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Activities of Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD related to 2020/2098(REG)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on amendments to the Rules of Procedure in order to ensure the functioning of Parliament in extraordinary circumstances
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2020/2098(REG)
Documents: PDF(186 KB) DOC(79 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Gabriele BISCHOFF', 'mepid': 197435}]

Amendments (5)

Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the sanitary crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that its Rules of Procedure did not providrequire fmor all appropriate measures in order to facilitate thee developed procedures in order to ensure the unlimited functioning of Parliament in different types of extraordinary circumstances;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
3. Takes notUnderlines the importance of the temporary measures adopted, in compliance with the rule of law, by its President and its governing bodies in the current sanitary crisis, in order to cope with such extraordinary circumstances; underlinstresses that there were no alternatives to those measures were neein ordedr to guarantee the continuity of Parliament’s business, as required by the Treaties, and that they allowinged Parliament to carry out its legislative, budgetary and political control functions during the crisis in accordance with the procedures provided for by the Treaties;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4
4. RecogniStresses that those temporary measures were fully justified and that they ensured the validity of all votes taken during their period of application;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 25 #

Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 a (new)
Rule 237a Extraordinary measures 1. This Rule applies to situations in which the European Parliament, due to exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond its control, is hindered from carrying out its duties and exercising its prerogatives under the Treaties and a temporary derogation from Parliament’s usual procedures set out elsewhere in these Rules is necessary in order to adopt extraordinary measures to enable it to continue to carry out those duties and to exercise those prerogatives. Such extraordinary circumstances shall be considered to exist where the President comes to the conclusion, on the basis of reliable evidence confirmed, where appropriate, by Parliament’s services, that for reasons of security or safety or as a result of the non-availability of technical means it is or will be impossible or dangerous for Parliament to convene in accordance with its usual procedures as set out elsewhere in these Rules and its adopted calendar. 2. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, the President may decide, with the agreement of the Conference of Presidents, to apply one or more of the measures referred to in paragraph 3. If it is impossible, due to reasons of imperative urgency, for the Conference of Presidents to convene, the President may decide to apply one or more of the measures set out in paragraph 3, points (a), (b) and (c). Such a decision shall lapse five days after its adoption unless approved by the Conference of Presidents within that deadline. The measures decided shall be placed on the agenda of the first sitting following the adoption of the decision by the President. If a measure fails to obtain a majority of the votes cast, it shall lapse upon the announcement of the result of the vote 3. The decision referred to in paragraph 2 may provide for all appropriate measures addressing the extraordinary circumstances referred to under paragraph 1, and in particular for the following measures: (a) postponement of a scheduled part- session, sitting or meeting of a committee to a later date and/or cancellation or limitation of meetings of inter- parliamentary delegations and other bodies; (b) displacement of the part-session, sitting or meeting of a committee from Parliament’s seat to one of its working places or to an external place or from one of its working places to Parliament’s seat, to one of Parliament’s other working places or to an external place; (c) holding of the part-session or the sitting on the premises of Parliament but fully or partially in separate meeting rooms allowing for appropriate physical distancing; (d) holding of the part session, sitting or meeting of bodies of Parliament under the remote participation regime laid down in Rule 237c; (e) in the event that the ad hoc replacement mechanism laid down in Rule 209(7) fails to provide sufficient remedies to the extraordinary circumstances under consideration, temporary replacement by political groups of Members in a committee unless the Member concerned opposes; 4. A decision referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited in time and shall state the reasons on which it is based. It shall enter into force upon its publication on Parliament’s website or, if circumstances prevent such publication, by the best available means. All Members shall also be informed individually of the decision without delay. The decision may be renewed by the President in accordance with the procedure under paragraph 2 once or more for a limited time. A decision to renew shall state the reasons on which it is based. The President shall revoke a decision adopted under this Rule as soon as the extraordinary circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 that gave rise to its adoption have disappeared. 5. This Rule shall be applied only as a last resort, and only measures that are strictly necessary to address the extraordinary circumstances under consideration shall be selected and applied. When applying this Rule, due account shall be taken, in particular, of the principle of representative democracy, the principle of equal treatment of Members, the right of Members to exercise their parliamentary mandate without impairment, their right to speak in one of the official languages of the European Union and to vote freely, individually and in person, and Protocol No 6 to the Treaties.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 33 #
Rules of Procedure
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 c (new)
Rule 237c Remote participation regime 1. Where the President decides under Rule 237a(2), to apply the remote participation regime by adopting a measure under Rule 237a(3), point (d), Parliament may conduct its proceedings remotely inter alia by permitting all Members to exercise certain of their parliamentary rights by electronic means. Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237b that selected technical means under the remote participation regime are to be used, this Rule shall apply only to the necessary extent and only to the Members concerned. 2. The remote participation regime shall ensure that : – Members are able to exercise their parliamentary mandate, including, in particular, their right to speak in plenary and in the committees, to vote and to table texts, without impairment; – all votes are cast by Members individually and in person; – The remote voting system guarantees the integrity of votes by enabling Members to verify that their votes are counted as cast; – All votes, except for specific votes where these Rules of Procedure provide for a secret ballot, shall be taken by roll call votes; – a uniform voting system is applied for all Members, whether present or not on Parliament’s premises; – translation and interpretation services are provided to the greatest possible extent; – the information technology solutions made available to Members and their staff are ‘technology neutral’; – participation of Members in parliamentary debates and votes takes place using secure electronic means that are managed and supervised by Parliament’s services. 3. When taking the decision referred to in paragraph 1, the President shall determine whether that regime applies to the exercise of Members’ rights in plenary only, or also to the exercise of Members’ rights in Parliament’s committees and/or other bodies. The President shall also determine in his or her decision how rights and practices which cannot be exercised appropriately without the Members’ physical presence are adapted for the duration of the regime. These rights and practices concern, inter alia: – the manner in which attendance at a sitting or meeting is counted; – the conditions under which a request for a check of the quorum is made, – the tabling of texts; – the allocation of speaking time; – the scheduling of debates; – the presentation of, and the objection to, oral amendments; – the order of votes; – the deadlines and time limits for the setting of the agenda and for procedural motions. 4. For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Rules relating to quorum and voting in the Chamber, Members who are participating remotely shall be deemed to be physically present in the Chamber. By way of derogation from Rule 171(11), Members who have not spoken in a debate may, once per sitting, hand in a written statement, which shall be appended to the verbatim report of the debate. 5. Where the President decides in accordance with paragraph 3, first subparagraph, to apply the remote participation regime to committees or other bodies, paragraph 4, first subparagraph, shall apply, mutatis mutandis. 6. The Bureau shall adopt measures concerning the operation and security of the electronic means used under this Rule, in accordance with the requirements and standards laid down in paragraph 2. 7. Parliament’s competent bodies shall take all measures, including financial measures, necessary to ensure the availability of state-of-the-art technology and optimal conditions for the effective implementation of Rules 237a to 237d.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO