4.12.2009   

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 295/97


Tuesday 2 September 2008
Involvement of the chairs of subcomittees (interpretation of Rule182)

P6_TA(2008)0388

European Parliament decision of 2 September 2008 on interpretation of Rule 182 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on the involvement of the chairs of subcommittees

2009/C 295 E/24

The European Parliament,

having regard to the letter of 22 July 2008 from the chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,

having regard to Rule 201 of its Rules of Procedure,

1.

Decides to append the following interpretation to Rule 182(1):

This Rule 182(1) does not preclude the chair of the main committee from involving the chairs of the subcommittees in the work of the bureau or from permitting them to chair debates on issues specifically dealt with by the subcommittees in question — indeed, it allows this — provided that this way of proceeding is submitted to the bureau in its entirety for its consideration and that it receives the bureau's agreement

2.

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.