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2025/2044(REG) Rules of Procedure First reading

Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the Agreement establishing the Ethics Body

A change to Parliament’s own rules.

Where it stands: The committee adopted its report on 14 May 2025; it goes to plenary next.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 13 March 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 May 2025
  3. 3 Tabled for plenary
  4. 4 Plenary vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
AFCO — Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur
Sven SIMON PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
Loránt VINCZE PPEJuan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR S&DMarieke EHLERS PfEPatryk JAKI ECRSandro GOZI RenewDaniel FREUND Verts/ALENikolas FARANTOURIS The LeftStanisław TYSZKA ESN

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Committee draft · latest Draft report (AFCO) 10 March 2025 ✦ This draft report proposes amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure to implement the Agreement establishing the Ethics Body. It creates a new Title Xa and Rules 239a to 239h covering the appointment, conflicts of interest, activities, expert candidates, interpretations, consultations, self-assessment and annual report examination.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Committee stage
  2. 14 May 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  3. 8 April 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (AFCO)
  4. 13 March 2025 Referred to the AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  5. 10 March 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in AFCO (Constitutional Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (AFCO)