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1995/2247(REG) EP Rules of procedure, rule 136.1: temporary committees of inquiry

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead REGL FAYOT Ben (icon: PES PES)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 237-p1

Events

1995/11/20
   Final act published in Official Journal
1995/10/26
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
1995/10/26
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
1995/10/26
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1995/10/23
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

Presenting the report by Mr Ben FAYOT (PSE, L), Mrs Marlies MOSIEK-URBAHN (EPP, D) pointed out that during the vote on this report on 19 September part of the new text of Rule 136(1) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure had been rejected, thus preventing parliamentary committees of inquiry from investigating abuse or infringements by public administrative bodies of the Member States. However, the Interinstitutional Agreement of 19 April and the Treaty establishing the European Community authorised parliamentary committees of inquiry to carry out such investigations. The FAYOT report sought to amend Parliament’s Rules of Procedure to bring them into line with the superior legislation of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Interinstitutional Agreement by tabling an amendment that included in Rule 136(1)of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure the text that had mistakenly been rejected. - On behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Robert EVANS (UK) stated that the European Parliament should be authorised to investigate abuse by Member State administrations. He wondered why any Members of the European Parliament would be opposed to this. What were the motives of the political groups that rejected this proposal? - On behalf of his group, Mr Florus WIJSENBEEK (ELDR, NL) noted that since the public administrations acted as agents of the European Union in numerous areas (for example when collecting taxes at external borders), it should be possible to investigate their actions. - Mrs Ana PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI (EPP, E) expressed her group’s full support for the points made by the previous speakers. - On behalf of his group, Mr Vassilis EPHREMIDIS (GUE/NGL, GR) stated that extension of the right of inquiry to areas that were the responsibility of the Member States would encroach upon their competences. - On behalf of the EDN Group, Mr Hervé FABRE-AUBRESPY (F) believed that when Mr FAYOT had written to President HÄNSCH he had told him about an incident. It was not up to the President to refer the matter to the Committee on the Rules of Procedure. This report would change a vote that was not the result of a practical error. It therefore infringed Rule 125(2) of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. In addition to bringing Parliament into disrepute, a new vote would show disregard for the Members who had voted in all honesty. Mr FABRE-AUBRESPY considered that the substance of this new provision contradicted the Treaty on European Union. The Member States alone were responsible for judging the functioning of their administrations. Finally, he did not believe that an interinstitutional agreement could amend the Treaty.

1995/10/16
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
1995/10/16
   EP - Vote in committee
1995/10/15
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
1995/09/26
   EP - FAYOT Ben (PES) appointed as rapporteur in REGL
1995/09/21
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament

Documents

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • date: 1995-10-26T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:308:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 308 20.11.1995, p. 0095-0106 title: T4-0506/1995 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, single reading body: EP
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  • date: 1995-09-21T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1995-10-16T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary:
  • date: 1995-10-16T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: title: A4-0244/1995
  • date: 1995-10-23T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19951023&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: Presenting the report by Mr Ben FAYOT (PSE, L), Mrs Marlies MOSIEK-URBAHN (EPP, D) pointed out that during the vote on this report on 19 September part of the new text of Rule 136(1) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure had been rejected, thus preventing parliamentary committees of inquiry from investigating abuse or infringements by public administrative bodies of the Member States. However, the Interinstitutional Agreement of 19 April and the Treaty establishing the European Community authorised parliamentary committees of inquiry to carry out such investigations. The FAYOT report sought to amend Parliament’s Rules of Procedure to bring them into line with the superior legislation of the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Interinstitutional Agreement by tabling an amendment that included in Rule 136(1)of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure the text that had mistakenly been rejected. - On behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Robert EVANS (UK) stated that the European Parliament should be authorised to investigate abuse by Member State administrations. He wondered why any Members of the European Parliament would be opposed to this. What were the motives of the political groups that rejected this proposal? - On behalf of his group, Mr Florus WIJSENBEEK (ELDR, NL) noted that since the public administrations acted as agents of the European Union in numerous areas (for example when collecting taxes at external borders), it should be possible to investigate their actions. - Mrs Ana PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI (EPP, E) expressed her group’s full support for the points made by the previous speakers. - On behalf of his group, Mr Vassilis EPHREMIDIS (GUE/NGL, GR) stated that extension of the right of inquiry to areas that were the responsibility of the Member States would encroach upon their competences. - On behalf of the EDN Group, Mr Hervé FABRE-AUBRESPY (F) believed that when Mr FAYOT had written to President HÄNSCH he had told him about an incident. It was not up to the President to refer the matter to the Committee on the Rules of Procedure. This report would change a vote that was not the result of a practical error. It therefore infringed Rule 125(2) of the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. In addition to bringing Parliament into disrepute, a new vote would show disregard for the Members who had voted in all honesty. Mr FABRE-AUBRESPY considered that the substance of this new provision contradicted the Treaty on European Union. The Member States alone were responsible for judging the functioning of their administrations. Finally, he did not believe that an interinstitutional agreement could amend the Treaty.
  • date: 1995-10-26T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: title: T4-0506/1995 summary:
  • date: 1995-10-26T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 1995-11-20T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal
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