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

TA-10-2025-0121 · P10_TA(2025)0121 · PE771.903

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Parliament amends its Rules of Procedure to require rapporteurs to list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives and third-country public authority representatives from whom they received input on the file. The amendment enters into force on the first day of the next part-session.

Key points

  1. Rapporteurs must list in an annex to their report or opinion the interest representatives falling 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 applies 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 annex listing input providers.

Who is affected

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