Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 15 July 2024 amending certain Decisions of the Bureau of the European Parliament to update references to the Rules of Procedures and the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament

‘2 European Parliament documents as defined by Rule 125(2) of the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure shall be recorded in the ERR under the responsibility of the body or service which is the originator of the document.’

‘1 Initial applications submitted to the European Parliament shall be handled by the Secretary-General under the authority of the Vice-President responsible for supervision of the handling of applications for access to documents, as provided for by Rule 125(4) and (5) of the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure.’

In the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 23 March 2011 on the rules concerning the ban on smoking in the European Parliament premises, the first citation is replaced by the following: ‘Having regard to Rule 25(2) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure,’.

The Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 15 April 2013 concerning the rules governing the treatment of confidential information by the European Parliament is amended as follows: (1) The first citation is replaced by the following: ‘Having regard to Rule 25(12) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament,’; (2) In Annex II, the Security notice 6, point 9, is replaced by the following: ‘9. Without prejudice to other legal action, breaches committed by Members of the European Parliament shall be dealt with in accordance with Rule 10(5) and Rules 182, 183 and 184 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure,’.

‘8 This Decision shall not apply to rules on access badges within the meaning of Rule 126 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure.’

‘4 In the event that a Member disrupts the proper conduct of proceedings of the plenary, the Secretary-General may request the assistance of DG SAFE when measures according to Rule 182(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament are adopted.’

‘3 Non-compliance with this Decision, its implementing rules, as well as with the measures taken in their application may trigger disciplinary action in accordance with the Treaties, Rules 10 and 183 of the Parliament’s Rules of procedure, the Staff Regulations, contractual sanctions or legal action under national laws and regulations.’

In the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 17 June 2019 on the implementing rules relating to Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union Institutions, Bodies, Offices and Agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC, footnote 7 is replaced by the following: ‘(7) Bureau Decision of 11 September 2023 concerning the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament and repealing the Decision of the Bureau of 19 May and 9 July 2008 (OJ C/2024/2814, 26.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2814/oj).’.

‘9 The decisions adopted under this Article shall be notified to the beneficiary as a uniform decision, in accordance with Rule 241(1) of the Rules of Procedure.’

‘2 Rule 241(1), third subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure shall apply to decisions adopted by the Bureau under this Article.’

‘2 Rule 241(1), third subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure shall apply to decisions adopted by the Bureau under this Article.’

‘2 Rule 241(1), third subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure shall apply to decisions adopted by the Bureau under this Article.’

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision shall apply from 16 July 2024.