Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament

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Title: Rules of Procedure of the
European Parliament
Abbreviation : GOEP
Legal matter: European law
Issued
on the basis of:		 Art. 232 TFEU
Announcement day:
Come into effect:
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Last change came into force : 1) 		November 2010
1) Please note the note on the current version !

The Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament is based on Art. 232 TFEU (formerly Art. 199 EC Treaty ) adopted rules of procedure of the European Parliament .

The Rules of Procedure themselves consist of 216 articles, which are divided into 14 titles. Some of the articles have been deleted due to changes to the rules of procedure.

  1. the provisions on members , organs of parliament and political groups (Title I, Articles 1–34),
  2. Legislation, budget and other procedures (Title II, Art. 35-88),
  3. External relations (Title IIa, Articles 89-102)
  4. Transparency of the work (Title III, Art. 103, 104),
  5. Relations with other organs (Title IV, Art. 105–129),
  6. Relations with national parliaments (Title V, Articles 130-132),
  7. Session periods (Title VI, Art. 133-182),
  8. Committees and delegations (Title VII, Articles 183-200),
  9. Petitions (Title VIII, Art. 201-203),
  10. Ombudsman (Title IX, Articles 204-206),
  11. General Secretariat of Parliament (Title X, Art. 207),
  12. Powers with regard to political parties at European level (Title XI, Art. 208-210),
  13. Application and amendment of the rules of procedure (Title XII, Art. 211–212),
  14. Various provisions (Title XIII, Art. 213–216).

It has 20 appendices attached. Annex V has been deleted.

  1. Annex I contains provisions for the implementation of Article 9 paragraph 1 - transparency and financial interests of the members,
  2. Annex II guidelines for conducting Question Time under Article 109,
  3. Annex III Guidelines for the written response in accordance with Articles 117 and 118,
  4. Annex IV Guidelines and general criteria for the selection of the items on the agenda for the debate provided for in Rule 122 on cases of violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law,
  5. Annex VI Procedure for examining and accepting discharge decisions,
  6. Annex VII Competencies of the Parliament's standing committees,
  7. Annex VIII Confidential documents and sensitive information,
  8. Annex IX details of the exercise of the European Parliament's right of investigation,
  9. Annex X Provisions for the implementation of Article 9 (4) - Interest groups at the European Parliament,
  10. Annex XI on the performance of the Ombudsman's duties,
  11. Annex XII on combating fraud, corruption and other illegal activities affecting the interests of the communities,
  12. Annex XIII Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on the modalities for the application of Council Decision 1999/468 / EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission, as amended by Decision 2006/512 / EC,
  13. Annex XIV Framework Agreement on Relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission ,
  14. Annex XV Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 on public access to documents # Annex XVI is Regulation (EC) No. 1049/2001 on public access to documents,
  15. Annex XVI guidelines for the interpretation of the rules of conduct for members,
  16. Annex XVII guidelines for the approval of the Commission,
  17. Annex XVIII Procedure for the approval of the preparation of own-initiative reports,
  18. Annex XIX Europe communicating in partnership,
  19. Annex XX Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 13 June 2007 on the practical modalities of the new co-decision procedure (Article 251 of the EC Treaty),
  20. Annex XXI Code of Conduct for Negotiations under the Ordinary Legislative Procedure.

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