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PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

– having regard to Rules 236 and 237 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A90000/2024),(A9-0163/2024),

1. Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

Members may not be elected as office-holders of Parliament or one of its bodies, be appointed as rapporteur or participate in an official delegation or interinstitutional negotiations:

(a) if they have not signed the declaration confirming their commitment to complying with that Code, including the completion ofcompleting the specialised training organised for them by the European Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management; or

(b) if they have not completed the specialised training referred to in point (a) in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in that Code.

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Amendment 2

(a) that the Member in question has been guilty of serious misconduct, or

(b) that the Member in question has not completed the specialised training organised for them by the European Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in the Code of appropriate behaviour for Members of the European Parliament in exercising their duties 12bis.12a.

Parliament shall take a decision on that proposal by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of its component Members.

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12bis12a See Annex II.

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Amendment 3

Where a rapporteur breaches the provisions of the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament regarding integrity and transparency13, the committee which appointed him or her may, at the initiative of the President and on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, terminate the holding of that office. The majorities laid down in the first paragraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to each stage of this procedure.

Where a rapporteur has been guilty of serious misconduct or has not completed the specialised training referred to in the first paragraph, point (b), in breach of the deadline and conditions laid down in the Code of appropriate behaviour for Members of the European Parliament in exercising their duties, the committee which appointed him or her may, at the initiative of the President and on a proposal by the Conference of Presidents, terminate the holding of that office. The majorities laid down in the first and second paragraphs shall apply mutatis mutandis to each stage of this procedure.

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Amendment 4

As regards the prohibition of any type of psychological or sexual harassment laid down in Rule 10(6), first subparagraph, the President may only adopt a reasoned decision under this Rule following the establishment of the occurrence of a harassment in accordance with the applicable internal administrative procedure on harassment and its prevention.

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Amendment 5

5. Where necessary, Members will cooperate fully, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Bureau, with a view to managing situations of conflict or harassment (psychological or sexual), including by responding promptly to any allegations of harassment.

Members who have not already done so shall take part in specialised training organised for them by the European Parliament on preventing conflict and harassment in the workplace and on good office management. ThisThat specialised training shall be completed within the first six months of the Member’s term of office save in duly substantiated exceptional cases. The Members’ certificates of completion of thisthat specialised training will be published on Parliament’s website.

It is considered a serious breach of Rule 10(6) if a Member has not completed the specialised training in breach of the second subparagraph. ThisThat breach shall lead, pursuant to Rule 176, to the imposition of one or more penalties.

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ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

The rapporteur declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted

3.4.2024

Result of final vote

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Members present for the final vote

Gabriele Bischoff, Leila Chaibi, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Ana Collado Jiménez, Daniel Freund, Charles Goerens, Sandro Gozi, Brice Hortefeux, Jaak Madison, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Helmut Scholz, Pedro Silva Pereira, Sven Simon, Loránt Vincze, Rainer Wieland

Substitutes present for the final vote

Gilles Boyer, Mercedes Bresso, Christian Doleschal, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Niklas Nienaß

Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote

François Thiollet, Lucia Vuolo

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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