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18 Amendments of Andrew DUFF related to 2013/2083(REG)

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116 – paragraph 1

1. Question Ttime with the Commission shall be held at each part-session ~~at times decided by Parliament on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents~~on a specific horizontal theme to be decided by the Conference of Presidents one month in advance of the part-session.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116 – paragraph 2

2. ~~No Member may put more than one question to the Commission at any given~~The Commissioners invited to participate by the Conference of Presidents shall have a portfolio related to the specific horizontal theme on which questions are to be put to them. Their number shall in general be limited to two per part-session.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116 – paragraph 3

3. ~~Questions shall be submitted in writing to the President, who shall rule on their admissibility~~ Members who put a question to one of the Commissioners in accordance with guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure16a shall be chosen by means of a ballot system in the following way: – a ballot box shall be placed on the presidency podium 30 minutes before the start of Question Time; – Members wishing to put a question may submit no more thand on ~~the order in which they are to be taken. The questioner shall be notified immediately of this decision~~e ballot; – the President opens Question Time and closes the ballot box; – the President draws one ballot at a time and calls on the chosen Member to put his or her question to the competent Commissioner. The Member may follow up the reply with a supplementary question. _______________ 16a See Annex II.

2014/01/16
Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116 – paragraph 5

5. In accordance with guidelines established by the Conference of Presidents, specific question hours may be held with the Council, with the President of the European Council, 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.

2014/01/16
Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 1

1. Any Member may put questions for written answer to the President of the European Council, the Council, the Commission or the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in accordance with ~~guidelines~~criteria laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure18. The content of questions shall be the sole responsibility of their authors. __________ 18 See Annex III. See Annex III.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Other questions (non-priority questions) shall be answered within six weeks of being forwarded to the addressees. Each Member may table up to six non-priority questions per month.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 118 – paragraph 1

1. Any Member may put ~~questions~~up to six questions per month for written answer to the European Central Bank in accordance with guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure19. ___________ 19 See Annex III.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section A – paragraph 1

1. Questions shall be admissible only where they – are concise and are drafted so as to permit a brief answer to be given; – fall within the competence and sphere of responsibility of the addressee and are of general interest; – concern in particular, in the case of specific questions to the Council, the exercise of its functions in defining, coordinating and implementing Union policies, or concern its powers relating to appointment procedures or the operation of the institutions, agencies and bodies of the European Union or a revision of the Treaties, – do not require extensive prior study or research by the institution concerned; – are clearly worded and relate to a specific matter; – do not contain assertions or opinions; – do not relate to strictly personal matters; – are not aimed at procuring documents or statistical information; – are interrogatory in form.deleted

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section A – paragraph 3

3. A question shall be inadmissible if an identical or similar question has been put down and answered during the preceding three months, or to the extent that it merely seeks information on the follow-up to a specific resolution of Parliament of a kind which the Commission has already provided in a written follow-up communication, unless there are new developments or the author is seeking further information. ~~In the first case a copy of the question and the answer shall be given to the author.~~

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section A – paragraph 4

4. Each Member may follow up the reply with a supplementary question ~~to any question and may put in all two supplementary questions~~.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section A – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

The President shall rule on the admissibility of supplementary questions ~~and shall limit their number so that each Member who has put down a question may receive an answer to it~~.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section A – paragraph 7 a (new) with new sub-heading

Speaking time 7a. A Member shall be given one minute in which to formulate the question and the Commissioner two minutes in which to reply. When a Member chooses to follow up the reply with a supplementary question the Member will be given 30 seconds in which to put that supplementary question. The Commissioner will then be given two minutes in which to give a supplementary reply.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section A – paragraphs 8 to 14

8. If the content of the questions concerned permits it, the President may decide, after consulting the questioners, that the institution concerned should answer them together. 9. A question may be answered only if the questioner is present or has notified the President in writing, before Question Time begins, of the name of a substitute. 10. If neither the questioner nor a substitute is present, the question shall lapse. 11. If a Member tables a question, but neither that Member nor a substitute is present at Question Time, the President shall remind the Member in writing of his or her responsibility to be present or substituted. If the President has to send such a letter three times in the space of any twelve-month period, the Member concerned shall lose the right to table questions at Question Time for a six- month period. 12. Questions that remain unanswered for lack of time shall be answered in accordance with Rule 117(4), first subparagraph, unless their authors request the application of Rule 117(3). 13. The procedure for answers in writing shall be governed by Rule 117(3) and (5). Time limits 14. Questions shall be tabled at least one week before Question Time begins. Questions not tabled within this time limit may be taken during Question Time with the consent of the institution concerned. Questions declared admissible shall be distributed to Members and forwarded to the institutions concerned.deleted

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex II – section B

B. Recommendations (extract from resolution of Parliament of 13 November 1986) The European Parliament, 1. Recommends stricter application of the guidelines for the conduct of Question Time under Rule 4327, and in particular of point 1 of those guidelines concerning admissibility; 2. Recommends more frequent use of the power conferred on the President of the European Parliament by Rule 43(3)28 to group questions for Question Time according to subject; considers, however, that only the questions falling within the first half of the list of questions tabled for a given part-session should be subject to such grouping; 3. Recommends, as regards supplementary questions, that as a general rule the President should allow one supplementary question from the questioner and one or at most two supplementaries put by Members belonging preferably to a different political group and/or Member State from the author of the main question; recalls that supplementary questions must be concise and interrogatory in form and suggests that their duration should not exceed 30 seconds; 4. Invites the Commission and the Council, pursuant to point 7 of the guidelines, to ensure that answers are concise and relevant to the subject of the question.deleted

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – title

~~Guidelines~~Criteria for questions for written answer under Rules 117 and 118

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 4

~~– not contain offensive language;~~deleted

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 2

2. If a question does not comply with these ~~guidelines~~criteria, the Secretariat shall provide the author with advice on how the question may be drafted in order to be admissible.

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Committee: AFCO

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 4

4. If a question seeks factual or statistical information that is already available to Parliament's library, the ~~latter~~President shall inform the Member, who may withdraw the question.

2014/01/16
Committee: AFCO