EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

2012/2308(INI)

5.7.2013

AMENDMENTS 1 - 124

Draft report Ashley Fox, Gerald Häfner (PE513.103v02-00)

The location of the seats of the European Union’s institutions (2012/2308(INI))

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PE514.747v02-00 2/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 1 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to Articles 232 and 341 of – having regard to Articles 232 and 341 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), European Union (TFEU) and to the fact that the Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union forms an integral part of the Treaties and thus of EU primary law, having been ratified, as part of the Treaty of Amsterdam, by all the Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional rules,

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Amendment 2 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to Article 5 of the TFEU,

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Amendment 3 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 2

AM\942753EN.doc 3/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to Protocol 6, annexed to – having regard to Protocol 6, annexed to the Treaties, on the location of the seats of the Treaties, on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the offices, agencies and departments of the European Union, European Union, under which the European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg, the Council has its seat in Brussels, the Commission has its seat in Brussels, the Court of Justice of the European Union has its seat in Luxembourg, the Court of Auditors has its seat in Luxembourg, the Economic and Social Committee has its seat in Brussels, the Committee of the Regions has its seat in Brussels, the European Investment Bank has its seat in Luxembourg, the European Central Bank has its seat in Frankfurt and the European Police Office (Europol) has its seat in The Hague,

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Amendment 4 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to former Rule 191(2) and current Rule 201(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

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Amendment 5 Constance Le Grip, Michèle Striffler, Astrid Lulling, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Michel Dantin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Philippe Boulland, Agnès Le Brun, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

PE514.747v02-00 4/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Citation 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to its stated position on deleted these matters, in particular in its recommendation from 21 June 1958, its resolution of 7 July 1981 adopting the Zagari Report, its recommendations for the Intergovernmental Conference of 13 April 2000, and its accompanying resolutions to 2010/2211(INI), 2011/2202(DEC), 2012/2001(BUD), 2012/2006(BUD) and 2012/2016(BUD),

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Amendment 6 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Citation 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to the Secretary- deleted General’s report to the Bureau of September 2002 regarding the cost of maintaining three places of work,

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Amendment 7 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new)

AM\942753EN.doc 5/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to Parliament’s Environmental Statement for 2010, issued in May 2011, and in particular pages 68 to 70,

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Amendment 8 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to the document drawn up by Parliament’s Secretariat entitled ‘Replies and follow-up to the discharge for 2010’;

Or. xm

Amendment 9 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 9 – footnote 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Case C-237/11 and C-238/11, France v 3. Cases C-237/11 and C-238/11, France v Parliament. Parliament, the judgment in which annulled Parliament’s votes of 9 March 2011.

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Amendment 10 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

PE514.747v02-00 6/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Citation 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to the petition gathered in deleted 2006 by the One Seat campaign, which was signed by more than 1.2 million EU citizens,

Or. fr

Amendment 11 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Citation 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to the petition gathered in deleted 2006 by the One Seat campaign, which was signed by more than 1.2 million EU citizens,

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Amendment 12 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Citation 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to the petition gathered in – having regard to the petition gathered in 2006 by the One Seat campaign, which 2006 by the One Seat campaign, which was signed by more than 1.2 million EU was not signed by more than 1.2 million citizens, EU citizens, signature being required for compliance with Rule 201(2) (Rule 191(2)

AM\942753EN.doc 7/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN when the petition was deposited) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, since the it does not meet the signature admissibility criteria, and having regard moreover to the fact that its originators are MEPs seeking to circumvent the Treaties and that the petition therefore bears only one valid signature, namely that of the petitioner,

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Amendment 13 Edward McMillan-Scott, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Mário David, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Krzysztof Lisek, Ulrike Lunacek, Cornelis de Jong, Bart Staes, Esther de Lange, Oldřich Vlasák, Diane Dodds, Judith A. Merkies, Dan Jørgensen, Raül Romeva i Rueda

Motion for a resolution Citation 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to Rules 41, 48 and 74a of – having regard to Rules 5.3, 29, 41, 48 its Rules of Procedure, and 74a of its Rules of Procedure,

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Amendment 14 Edward McMillan-Scott, Krzysztof Lisek, Ulrike Lunacek, Cornelis de Jong, Bart Staes, Esther de Lange, Oldřich Vlasák, Diane Dodds, Judith A. Merkies, Dan Jørgensen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Mário David, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg

Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

– having regard to the parliament's vote on 23 October 2012, which saw a majority of 78% of Members call on EU governments to revise the issue of parliament's official seat; Strasbourg;

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Amendment 15 Gerald Häfner on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-A. whereas the European Parliament plays a distinct and unique role as the only institution that is directly elected by and accountable to European citizens, and since its role has undergone the most significant changes amongst all institutions since its creation, this report will primarily focus on the seat and working arrangements of the European Parliament;

Or. en

Amendment 16 Gerald Häfner on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Ashley Fox on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-Aa. whereas the decision by member states on these seats was reached in a broader deal, taking into account the historical development of the European Union and its institutions as well as considerations of geographical dispersion;

Or. en

AM\942753EN.doc 9/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Amendment 17 Gerald Häfner on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Ashley Fox on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution Recital -A b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-Ab. whereas Member States have done so in Protocol 6 annexed to the Treaties, establishing Brussels as seat of the Commission, the Council - with its meetings to be held in Luxembourg during the months of April, June and October -, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the regions, Luxembourg as seat of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank, Frankfurt as seat of the European Central Bank and The Hague as seat of the European Police Office;

Or. en

Amendment 18 Gerald Häfner on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Ashley Fox on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution Recital -A c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-Ac. whereas Article 341 TFEU establishes that the seat of the institutions of the Union shall be determined by common accord of the governments of the Member States;

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Amendment 19 Rainer Wieland

Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-A. whereas arrangements affecting Parliament’s right of organisational self- determination are among the foremost concerns for a parliamentary system;

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Amendment 20 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas Article 341 TFEU and Protocol A. whereas Article 341 TFEU and Protocol 6 annexed to the Treaties establish that 6 annexed to the Treaties establish that the Parliament shall have its seat in Strasbourg seats of the Union’s institutions shall be where 12 periods of monthly plenary determined unanimously by the Member sessions, including the budget session, States, that Parliament shall have its seat in shall be held, that the periods of additional Strasbourg where 12 periods of monthly plenary sessions shall be held in Brussels, plenary sessions, including the budget that its committees shall meet in Brussels, session, shall be held, that the periods of and that its General Secretariat and its additional plenary sessions shall be held in departments shall remain in Luxembourg; Brussels, that its committees shall meet in Brussels, and that its General Secretariat and its departments shall remain in Luxembourg;

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AM\942753EN.doc 11/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Amendment 21 Gerald Häfner on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Ashley Fox on behalf of the ECR Group

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas Article 341 TFEU and A. whereas Protocol 6 annexed to the Protocol 6 annexed to the Treaties Treaties establishes that Parliament shall establish that Parliament shall have its seat have its seat in Strasbourg where 12 in Strasbourg where 12 periods of monthly periods of monthly plenary sessions, plenary sessions, including the budget including the budget session, shall be held, session, shall be held, that the periods of that the periods of additional plenary additional plenary sessions shall be held in sessions shall be held in Brussels, that its Brussels, that its committees shall meet in committees shall meet in Brussels, and that Brussels, and that its General Secretariat its General Secretariat and its departments and its departments shall remain in shall remain in Luxembourg; Luxembourg;

Or. en

Amendment 22 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Aa. whereas, pursuant to former Rule 191(2) and current Rule 201(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, petitions to Parliament ‘shall show the name, nationality and permanent address of each petitioner’, which ‘petition’ 0630/2006 clearly does not do;

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PE514.747v02-00 12/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 23 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Rachida Dati

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Aa. whereas the protocols on the seats of the institutions are governed by mutual respect for the respective powers of the Member States and of Parliament;

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Amendment 24 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. whereas each of the six founding countries wanted to host the seat of one of the institutions; whereas, accordingly, the location of Parliament’s seat is the product of compromise; whereas Strasbourg - a French city on the border with Germany - was chosen as the seat, symbolising the reunification of Europe and the building of a new, shared history;

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Amendment 25 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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Ba. whereas petitions and the more recently introduced European Citizens’ Initiative must not be used for polemical purposes by representatives of EU citizens;

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Amendment 26 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bb. whereas petitions are not an instrument for evading the Treaties but an instrument for use by European citizens to improve EU legislation which creates obstacles in their everyday life or to provide them with assistance so as to support them if their rights as citizens are disregarded;

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Amendment 27 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bc. whereas European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECIs) have the purpose of securing the adoption of a legal act of the Union which does not amend primary law; whereas any call for amendment of the ‘Protocol on the location of the seats

PE514.747v02-00 14/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Union’ would entail amendment of a primary legal act, which is not compatible with the regulation;

Or. fr

Amendment 28 Andrew Duff, Stanimir Ilchev

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas Article 232 TFEU allows C. whereas Article 232 TFEU allows Parliament to adopt its own rules of Parliament to adopt its own rules of procedure and to determine the length of procedure; plenary sessions;

Or. en

Amendment 29 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas Article 232 TFEU allows C. whereas Article 232 TFEU allows Parliament to adopt its own rules of Parliament to adopt its own rules of procedure and to determine the length of procedure and to determine the length of plenary sessions; plenary sessions, as laid down in the Treaties;

Or. fr

Amendment 30 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland,

AM\942753EN.doc 15/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Philippe Juvin, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas Article 232 TFEU allows C. whereas Article 232 TFEU requires Parliament to adopt its own rules of Parliament to adopt its own rules of procedure and to determine the length of procedure by a majority of its Members; plenary sessions;

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Amendment 31 Paulo Rangel

Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ca. whereas according to historical and constitutional tradition, parliaments, as the bodies directly representing citizens, have had the prerogative of determining how their affairs should be organised and hence of deciding where to have their seat;

Or. pt

Amendment 32 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the location of the seat is not to hinder the location of the seat is not to hinder the well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it

PE514.747v02-00 16/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN has further stated that there are has further stated that, while there are disadvantages and costs engendered by the disadvantages and costs engendered by the plurality of working locations, but also plurality of working locations, any change that any improvement of the current to the current situation would require a situation requires a Treaty change and, Treaty change and, thus, the consent of the thus, the consent of the Member States; Member States;

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Amendment 33 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the location of the seat is not to hinder the location of the seat is not to hinder the well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it has further stated that there are has further stated that there are disadvantages and costs engendered by the disadvantages and costs engendered by the plurality of working locations, but also that plurality of working locations, but also that any improvement of the current situation responsibility for making any change lies requires a Treaty change and, thus, the neither with Parliament nor with the consent of the Member States; Court, but, rather, by exercising their exclusive power to determine the seats of the institutions, with the Member States;

Or. fr

Amendment 34 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the location of the seat is not to hinder the location of the seat is not to hinder the

AM\942753EN.doc 17/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it has further stated that there are has further stated that there are disadvantages and costs engendered by the disadvantages and costs engendered by the plurality of working locations, but also that plurality of working locations, but also that any improvement of the current situation responsibility for remedying this lies requires a Treaty change and, thus, the neither with Parliament nor with the consent of the Member States; Court, but, rather, by exercising their exclusive power to determine the seats of the institutions, with the Member States;

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Amendment 35 Jo Leinen

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the D. whereas the ECJ has stated that the location of the seat is not to hinder the location of the seat is not to hinder the well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it well-functioning of Parliament; whereas it has further stated that there are has further stated that there are disadvantages and costs engendered by the disadvantages and costs engendered by the plurality of working locations, but also that plurality of working locations, but also that any improvement of the current situation any change regarding the places of work requires a Treaty change and, thus, the or the seat requires a Treaty change and, consent of the Member States; thus, the consent of the Member States;

Or. de

Amendment 36 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Da. whereas on two occasions, in 1997

PE514.747v02-00 18/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN and 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union pointed out that the fact that Parliament’s seat is in Strasbourg is determined by the TFEU; whereas it has also confirmed Protocol No 6 in clarifying the conditions for the application thereof; whereas it has fully acknowledged the power of Parliament to determine its own internal organisational arrangements, since Parliament may adopt appropriate measures to ensure its proper functioning and proper conduct of its proceedings, but the question of determining its seat does not come within that remit;

Or. fr

Amendment 37 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Agnès Le Brun, Jean-Pierre Audy, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital E

Motion for a resolution Amendment

E. whereas Parliament has undergone a E. whereas Parliament comprises 754 complete transformation, from a Members elected by direct universal consultative body with 78 seconded suffrage and is today co-legislator on members that – mostly for practical equal terms with the Council; reasons – shared its facilities with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, into a fully fledged, directly elected Parliament with 754 members that is today co-legislator on equal terms with the Council;

Or. fr

Amendment 38 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Philippe Boulland,

AM\942753EN.doc 19/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Michel Dantin, Philippe Juvin, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ea. whereas Strasbourg has been the meeting place of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 1949 and then, from 1952, played host to the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community;

Or. fr

Amendment 39 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Eb. whereas the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg was confirmed by the Edinburgh European Council in 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty in 1997 and then incorporated in the Lisbon Treaty in 2009;

Or. fr

Amendment 40 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital F

PE514.747v02-00 20/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

F. whereas this is most clearly illustrated F. whereas the growth of its legislative by the growth of its legislative capacity, as capacity is illustrated by the increase in the reflected in the increase in the number of number of co-decision procedures (now co-decision procedures (now ordinary ordinary legislative procedures) from 165 legislative procedures) from 165 in 1993- in 1993-1999 to 454 in 2004-2009, to an 1999 to 454 in 2004-2009, to an even even greater number in the current greater number in the current legislature; legislature;

Or. fr

Amendment 41 Andrew Duff, Stanimir Ilchev

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas the increase in legislative deleted activity and responsibility is reflected in the fact that the number of statutory staff in Brussels increased by 377 % (from 1 180 to 5 635 staff members) from 1993 to 2013, by far exceeding the 48 % increase in the number of MEPs in the same period;

Or. en

Amendment 42 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Nathalie Griesbeck, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas the increase in legislative G. whereas the increase in legislative activity and responsibility is reflected in activity and responsibility is reflected in

AM\942753EN.doc 21/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN the fact that the number of statutory staff the increase in staff at Parliament’s three in Brussels increased by 377 % (from places of work; 1 180 to 5 635 staff members) from 1993 to 2013, by far exceeding the 48 % increase in the number of MEPs in the same period;

Or. fr

Amendment 43 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Philippe Juvin, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital I

Motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas the structure of Parliament’s I. whereas the structure of Parliament’s calendar (fixed during the Edinburgh calendar (fixed during the Edinburgh Summit in 1992) predates all changes to Summit in 1992) has not been called into its role arising from the adoption of the question, since it was confirmed in Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice Protocol No 6 annexed to the Treaty of and Lisbon; Lisbon, and the increase in Parliament’s powers arising from the adoption of the Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon has therefore been taken into account;

Or. fr

Amendment 44 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital I

Motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas the structure of Parliament’s I. whereas the structure of Parliament’s calendar (fixed during the Edinburgh calendar (fixed during the Edinburgh Summit in 1992) predates all changes to its Summit in 1992) predates all changes to its

PE514.747v02-00 22/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN role arising from the adoption of the role arising from the adoption of the Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice Treaties of Nice and Lisbon; and Lisbon;

Or. fr

Amendment 45 Catherine Trautmann, Sylvie Guillaume

Motion for a resolution Recital I

Motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas the structure of Parliament’s I. whereas the structure of Parliament’s calendar (fixed during the Edinburgh calendar (fixed during the Edinburgh Summit in 1992) predates all changes to its Summit in 1992) predates all changes to its role arising from the adoption of the role arising from the adoption of the Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice Treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon; and Lisbon; whereas, under the Edinburgh compromise, it was determined that Parliament’s seat is Strasbourg - a decision subsequently incorporated into the Treaty of Amsterdam in 1997 and the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009;

Or. fr

Amendment 46 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Françoise Grossetête

Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ia. whereas all the countries which have joined the European Union have ratified Protocol No 6;

Or. fr

AM\942753EN.doc 23/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Amendment 47 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Nathalie Griesbeck, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital K

Motion for a resolution Amendment

K. whereas the Council and the European deleted Council have already concentrated their work in Brussels, where all European Council meetings – which previously were always held in the country of the rotating presidency – are now exclusively held;

Or. fr

Amendment 48 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital L

Motion for a resolution Amendment

L. whereas the geographical distance L. whereas the fact of geographical between the official seats of the co- distance between the official seats of the legislative bodies – 435 km – isolates co-legislative bodies reflects a multi- Parliament not only from the Council and centre approach to the question of the the Commission, but also from other European Union’s seats; whereas media stakeholders, such as NGOs, civil society coverage of parliamentary business organisations and Member State during part-sessions in Strasbourg is far representations, and from one of the greater than during Brussels mini- world’s largest international journalistic sessions, since the attention of one of the communities; world’s largest international journalistic communities - and of the Council, the Commission, and other stakeholders, such as NGOs, civil society organisations and Member State representations - is focused on a single institution;

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Amendment 49 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Jean-Pierre Audy, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital L

Motion for a resolution Amendment

L. whereas the geographical distance L. whereas the fact of geographical between the official seats of the co- distance between the official seats of the legislative bodies – 435 km – isolates co-legislative bodies reflects the multi- Parliament not only from the Council and centre principle with regard to the seats of the Commission, but also from other the European institutions and, during stakeholders, such as NGOs, civil society part-sessions, the attention of the Council organisations and Member State and the Commission, but also of other representations, and from one of the stakeholders, such as NGOs, civil society world’s largest international journalistic organisations and Member State communities; representations, and of one of the world’s largest international journalistic communities, is fully focused on the work of Parliament;

Or. fr

Amendment 50 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital M

Motion for a resolution Amendment

M. whereas the additional annual costs deleted resulting from the geographic dispersion of Parliament have conservatively been estimated to range between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million4, which is equivalent to between 15 % and 20 % of Parliament’s annual budget, while

AM\942753EN.doc 25/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN the environmental impact is also significant, with the CO2 emissions associated with the transfers to and from the three working locations estimated to amount to at least 19 000 tonnes5; ______5 ‘European Parliament two-seat operation: Environmental costs, transport & energy’, report prepared by Eco-Logica Ltd. for the Greens/EFA, November 2007.

Or. fr

Amendment 51 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital M

Motion for a resolution Amendment

M. whereas the additional annual costs deleted resulting from the geographic dispersion of Parliament have conservatively been estimated to range between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million4, which is equivalent to between 15 % and 20 % of Parliament’s annual budget, while the environmental impact is also significant, with the CO2 emissions associated with the transfers to and from the three working locations estimated to amount to at least 19 000 tonnes5; ______5 ‘European Parliament two-seat operation: Environmental costs, transport & energy’, report prepared by Eco-Logica Ltd. for the Greens/EFA, November 2007.

Or. fr

PE514.747v02-00 26/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 52 Rainer Wieland

Motion for a resolution Recital M

Motion for a resolution Amendment

M. whereas the additional annual costs deleted resulting from the geographic dispersion of Parliament have conservatively been estimated to range between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million4, which is equivalent to between 15% and 20% of Parliament’s annual budget, while the environmental impact is also significant, with the CO2 emissions associated with the transfers to and from the three working locations estimated to amount to at least 19 000 tonnes5; ______4 Discharge 2010: EU general budget, European Parliament (Liberadzki Report) (A7-0120/2012), texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0155. 5 ‘European Parliament two-seat operation: Environmental costs, transport & energy’, report prepared by Eco-Logica Ltd. for the Greens/EFA, November 2007.

Or. de

Amendment 53 Jean-Pierre Audy

Motion for a resolution Recital M

Motion for a resolution Amendment

M. whereas the additional annual costs M. whereas Parliament must make sure resulting from the geographic dispersion that its environmental impact is limited ; of Parliament have conservatively been

AM\942753EN.doc 27/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN estimated to range between EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million4, which is equivalent to between 15 % and 20 % of Parliament’s annual budget, while the environmental impact is also significant, with the CO2 emissions associated with the transfers to and from the three working locations estimated to amount to at least 19 000 tonnes5;

Or. fr

Amendment 54 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital M

Motion for a resolution Amendment

M. whereas the additional annual costs M. whereas efficiency, cost-effectiveness resulting from the geographic dispersion and the principle of respect for the of Parliament have conservatively been environment are not connected with the estimated to range between place in which Parliament sits, but with EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million4, its needs; whereas, according to figures which is equivalent to between 15 % and from the European Parliament’s services, 20 % of Parliament’s annual budget, the annual cost of Parliament’s seat in while the environmental impact is also Strasbourg was EUR 51.5 million in 2010, significant, with the CO2 emissions or 0.04% of the annual EU budget, which associated with the transfers to and from represents a cost of 10 cents per EU the three working locations estimated to citizen per year, and hence the arguments amount to at least 19 000 tonnes5; concerning the cost of Parliament are exaggerated;

Or. fr

Amendment 55 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital M

PE514.747v02-00 28/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

M. whereas the additional annual costs M. whereas, according to figures resulting from the geographic dispersion of acknowledged by Parliament’s Parliament have conservatively been Secretariat, the additional annual costs estimated to range between resulting from the geographic dispersion of EUR 169 million and EUR 204 million4, Parliament have been estimated at EUR 51 which is equivalent to between 15 % and million, which is equivalent to 0.04% of 20 % of Parliament’s annual budget, while the EU’s annual budget, while the the environmental impact is also environmental impact is put at 4 199 5 significant, with the CO2 emissions tonnes ; associated with the transfers to and from the three working locations estimated to amount to at least 19 000 tonnes5;

Or. fr

Amendment 56 Jean-Pierre Audy

Motion for a resolution Recital M – footnote 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 Discharge 2010: EU general budget, deleted European Parliament (Liberadzki Report) (A7-0120/2012), texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0155.

Or. fr

Amendment 57 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital M – footnote 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4 Discharge 2010: EU general budget, deleted European Parliament (Liberadzki Report) (A7-0120/2012), texts adopted,

AM\942753EN.doc 29/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN P7_TA(2012)0155.

Or. fr

Amendment 58 Jean-Pierre Audy

Motion for a resolution Recital M – footnote 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5 ‘European Parliament two-seat deleted operation: Environmental costs, transport & energy’, report prepared by Eco-Logica Ltd. for the Greens/EFA, November 2007.

Or. fr

Amendment 59 Constance Le Grip, Arnaud Danjean, Astrid Lulling, Alain Cadec, Michèle Striffler, Brice Hortefeux, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Philippe Boulland, Michel Dantin, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital M – footnote 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5 ‘European Parliament two-seat deleted operation: Environmental costs, transport & energy’, report prepared by Eco-Logica Ltd. for the Greens/EFA, November 2007.

Or. fr

Amendment 60 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital M – footnote 5

PE514.747v02-00 30/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

5 ‘European Parliament two-seat 5 Figures provided by Parliament’s operation: Environmental costs, transport Secretary-General, ‘Replies and follow-up & energy’, report prepared by Eco-Logica to the discharge for 2010’ (paragraph 28). Ltd. for the Greens/EFA, November 2007. .

Or. fr

Amendment 61 Indrek Tarand

Motion for a resolution Recital M a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ma. whereas the current working arrangements of the European Parliament also imposes additional costs and travel on the other European Union institutions, in particular the European Commission and Council, EU member states' representations, journalists and civil society representatives;

Or. en

Amendment 62 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital N

Motion for a resolution Amendment

N. whereas 78 % of all missions by deleted Parliament statutory staff (on average, 3 172 each month) arise as a direct result of its geographic dispersion; whereas while Parliament’s buildings in Strasbourg are currently only being used 42 days per year (remaining unused for 89 % of the time), they need to be heated,

AM\942753EN.doc 31/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN staffed and maintained for the entire year;

Or. fr

Amendment 63 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital N

Motion for a resolution Amendment

N. whereas 78 % of all missions by deleted Parliament statutory staff (on average, 3 172 each month) arise as a direct result of its geographic dispersion; whereas while Parliament’s buildings in Strasbourg are currently only being used 42 days per year (remaining unused for 89 % of the time), they need to be heated, staffed and maintained for the entire year;

Or. fr

Amendment 64 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Philippe Boulland, Michel Dantin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Jean-Pierre Audy, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital N

Motion for a resolution Amendment

N. whereas 78 % of all missions by deleted Parliament statutory staff (on average, 3 172 each month) arise as a direct result of its geographic dispersion; whereas while Parliament’s buildings in Strasbourg are currently only being used 42 days per year (remaining unused for

PE514.747v02-00 32/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN 89 % of the time), they need to be heated, staffed and maintained for the entire year;

Or. fr

Amendment 65 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital N

Motion for a resolution Amendment

N. whereas 78 % of all missions by N. whereas almost 94% of the EU budget Parliament statutory staff (on average, is spent on investment and hence for the 3 172 each month) arise as a direct result benefit of the public; whereas, moreover, of its geographic dispersion; whereas the European Union, with such a small while Parliament’s buildings in and deficit-less operating budget for its Strasbourg are currently only being used institutions serving 500 million 42 days per year (remaining unused for inhabitants, stands as an example in these 89 % of the time), they need to be heated, times of crisis; staffed and maintained for the entire year;

Or. fr

Amendment 66 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital N a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Na. having regard to the environmental example set by the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg, which reduced its CO2 emissions by 57% between 2006 and 2010, meaning that these now represent only 3.6% of all Parliament’s CO2 emissions;

Or. fr

AM\942753EN.doc 33/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Amendment 67 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital N b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Nb. whereas the gross cost of holding part-sessions in Strasbourg is EUR 7 445 000 per part-session, and whereas 80% of these costs are fixed and would be incurred irrespective of where the part- session is held, be they for equipment, publications or translation, etc.;

Or. fr

Amendment 68 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital O

Motion for a resolution Amendment

O. whereas the expenditure arising from deleted the geographic dispersion of Parliament constitutes an important area of potential savings, particularly in the current economic climate;

Or. fr

Amendment 69 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital O

PE514.747v02-00 34/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

O. whereas the expenditure arising from O. whereas the carbon footprint for travel the geographic dispersion of Parliament for committee, political group and constitutes an important area of potential delegation meetings, which increased by savings, particularly in the current 23.8% between 2006 and 2010, is economic climate; significantly larger (6 350 tonnes of CO2 in 2010) than that for Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg (4 199 tonnes of CO2 in 2010);

Or. fr

Amendment 70 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital O a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Oa. whereas it is regrettable that this debate should focus on a matter which concerns 0.04% of the EU’s annual budget at a time when people want to see an overall Union budget capable of responding adequately to the financial difficulties that Member States are experiencing;

Or. fr

Amendment 71 Dimitrios Droutsas, Roberto Gualtieri

Motion for a resolution Recital O a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Oa. whereas Euro-scepticism is growing at an increasing rate in some Member States and whereas Parliament, the only institution to be elected directly, has to

AM\942753EN.doc 35/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN stand for greater credibility and greater closeness to citizens;

Or. de

Amendment 72 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Agnès Le Brun, Jean-Pierre Audy, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital P

Motion for a resolution Amendment

P. whereas Parliament, since its suggestion P. whereas Parliament, since its suggestion in 1958 to be sited in proximity to the in 1958 to be sited in proximity to the Council and the Commission, has via Council and the Commission, has often numerous reports, declarations and expressed its wish for a more practical and statements always expressed its wish for a efficient working arrangement; more practical and efficient working arrangement;

Or. fr

Amendment 73 Indrek Tarand

Motion for a resolution Recital P a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Pa. whereas, beside economic, environmental and geographical concerns, aesthetic considerations should also play a role in determining the seat of the European Parliament;

Or. en

PE514.747v02-00 36/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 74 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Recital Q

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Q. whereas citizens of the EU – including deleted the 1.27 million citizens who signed a petition asking for a single seat – have repeatedly expressed their discontent with the current arrangements;

Or. fr

Amendment 75 Jean-Pierre Audy

Motion for a resolution Recital Q

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Q. whereas citizens of the EU – including Q. whereas citizens of the EU have the 1.27 million citizens who signed a expressed their views concerning the petition asking for a single seat – have location of the various European repeatedly expressed their discontent with institutions and agencies by means of the current arrangements; petitions;

Or. fr

Amendment 76 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Recital Q

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Q. whereas citizens of the EU – including Q. whereas citizens of the EU – including

AM\942753EN.doc 37/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN the 1.27 million citizens who signed a the 1.27 million citizens who signed a petition asking for a single seat – have petition asking for a single seat – have repeatedly expressed their discontent with expressed their discontent with the current the current arrangements; arrangements;

Or. fr

Amendment 77 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital Q

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Q. whereas citizens of the EU – including Q. whereas, despite the fact that some EU the 1.27 million citizens who signed a parliamentarians – including the sole petition asking for a single seat – have signatory of Petition 0630/2006 asking for repeatedly expressed their discontent with a single seat, which already exists in the current arrangements; Strasbourg – have repeatedly expressed their discontent with the current arrangements; whereas petitions concerning the seats of the institutions must be forwarded to the Member States, which alone have the power of decision on the matter;

Or. fr

Amendment 78 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Recital Q

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Q. whereas citizens of the EU – including Q. whereas 1.27 million citizens have the 1.27 million citizens who signed a signed an on-line petition asking for a petition asking for a single seat – have single seat, which does not fulfil the repeatedly expressed their discontent with criteria for the admissibility of signatures the current arrangements; as laid down in the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament;

PE514.747v02-00 38/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Or. fr

Amendment 79 Jean-Pierre Audy

Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Qa. whereas, in the organisation of democracies, there are no rules indicating that it is the parliament that decides on its seat and whereas, moreover, in many Member States, parliament’s seat is laid down either in the Constitution or by law or by decision of the government, but not by means of a particular decision by the parliament itself;

Or. fr

Amendment 80 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Qa. whereas several petitions have been submitted requesting either that the European Parliament should no longer have its seat in Strasbourg or that Parliament’s seat should continue to be located in Strasbourg in accordance with Protocol No 6 annexed to the Treaty on European Union;

Or. fr

AM\942753EN.doc 39/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Amendment 81 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital Q b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Qb. whereas the success of the open days held every year at the European Parliament’s seat in Strasbourg, the 100 000 visitors each year outside part- sessions and the 10 000 students from the Euroscola Programme indicate that the European public have in no way rejected the seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg;

Or. fr

Amendment 82 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Recital Q c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Qc. whereas the so-called petition No 0630/2006 is not in fact a petition because it does not meet the criteria for admissibility of petitions to Parliament under Rule 201 of its Rules of Procedure (formerly Rule 191(2)) inasmuch as it does not show the nationality and permanent address of each petitioner, and whereas, by implication, electronic signatures on a petition are not admissible and there can be no guarantee as to the real or virtual level of support for this initiative;

Or. fr

PE514.747v02-00 40/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 83 Edward McMillan-Scott, Esther de Lange, Oldřich Vlasák, Diane Dodds, Judith A. Merkies, Dan Jørgensen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Mário David, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Ulrike Lunacek, Krzysztof Lisek, Cornelis de Jong, Bart Staes

Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Qa. whereas Members have repeatedly requested up-to-date breakdowns of the financial, environmental and social costs of the parliament's working arrangements, because the Administration has yet to produce a consistent and coherent set of figures;

Or. en

Amendment 84 Philip Claeys

Motion for a resolution Recital Q a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Qa. whereas it is necessary to consider the impact which a change to the existing arrangement would have on the quality of life in the city of Brussels, particularly the affordability of housing for the residents of Brussels itself;

Or. nl

Amendment 85 Rainer Wieland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new)

AM\942753EN.doc 41/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

-1. Notes that in addition to the subjects dealt with in this report, there are other essential matters directly related to Parliament’s status and its function within the EU institutional machinery and – on those points – convincing solutions have yet to be found; notes that these unresolved questions include electoral law, rules for a no-protest zone, immunity matters, and points related to the Statute for Members and that they should either be encompassed within Parliament’s right of organisational self-determination, exercised in the form of a general decision-making power, or, at the very least, be brought within the scope of the ordinary legislative procedure based on codecision;

Or. de

Amendment 86 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have deleted the right to determine its own working arrangements, including the right to decide where and when it holds its meetings;

Or. fr

PE514.747v02-00 42/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 87 Jean-Pierre Audy

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have 1. Points out that it is not up to the right to determine its own working Parliament to determine where its seat arrangements, including the right to will be but that the decision has to be decide where and when it holds its taken by the Member States unanimously; meetings;

Or. fr

Amendment 88 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have 1. Believes that, like any national the right to determine its own working parliament, the European Parliament arrangements, including the right to does not have the power to determine its decide where and when it holds its place of work, and accepts the place of meetings; work which is most appropriate historically, symbolically and politically;

Or. fr

Amendment 89 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have 1. Believes that, without prejudice to the right to determine its own working Parliament’s powers of internal arrangements, including the right to organisation, it is for the Member States

AM\942753EN.doc 43/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN decide where and when it holds its to determine where the European meetings; institutions should have their seats;

Or. fr

Amendment 90 Andrew Duff, Stanimir Ilchev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have the 1. Believes that Parliament should gain the right to determine its own working right to participate in the decision about arrangements, including the right to where and when it holds its meetings; decide where and when it holds its meetings;

Or. en

Amendment 91 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have the 1. Believes that Parliament should have the right to determine its own working right to determine its own working arrangements, including the right to decide arrangements, including the right to decide where and when it holds its meetings; where and when it holds its meetings, without prejudice to the Treaties;

Or. fr

Amendment 92 Paulo Rangel

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

PE514.747v02-00 44/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Believes that Parliament should have the 1. Believes that the European Parliament, right to determine its own working given that it is the only body directly arrangements, including the right to decide representing European citizens, should be where and when it holds its meetings; granted the prerogative of determining its own working arrangements, including the right to decide where and when it holds its meetings;

Or. pt

Amendment 93 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1a. Points out that holding part-sessions in Brussels rather than Strasbourg would result in a saving of EUR 1.5 million, as is specified in paragraph 28 - ‘Costs of using Strasbourg as the seat of the EP’ of the document drawn up by Parliament’s Secretariat entitled ‘Replies and follow-up to the discharge for 2010’;

Or. xm

Amendment 94 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1a. Respects the historical reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements

AM\942753EN.doc 45/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN that necessitate the system of a single seat and three places of work;

Or. fr

Amendment 95 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1b. Emphasises that European integration necessarily entails mobility and that this applies to all national and European political representatives and officials, and that mobility is an intrinsic aspect of the work of MEPs, as representatives of the citizens of the European Union;

Or. fr

Amendment 96 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1c. Considers that decentralisation of the legislative authority away from Brussels strengthens its independence;

Or. fr

PE514.747v02-00 46/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Amendment 97 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1d. Considers that the choice of the EU institutions’ seats has always been guided by a desire to bring the Union as close to ordinary people as possible and not to concentrate it in one place;

Or. fr

Amendment 98 Constance Le Grip

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1e. Considers it perfectly legitimate for the European Parliament to consider launching a debate on its right to determine its own working arrangements, including the right to decide where and when it is to meet;

Or. fr

Amendment 99 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

AM\942753EN.doc 47/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an deleted ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to propose the changes to Article 341 TFEU and to Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide fully over its internal organisation, including the setting of its calendar and the location of its seat;

Or. fr

Amendment 100 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an deleted ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to propose the changes to Article 341 TFEU and to Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide fully over its internal organisation, including the setting of its calendar and the location of its seat;

Or. fr

Amendment 101 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Philippe Boulland, Michel Dantin, Philippe Juvin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Jean-Pierre Audy, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

PE514.747v02-00 48/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an deleted ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to propose the changes to Article 341 TFEU and to Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide fully over its internal organisation, including the setting of its calendar and the location of its seat;

Or. fr

Amendment 102 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an 2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an ordinary treaty revision procedure under ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to propose the Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing a changes to Article 341 TFEU and to revision of the Treaties to increase the Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament powers and remit of the European to decide fully over its internal Parliament; organisation, including the setting of its calendar and the location of its seat;

Or. fr

Amendment 103 Jo Leinen

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an 2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiating an ordinary treaty revision procedure under ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to propose the Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing

AM\942753EN.doc 49/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN changes to Article 341 TFEU and to the changes to Article 341 TFEU and to Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament, decide fully over its internal organisation, on its own initiative, to determine its seat including the setting of its calendar and the and its places of work and to decide fully location of its seat; over its internal organisation, including the setting of its calendar;

Or. de

Amendment 104 Andrew Duff

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Commits itself, therefore, to initiate an 2. Pursuant to Article 48(2) TEU, submits ordinary treaty revision procedure under to the Council a proposal for the deletion Article 48 TEU with a view to propose the of Protocol No 6 and for the amendment changes to Article 341 TFEU and to of Article 341 TFEU, as follows: Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide fully over its internal organisation, including the setting of its calendar and the location of its seat; "1. The seat of the institutions, agencies and bodies of the Union shall be determined by the European Parliament and the Council, on a proposal of the Commission, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the European Parliament and the Council shall each decide the location of their own seat, after having obtained the consent of the other."

Or. en

Amendment 105 Philippe Boulland

PE514.747v02-00 50/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Considers it inappropriate in the European Year of Citizens to show these self-same European citizens that the idea is to distance them from EU institution decision-making centres, and also believes that the prevailing Euroscepticism would use this as a reason to criticise an over- concentration of decision-making bodies in one set place;

Or. fr

Amendment 106 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2a. Emphasises that the Committee’s report was prepared under the ordinary own-initiative procedure and there is thus no obligation to implement the proposals, and further that the matter of the EU institutions’ seats is governed directly by the Treaties and is therefore subject to the political will of the Member States acting unanimously;

Or. fr

Amendment 107 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique

AM\942753EN.doc 51/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new)

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2b. Recalls that the Court of Justice of the EU has held that Parliament, during the proceedings before the Court, did not adduce reasons based on the exercise of its power of internal organisation sufficient to show – despite the continuous increase in its powers – that it had the power to alter the timetable of part-sessions; stresses, therefore, that the European Parliament likewise does not now have the power to decide where its seat should be;

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Amendment 108 Sandrine Bélier

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

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3. Decides not to make any deleted recommendations regarding the seats of the other EU institutions;

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Amendment 109 Andrew Duff

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

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3. Decides not to make any deleted recommendations regarding the seats of the other EU institutions;

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Amendment 110 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

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3. Decides not to make any 3. Decides not to make any recommendations regarding the seats of the recommendations regarding the seats of the other EU institutions; EU institutions;

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Amendment 111 Jo Leinen, Dimitrios Droutsas, Roberto Gualtieri

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new)

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3a. Maintains that it will be necessary to evaluate the financial and economic consequences entailed in a change of Parliament’s seat, or as regards its places of work, and to agree on an appropriate compromise whereby existing Parliament buildings can continue to be used;

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Amendment 112 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

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3a. Calls for the figures on the cost of the European Parliament’s three places of work to be perfectly objectively and transparently researched on the basis of verifiable data supplied by Parliament's Secretariat;

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Amendment 113 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

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4. Acknowledges that any future decision 4. Acknowledges that any decision by by Parliament on its working arrangements Parliament on its working arrangements, must allow sufficient time for debate and on which enough time has been wasted in reflection, as well as for an orderly debate and reflection, was invalidated by transition; the ruling given by the Court of Justice on 13 December 2012 and that accordingly any action by Parliament relating to the location of the seats of the Institutions of the European Union would not comply with the Treaties, which however it intends to defend in its capacity as the democratic representation of European citizens;

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Amendment 114 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

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4. Acknowledges that any future decision 4. Takes the view that the issue of the by Parliament on its working European Parliament’s seat can only be arrangements must allow sufficient time considered in the context of a debate on for debate and reflection, as well as for an the seats of all the European institutions; orderly transition;

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Amendment 115 Edward McMillan-Scott, Dan Jørgensen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Mário David, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Ulrike Lunacek, Krzysztof Lisek, Cornelis de Jong, Bart Staes, Diane Dodds, Judith A. Merkies, Oldřich Vlasák, Esther de Lange

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

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4. Acknowledges that any future decision 4. Acknowledges that any future decision by Parliament on its working arrangements by Parliament on its working arrangements must allow sufficient time for debate and must allow sufficient time for debate and reflection, as well as for an orderly reflection, as well as for an orderly transition; transition; requests a study into the one- off cost of moving all parliament's activities to a single working location;

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Amendment 116 Philip Claeys

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Acknowledges that the European Parliament must, in consultation with the various authorities in Belgium which have powers relating to Brussels, devise

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Amendment 117 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Respects the historical and symbolic reasons for the location of its plenary sessions in Strasbourg and the Treaty requirements that establish the seat of the European Parliament as being in Strasbourg and stipulate that the European Parliament must hold its twelve monthly plenary sessions there, as the ECJ confirmed in its judgment of 13 December 2012;

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Amendment 118 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Philippe Juvin, Agnès Le Brun, Rachida Dati, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Points out that this own-initiative report must not be used as a means of disregarding the EU Treaties, which provide that the seat of the European

PE514.747v02-00 56/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Parliament shall be in Strasbourg and that 12 part-sessions per year shall be held there;

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Amendment 119 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new)

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4b. Points out that Parliament may be consulted on the question of the seats of the European institutions only prior to the convening by the Council of an intergovernmental conference and that there are no plans for such a conference;

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Amendment 120 Constance Le Grip, Astrid Lulling, Michèle Striffler, Alain Cadec, Jean-Marie Cavada, Brice Hortefeux, Arnaud Danjean, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Michel Dantin, Philippe Boulland, Nathalie Griesbeck, Agnès Le Brun, Françoise Grossetête, Rachida Dati, Véronique Mathieu Houillon

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new)

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4b. Observes that, if a debate were initiated concerning the seat of the European Parliament, it would inevitably lead to discussion of the distribution of all the seats of the European Institutions, which is laid down in the Treaty;

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AM\942753EN.doc 57/59 PE514.747v02-00 EN Amendment 121 Philippe Boulland

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

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5. Instructs its President to forward this 5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, resolution to the Council, the Commission the European Council, and the Heads of and the European Council. State and Government and parliaments of the Member States.

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Amendment 122 Edward McMillan-Scott, Esther de Lange, Oldřich Vlasák, Judith A. Merkies, Diane Dodds, Bart Staes, Cornelis de Jong, Krzysztof Lisek, Ulrike Lunacek, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Dan Jørgensen, Mário David, Lara Comi

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;

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Amendment 123 Edward McMillan-Scott, Lara Comi, Mário David, Dan Jørgensen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Esther de Lange, Oldřich Vlasák, Judith A. Merkies, Diane Dodds, Bart Staes, Cornelis de Jong, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Ulrike Lunacek, Krzysztof Lisek

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5b. Asks the Administration to procure that EMAS or suitable external consultants provide an analysis of the environmental aspects if the parliament held all its plenary sessions in Brussels;

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Amendment 124 Edward McMillan-Scott, Oldřich Vlasák, Esther de Lange, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Mário David, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Ulrike Lunacek, Krzysztof Lisek, Diane Dodds, Judith A. Merkies, Cornelis de Jong, Bart Staes

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new)

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5c. Asks the Administration to procure that the parliament's Medical Service provide an analysis of the health effects of the monthly session in Strasbourg on Members, staff and assistants;

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