22.12.2017

Official Journal of the European Union

C 443/100

P7_TA(2014)0410

Amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure so as to allow for the possibility of electronic signatures

European Parliament decision of 16 April 2014 on amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure so as to allow for the possibility of electronic signatures (2014/2011(REG))

(2017/C 443/22)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the letter from the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 10 December 2013,

—	having regard to Rules 211 and 212 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A7-0175/2014),

Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

Points out that the amendments will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;

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

Amendment 1

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 148a (new)

Present text	Amendment
	Rule 148a
	Electronic handling of documents
	Parliament documents may be prepared, signed and distributed in electronic form. The Bureau shall decide on the technical specifications and on the presentation of the electronic form.

Amendment 2

Parliament's Rules of Procedure

Rule 156 — paragraph 1 — interpretation appearing after subparagraph 2

Present text	Amendment
Amendments may be signed electronically as part of a pilot project involving a limited number of parliamentary committees, on condition, first, that the committees participating in the project have given their agreement and, second, that appropriate measures have been put in place to ensure the authenticity of the signatures.	deleted