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Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the parliamentary reform “Parliament 2024”

TA-9-2024-0176 · P9_TA(2024)0176 · PE758.847

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Parliament's amendments to its Rules of Procedure implement the "Parliament 2024" reform. They change referral of proposals, committee opinions, budgetary assessment, co-rapporteurship, urgent decisions, scrutiny hearings and confirmation hearings. The amendments enter into force on 16 July 2024, but those empowering the Conference of Presidents and the Bureau to adopt implementing measures apply from the date of adoption. Transitional arrangements apply to legislative procedures where Parliament did not adopt a position before the end of the last part-session and Rules 56, 57 or 58 were applied. Parliament stresses that political groups bear collective responsibility for nominating and electing the President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors with respect for gender balance. Parliament commits to engage with the Commission to revise the Framework Agreement of 20 October 2010 in light of the reform.

Key points

  1. The Bureau becomes responsible for authorising expenditure for hearings, replacing its role in authorising committee meetings or missions away from the usual places of work.
  2. The Conference of Presidents proposes committee composition and competence, including special committees and temporary legislative committees, and authorises missions away from the usual places of work and interparliamentary meetings.
  3. Rule 42 on verification of financial compatibility is deleted.
  4. Parliament's resolution on a proposal must indicate the appropriate legal basis and consider financial implications; the President may refer the proposal to the committee responsible for legal affairs for an opinion on the legal basis.
  5. The committee responsible for budgetary issues may provide an opinion on financial implications, and Parliament's resolution must be accompanied by recommendations on the requested proposal and brought to the Council and Commission's attention.
  6. The Commission may be invited to make a statement in plenary after a three-month deadline, and the Conference of Committee Chairs monitors the Commission's compliance and reports to the Conference of Presidents.
  7. Referral of legally binding acts is changed: the President refers proposals to committees, with challenges possible within two weeks, and questions of competence settled by the Conference of Committee Chairs and Conference of Presidents.
  8. Accelerated legislative procedures shall be agreed by the committee or committees responsible and carried out on the basis of a report.
  9. A committee may appoint a rapporteur to follow the preparatory phase of a proposal, and the Conference of Presidents may authorise up to three co-rapporteurs exceptionally.
  10. Opinion-giving committees may table amendments directly for plenary if not adopted by the committee responsible, and their rapporteurs are invited to shadow meetings.
  11. A budgetary assessment on proposals with budgetary implications is introduced, and the associated committee procedure (Rule 57) is deleted.
  12. Special scrutiny hearings and confirmation hearings are introduced or amended, including rules on Question Time, statements on Article 122 TFEU, and cooperation with committees.

Who is affected

  • Parliament's committees and political groups, which gain new roles in referrals, opinions and scrutiny.
  • The Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairs, which take on new authorisation and recommendation tasks.
  • The Commission, which may be invited to make statements and must cooperate with scrutiny hearings.
  • Commissioners-designate, who face revised confirmation hearings and declarations of interests.
  • Members of the European Parliament, who are affected by changes to speaking time, blue cards and presence rules.

Figures and deadlines

  • Amendments enter into force on 16 July 2024.
  • Deadline of three months for the Commission to reply to requests for proposals.
  • Challenge to referral must be made within two weeks.
  • Documents for trilogues circulated at least 48 hours or 24 hours in advance.
  • Question Time duration up to about 90 minutes.
  • Confirmation hearings scheduled to last three hours, or up to four hours for large portfolios.
  • Opening statement no longer than 15 minutes.
  • Resumed confirmation hearing of one and a half hours.