision of 12 December 2002 as contained in Annex XVIII to its Rules of Procedure (‘the 2002 Decision’) are to be considered as strategic reports within the meaning of the last sentence of Rule 48(2), and instructs its Secretary-General to incorporate the decision into Annex XVIII. It takes the view that Article 2(4) of the 2002 Decision has become obsolete as a result of its decision of 13 November 2007 on the amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure in light of the Statute for Members, and instructs its Secretary-General to adapt Annex XVIII accordingly.

Following the amendment decided on by Parliament, Article 48(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on own-initiative reports should read as follows: “Motions for resolutions contained in own-initiative reports shall be examined by Parliament under the short presentation procedure set out in Rule 139. Amendments to such motions for resolutions shall only be admissible for consideration in plenary if tabled by the rapporteur to take account of new information or by at least one-tenth of the Members of Parliament. Political groups may table alternative motions for resolutions in accordance with Rule 157(4). Rule 163 and Rule 167 shall apply to the committee's motion for a resolution and amendments thereto. Rule 167 shall also apply to the single vote on alternative motions for resolutions. This paragraph shall not apply in cases where the subject of the report qualifies for a key debate in plenary, where the report is drawn up pursuant to the right of initiative referred to in Rule 41 or 42, or where the report has been authorised as a strategic report ”.