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2022/2210(REG) Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 7 on defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead AFCO BISCHOFF Gabriele (icon: S&D S&D) WIELAND Rainer (icon: EPP EPP), BOYER Gilles (icon: Renew Renew), DELBOS-CORFIELD Gwendoline (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), ANNEMANS Gerolf (icon: ID ID), DZHAMBAZKI Angel (icon: ECR ECR), SCHOLZ Helmut (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), TRÓCSÁNYI László (icon: NA NA)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 237-p1

Events

2023/01/17
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2023/01/17
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 610 votes to 26, with 9 abstentions, a decision on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 7 on defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity.

The Rules of Procedure need to be modified to bring them in line with Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Article 29(2) of that Regulation provides that, where the investigations of the EPPO involve persons protected by privileges or immunities under the Union law, the European Chief Prosecutor has to make the request for their lifting. Since the Rules of Procedure do not provide for this possibility, they must be aligned with that provision.

With regard to the request for lifting the immunity, Members propose to include a reference to the European Chief Prosecutor into the relevant provisions of Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure. The other amendments deal with a possible infringement of Members’ immunities and an inquiry on the scope of Members' immunities. A more general reference to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is introduced.

Documents
2023/01/16
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2023/01/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/01/12
   EP - Vote in committee
2023/01/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/01/12
   EP - BISCHOFF Gabriele (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AFCO
2022/12/21
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents

Documents

Votes

Modifications du règlement intérieur du Parlement concernant l'article 7 relatif à la défense des privilèges et immunités et l'article 9 relatif aux procédures relatives à l'immunité - A9-0001/2023 - Gabriele Bischoff - Proposition de décision #

2023/01/17 Outcome: +: 610, -: 26, 0: 9
DE IT ES PL FR RO CZ HU BE SE NL AT PT EL BG IE SK FI DK LT HR SI EE LU LV MT CY ??
Total
90
68
55
47
74
32
21
19
18
18
28
18
20
18
14
12
13
11
11
10
11
8
7
6
5
5
5
1
icon: PPE PPE
164

Hungary PPE

1

Finland PPE

2

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Estonia PPE

Abstain (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2
icon: S&D S&D
132

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Belgium S&D

1

Greece S&D

1

Slovakia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
95

Poland Renew

1
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Greece Renew

1

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
63

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

2

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
56

Romania ECR

1

Greece ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

ECR

1
icon: The Left The Left
34

Czechia The Left

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Portugal The Left

4

Ireland The Left

3

Denmark The Left

1

Cyprus The Left

1
icon: ID ID
59

Czechia ID

2
3

Finland ID

2

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Estonia ID

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
42

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

2

Latvia NI

1

History

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

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 610 votes to 26, with 9 abstentions, a decision on amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 7 on defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity.
  • The Rules of Procedure need to be modified to bring them in line with Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. Article 29(2) of that Regulation provides that, where the investigations of the EPPO involve persons protected by privileges or immunities under the Union law, the European Chief Prosecutor has to make the request for their lifting. Since the Rules of Procedure do not provide for this possibility, they must be aligned with that provision.
  • With regard to the request for lifting the immunity, Members propose to include a reference to the European Chief Prosecutor into the relevant provisions of Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure. The other amendments deal with a possible infringement of Members’ immunities and an inquiry on the scope of Members' immunities. A more general reference to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is introduced.