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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)) AM\942753EN.doc PE514.747v02-00 EN United in diversityEN AM_Com_NonLegReport 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, Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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), Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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. Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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, Or. fr 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, Or. en 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; PE514.747v02-00 8/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Or. en 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; PE514.747v02-00 10/59 AM\942753EN.doc EN Or. en 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; Or. de Amendment 20 Sylvie Guillaume, Catherine Trautmann Motion for a resolution Recital A Motion for a resolution Amendment A.