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2013/2259(REG) EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 90: international agreements

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RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFCO MARTIN David (icon: S&D S&D) BUŠIĆ Zdravka (icon: PPE PPE), ILCHEV Stanimir (icon: ALDE ALDE), HÄFNER Gerald (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), FOX Ashley (icon: ECR ECR), SCHOLZ Helmut (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), MESSERSCHMIDT Morten (icon: EFD EFD)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 227-p1

Events

2014/04/16
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2014/04/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The European Parliament decided by 650 votes to 15, with 8 abstentions, to amend Rule 90 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on international agreements.

The amendments adopted are as follows:

Opinions in the context of the scrutiny of international agreements by the Parliament (Rule 90(4)) : at any stage of the negotiations and from the end of the negotiations to the conclusion of the international agreement , Parliament may, on the basis of a report from the committee responsible, adopt recommendations and require them to be taken into account before the conclusion of that agreement.

Review by the committee responsible (Rule 90(5)) : requests by the Council for Parliament's consent or opinion should be referred by the President to the committee responsible for consideration in accordance with Rule 81 or Rule 43(1).

Opinion of the Court of Justice (Rule 90(6)) : before the vote is taken, the committee responsible, a political group or at least one-tenth of the Members may propose that Parliament seek an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility of an international agreement with the Treaties.

Documents
2014/04/16
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2014/03/26
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Details

The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the amendment of Rule 90 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on international agreements.

Members proposed authorising the presentation of opinions in the context of the scrutiny of international agreements by the Parliament: by extending the scope of application of Rule 90(4) from the duration of the negotiations to the duration of the entire procedure from the beginning of the negotiations to the conclusion of the agreement, Parliament could intervene at any moment in order to clarify its position in view of the consent which it is required to give.

Rule 90 – paragraph 5 of the Rules should be amended so as to provide that requests by the Council for Parliament's consent or opinion should be referred by the President to the committee responsible for consideration in accordance with Rule 81 or Rule 43(1).

Before the vote is taken, the committee responsible, a political group or at least one-tenth of the Members may propose that Parliament seek an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility of an international agreement with the Treaties.

Documents
2014/03/18
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2014/03/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2014/02/20
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2014/01/30
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2013/10/14
   EP - Responsible Committee

Documents

Votes

A7-0253/2014 - David Martin - Décision #

2014/04/16 Outcome: +: 650, -: 15, 0: 8
DE FR GB ES PL IT RO SE PT BE CZ AT HU BG NL EL SK IE DK LT HR FI LV SI EE MT LU CY
Total
92
70
68
48
47
45
28
20
20
21
19
17
19
16
25
14
13
12
12
11
11
10
7
6
6
5
6
4
icon: PPE PPE
234

Czechia PPE

2

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

3
2
icon: S&D S&D
170

Netherlands S&D

3

Ireland S&D

2

Finland S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

For (1)

1

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
75

Greece ALDE

1

Slovakia ALDE

For (1)

1
3

Finland ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
56

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Portugal Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
51

Belgium ECR

For (1)

1

Netherlands ECR

For (1)

1

Denmark ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
32

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Ireland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Croatia GUE/NGL

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1
icon: EFD EFD
26

France EFD

Against (1)

1

Belgium EFD

Abstain (1)

1

Bulgaria EFD

For (1)

1

Netherlands EFD

Abstain (1)

1

Greece EFD

1

Slovakia EFD

For (1)

1

Lithuania EFD

2

Finland EFD

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
28
6

Spain NI

1

Italy NI

2

Belgium NI

Abstain (1)

1

Hungary NI

2

Ireland NI

For (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
3 2013/2259(REG)
2014/02/20 AFCO 3 amendments...
source: PE-529.818

History

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  • date: 2014-04-16T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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    • The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the amendment of Rule 90 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on international agreements.

      Members proposed authorising the presentation of opinions in the context of the scrutiny of international agreements by the Parliament: by extending the scope of application of Rule 90(4) from the duration of the negotiations to the duration of the entire procedure from the beginning of the negotiations to the conclusion of the agreement, Parliament could intervene at any moment in order to clarify its position in view of the consent which it is required to give.

      Rule 90 – paragraph 5 of the Rules should be amended so as to provide that requests by the Council for Parliament's consent or opinion should be referred by the President to the committee responsible for consideration in accordance with Rule 81 or Rule 43(1).

      Before the vote is taken, the committee responsible, a political group or at least one-tenth of the Members may propose that Parliament seek an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility of an international agreement with the Treaties.

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