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DRAFT REPORT (2025/2067(REG)) 2025-03-24

On amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure)

Committee on Constitutional Affairs · Rapporteur: Sven Simon

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This draft report proposes amending Parliament's Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and representatives of public authorities of third countries from whom they received input on the file.

Committee position. The Committee on Constitutional Affairs, through its rapporteur, proposes to amend Parliament's Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex the interest representatives and third-country public authorities that provided input.

Key points

  1. Rapporteurs must list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, and representatives of public authorities of third countries, including diplomatic missions and embassies, from whom they received input.
  2. The requirement is without prejudice to the obligation to publish meetings under Article 7 of Annex I.
  3. Article 7(4) of Annex I applies mutatis mutandis to the new listing requirement.
  4. The amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session.

Who is affected

  • Rapporteurs in the European Parliament, who must disclose input received from interest representatives and third-country public authorities.
  • Interest representatives and representatives of public authorities of third countries, whose input to rapporteurs will be publicly listed.

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