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2013/2083(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 116 and Annex II: Question Time

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	AFCO	GURMAI Zita (S&D)	LE GRIP Constance (EPP), JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Anneli (ALDE), HÄFNER Gerald (Verts/ALE), FOX Ashley (ECR), SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (EFD)

Lead committee dossier: AFCO/7/12575
Legal Basis RoP 212-p1

Subjects

8.40.01.08 Business of Parliament, procedure, sittings, rules of procedure

Links

Activites

2014/04/16 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T7-0408/2014
2014/02/18 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0123/2014
2014/02/11 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2013/12/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0408/2014
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0123/2014

Amendments	Dossier
37	2013/2083(REG) 2014/01/16 AFCO 37 amendments... Amendment 10 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 117 – paragraph 2 2. Questions shall be submitted ~~in writing~~ to the President ~~who shall forward them to the addressees~~. Doubts concerning the admissibility of a question shall be settled by the President. The President's decision shall be based not solely on the provisions of the annex referred to in paragraph 1 but on the provisions of these Rules of Procedure in general. The questioner shall be notified of hithe President's decision. Amendment 11 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 117 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Questions shall be submitted in electronic format. Each Member may submit a maximum of five questions per month. By way of exception, additional questions may be submitted in the form of a paper document tabled and signed personally by the Member in the relevant service of Parliament's secretariat. After a period expiring one year after the beginning of the eighth parliamentary term, the Conference of Presidents shall carry out an assessment of the regime of additional questions and may recommend to Parliament that the second subparagraph cease to apply. Amendment 12 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 117 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 4. Questions which require an immediate answer but not detailed research (priority questions) shall be answered within three weeks of being forwarded to the addressees. Each Member may table one priority question each month.deleted Amendment 13 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 117 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 ~~Other q~~Questions ~~(non-priority questions)~~ shall be answered within six weeks of being ~~forwarded to the address~~notified to the addressees. In justified cases of urgency, the President may request that the question be answered within three weeks. Amendment 14 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 117 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 ~~Members shall indicate which type of question they are submitting. The final decision shall be taken by the President.~~deleted Amendment 15 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 16 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 117 – paragraph 5 5. Questions and answers shall be published ion ~~the Official Journal of the European Union~~Parliament’s website. Amendment 17 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 118 – paragraph 1 1. Any Member may put questions for written answer to the European Central Bank in accordance with guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure19. ~~_________ 19~~The content of questions shall be the sole responsibility of their authors. _________ 19 See Annex III. See Annex III. Amendment 18 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 19 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 118 – paragraph 2 2. Such questions shall be submitted in writing to the Chair of the committee responsible, who shall forward them to the European Central Bank. Doubts as to the admissibility of a question shall be settled by the Chair. The author shall be notified of the Chair's decision. Amendment 20 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 118 – paragraph 3 3. The questions and answers shall be published ion ~~the Official Journal of the European Union~~Parliament’s website. Amendment 21 # Andrew DUFF 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 Amendment 22 # Andrew DUFF 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.~~ Amendment 23 # Andrew DUFF 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~~. Amendment 24 # Andrew DUFF 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~~. Amendment 25 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 26 # Andrew DUFF 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 Amendment 27 # Andrew DUFF 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 Amendment 28 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – title ~~Guidelines~~Criteria for questions for written answer under Rules 117 and 118 Amendment 29 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 2 – fall ~~within the competence and~~exclusively within the limits of the competences conferred upon the Union in the Treaties and within the sphere of responsibility of the addressee, and be of general interest; Amendment 3 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 116 1. Question Time with the Commission shall be held at each part-session ~~at ti~~for a duration of ninety minutes on a specific horizontal themes decided ~~by Parliament on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents. 2. No Member may put more than one question to the Commission at any given part-session. 3. Questions shall be submit~~upon by the Conference of Presidents in principle one month in advance of the part-session. 2. 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. The number of Commissioners shall be limited to two per part-session, with the possibility of adding a third being dependent on the specific horizontal theme chosen for the Question Time. 3. Members who put a question to one of the Commissioners shall be chosen by means of a ballot systedm in ~~writing to the President, who shall rule on their admissibility and on the order in which they are to be taken. T~~the following way: – two ballot boxes are placed at the entrance of the Chamber one hour before the start of Question Time; – Members wishing to put a question write their name on a form and place that form in one of the ballot boxes; – the President opens Question Time and closes the ballot boxes; – the President draws one form at a time and calls on the Member whose name appears on that form to put his or her question~~er shall be notified immediately of this decision. 4. The detailed procedure shall be governed~~ to the competent Commissioner. The Member is given one minute in which to formulate the question and the Commissioner two minutes in which to reply. The President may exceptionally accept a supplementary question of 30 seconds' duration from any Member present if the President considers that the answer given by the Commissioner merits it. The Commissioner shall then bye g~~uidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure17~~iven two minutes in which to give a supplementary reply; 4. The President may rule on the admissibility of a question should it not be directly related to the specific horizontal theme chosen. Supplementary questions shall likewise have a direct bearing on the main question. 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 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. ~~_______________ 17~~See Annex II. Amendment 30 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new) – not exceed 200 words; Amendment 31 # Andrew DUFF Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 4 ~~– not contain offensive language;~~deleted Amendment 32 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 5 – not relate to strictly personal matters. and comply with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data; Amendment 33 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new) – not contain more than three sub- questions. Amendment 34 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 2 2. ~~If a question does not comply with these guidelin~~On request, the Secretariat shall provide ~~the~~ authors with advice on how t~~he question may be drafted in order to be admissible~~o comply in an individual case with the criteria laid down in paragraph 1. Amendment 35 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 36 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 3 3. If an identical or similar question has been put and answered during the preceding six months, or to the extent that a question 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, the Secretariat shall transmit a copy of the previous question and answer to the author. The renewed question shall not be forwarded to the addressee unless the ~~author invokes new~~President so decides in the light of significant new developments ~~or is seeking further information~~and in response to a reasoned request by the author. Amendment 37 # Zita GURMAI 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 shall inform the Member, who may withdraw the question~~research services, it shall not be forwarded to the addressee but to those services, unless the President decides otherwise upon request by the author. Amendment 38 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 39 # Zita GURMAI Parliament's Rules of Procedure Annex III – paragraph 5 5. Questions concerning related matters may be merged into a single question by the Secretariat and answered together. Amendment 4 # Gerald HÄFNER Parliament's Rules of Procedure Rule 116 1. Question Time with the Commission shall be held at each part-session at times decided by Parliament on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents. 2. No Member may put more than 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 decfor a duration of ninety minutes on a specific horizontal theme decided upon by the Conference of Presidents in principle one month in advance of the part-session. 2. 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. The number of Commissioners shall be limited to two per part-session, with the possibility of adding a third being dependent on the specific horizontal theme chosen for the Question Time. 3. Members who put a question to one of the Commissioners shall be chosen, for the first half of the Question Time, as laid down in paragraph 1, from amongst the political groups in proportion to the total number of their members They shall be chosen for the second half of the Question Time, by means of a ballot system in the following way: – two ballot boxes are placed at the entrance of the Chamber one hour before the start of Question Time; – Members wishing to put a question write their name on a form and place that form in one of the ballot boxes; – the President opens Question Time and closes the ballot boxes; – the President draws one form at a time and calls on the Member whose name appears on that form to put his or her question to the competent Commissioner. The Member is given one minute in which to formulate the question and the Commission~~. 4. The detailed procedure shall be~~er two minutes in which to reply. The President may exceptionally accept a supplementary question of 30 seconds' duration from any Member present if the President considers that the answer goive~~rned~~n by the Commissioner merits it. The Commissioner shall then bye g~~uidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure17~~iven two minutes in which to give a supplementary reply; 4. The President may rule on the admissibility of a question should it not be directly related to the horizontal theme chosen. Supplementary questions shall likewise have a direct bearing on the main question. 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 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. ~~___________ 17~~See Annex II. Amendment 5 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 6 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 7 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 8 # Andrew DUFF 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. Amendment 9 # Andrew DUFF 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. source: PE-526.250

Amendments

Dossier

2013/2083(REG)

2014/01/16 AFCO 37 amendments...

Amendment 10 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 2

2. Questions shall be submitted ~~in writing~~ to the President ~~who shall forward them to the addressees~~. Doubts concerning the admissibility of a question shall be settled by the President. The President's decision shall be based not solely on the provisions of the annex referred to in paragraph 1 but on the provisions of these Rules of Procedure in general. The questioner shall be notified of hithe President's decision.

Amendment 11 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Questions shall be submitted in electronic format. Each Member may submit a maximum of five questions per month. By way of exception, additional questions may be submitted in the form of a paper document tabled and signed personally by the Member in the relevant service of Parliament's secretariat. After a period expiring one year after the beginning of the eighth parliamentary term, the Conference of Presidents shall carry out an assessment of the regime of additional questions and may recommend to Parliament that the second subparagraph cease to apply.

Amendment 12 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

4. Questions which require an immediate answer but not detailed research (priority questions) shall be answered within three weeks of being forwarded to the addressees. Each Member may table one priority question each month.deleted

Amendment 13 #

Zita GURMAI

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

~~Other q~~Questions ~~(non-priority questions)~~ shall be answered within six weeks of being ~~forwarded to the address~~notified to the addressees. In justified cases of urgency, the President may request that the question be answered within three weeks.

Amendment 14 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3

~~Members shall indicate which type of question they are submitting. The final decision shall be taken by the President.~~deleted

Amendment 15 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 16 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 117 – paragraph 5

5. Questions and answers shall be published ion ~~the Official Journal of the European Union~~Parliament’s website.

Amendment 17 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 118 – paragraph 1

1. Any Member may put questions for written answer to the European Central Bank in accordance with guidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure19. ~~_________ 19~~The content of questions shall be the sole responsibility of their authors. _________ 19 See Annex III. See Annex III.

Amendment 18 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 19 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 118 – paragraph 2

2. Such questions shall be submitted in writing to the Chair of the committee responsible, who shall forward them to the European Central Bank. Doubts as to the admissibility of a question shall be settled by the Chair. The author shall be notified of the Chair's decision.

Amendment 20 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 118 – paragraph 3

3. The questions and answers shall be published ion ~~the Official Journal of the European Union~~Parliament’s website.

Amendment 21 #

Andrew DUFF

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

Amendment 22 #

Andrew DUFF

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.~~

Amendment 23 #

Andrew DUFF

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~~.

Amendment 24 #

Andrew DUFF

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~~.

Amendment 25 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 26 #

Andrew DUFF

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

Amendment 27 #

Andrew DUFF

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

Amendment 28 #

Andrew DUFF

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – title

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

Amendment 29 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 2

– fall ~~within the competence and~~exclusively within the limits of the competences conferred upon the Union in the Treaties and within the sphere of responsibility of the addressee, and be of general interest;

Amendment 3 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116

1. Question Time with the Commission shall be held at each part-session ~~at ti~~for a duration of ninety minutes on a specific horizontal themes decided ~~by Parliament on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents. 2. No Member may put more than one question to the Commission at any given part-session. 3. Questions shall be submit~~upon by the Conference of Presidents in principle one month in advance of the part-session. 2. 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. The number of Commissioners shall be limited to two per part-session, with the possibility of adding a third being dependent on the specific horizontal theme chosen for the Question Time. 3. Members who put a question to one of the Commissioners shall be chosen by means of a ballot systedm in ~~writing to the President, who shall rule on their admissibility and on the order in which they are to be taken. T~~the following way: – two ballot boxes are placed at the entrance of the Chamber one hour before the start of Question Time; – Members wishing to put a question write their name on a form and place that form in one of the ballot boxes; – the President opens Question Time and closes the ballot boxes; – the President draws one form at a time and calls on the Member whose name appears on that form to put his or her question~~er shall be notified immediately of this decision. 4. The detailed procedure shall be governed~~ to the competent Commissioner. The Member is given one minute in which to formulate the question and the Commissioner two minutes in which to reply. The President may exceptionally accept a supplementary question of 30 seconds' duration from any Member present if the President considers that the answer given by the Commissioner merits it. The Commissioner shall then bye g~~uidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure17~~iven two minutes in which to give a supplementary reply; 4. The President may rule on the admissibility of a question should it not be directly related to the specific horizontal theme chosen. Supplementary questions shall likewise have a direct bearing on the main question. 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 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. ~~_______________ 17~~See Annex II.

Amendment 30 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)

– not exceed 200 words;

Amendment 31 #

Andrew DUFF

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

~~– not contain offensive language;~~deleted

Amendment 32 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 5

– not relate to strictly personal matters. and comply with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data;

Amendment 33 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)

– not contain more than three sub- questions.

Amendment 34 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 2

2. ~~If a question does not comply with these guidelin~~On request, the Secretariat shall provide ~~the~~ authors with advice on how t~~he question may be drafted in order to be admissible~~o comply in an individual case with the criteria laid down in paragraph 1.

Amendment 35 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 36 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 3

3. If an identical or similar question has been put and answered during the preceding six months, or to the extent that a question 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, the Secretariat shall transmit a copy of the previous question and answer to the author. The renewed question shall not be forwarded to the addressee unless the ~~author invokes new~~President so decides in the light of significant new developments ~~or is seeking further information~~and in response to a reasoned request by the author.

Amendment 37 #

Zita GURMAI

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 shall inform the Member, who may withdraw the question~~research services, it shall not be forwarded to the addressee but to those services, unless the President decides otherwise upon request by the author.

Amendment 38 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 39 #

Zita GURMAI

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex III – paragraph 5

5. Questions concerning related matters may be merged into a single question by the Secretariat and answered together.

Amendment 4 #

Gerald HÄFNER

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 116

1. Question Time with the Commission shall be held at each part-session at times decided by Parliament on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents. 2. No Member may put more than 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 decfor a duration of ninety minutes on a specific horizontal theme decided upon by the Conference of Presidents in principle one month in advance of the part-session. 2. 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. The number of Commissioners shall be limited to two per part-session, with the possibility of adding a third being dependent on the specific horizontal theme chosen for the Question Time. 3. Members who put a question to one of the Commissioners shall be chosen, for the first half of the Question Time, as laid down in paragraph 1, from amongst the political groups in proportion to the total number of their members They shall be chosen for the second half of the Question Time, by means of a ballot system in the following way: – two ballot boxes are placed at the entrance of the Chamber one hour before the start of Question Time; – Members wishing to put a question write their name on a form and place that form in one of the ballot boxes; – the President opens Question Time and closes the ballot boxes; – the President draws one form at a time and calls on the Member whose name appears on that form to put his or her question to the competent Commissioner. The Member is given one minute in which to formulate the question and the Commission~~. 4. The detailed procedure shall be~~er two minutes in which to reply. The President may exceptionally accept a supplementary question of 30 seconds' duration from any Member present if the President considers that the answer goive~~rned~~n by the Commissioner merits it. The Commissioner shall then bye g~~uidelines laid down in an annex to these Rules of Procedure17~~iven two minutes in which to give a supplementary reply; 4. The President may rule on the admissibility of a question should it not be directly related to the horizontal theme chosen. Supplementary questions shall likewise have a direct bearing on the main question. 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 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. ~~___________ 17~~See Annex II.

Amendment 5 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 6 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 7 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 8 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

Amendment 9 #

Andrew DUFF

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.

source: PE-526.250

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