European Parliament 2014 - 2019 Plenary sitting 16.6.2015 B8-0611/2015 PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENT’S RULES OF PROCEDURE pursuant to Rule 227 of the Rules of Procedure Amendment of Rules 17 and 204 (Application of the d’Hondt formula) Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Morten Messerschmidt RE\1065625EN.doc EN PE558.965v01-00 United in diversity EN B8-0611/2015 Amendment of Rules 17 and 204 (Application of the d’Hondt formula) Amendment 1 Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament. Article 17(1) Present text Amendment Article 17 Article 17 Election of Vice-Presidents Election of Vice-Presidents 1. The Vice-Presidents shall then be elected on a single ballot paper. Those who on the first ballot, up to the number of 14, secure an absolute majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected in order of the number of votes obtained. If the number of candidates elected is less than the number of seats to be filled, a second ballot shall be held under the same conditions to fill the remaining seats. If a third ballot should prove necessary, candidates are elected by relative majority for the seats still to be filled. In the event of a tie, the oldest candidates are declared elected. 1. The Vice-Presidents shall then be elected on a single ballot paper. The seats to be filled shall be allocated among the political groups by applying the d’Hondt formula. Those who on the first ballot, up to the number of 14, secure an absolute majority of the votes cast shall be declared elected in order of the number of votes obtained. If the number of candidates elected is less than the number of seats to be filled, a second ballot shall be held under the same conditions to fill the remaining seats. If a third ballot should prove necessary, candidates are elected by relative majority for the seats still to be filled. In the event of a tie, the oldest candidates are declared elected. Or. fr Amendment 2 Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament. Article 204(1) Present text Committee bureaux Committee bureaux 1. At the first committee meeting after the election of committee members pursuant to Rule 199, the committee shall elect a bureau consisting of a chair and of vice- 1. At the first committee meeting after the election of committee members pursuant to Rule 199, the committee shall elect a bureau consisting of a chair and of vice- PE558.965v01-00 EN Amendment 2/3 RE\1065625EN.doc chairs who shall be elected in separate ballots. The number of vice-chairs is determined by Parliament on a proposal of the Conference of Presidents. chairs who shall be elected in separate ballots. The number of vice-chairs is determined by Parliament on a proposal of the Conference of Presidents. That number of seats shall then be allocated among the political groups by applying the d’Hondt formula. Or. fr Justification La répartition des fonctions au sein de l'institution parlementaire européenne est normalement réalisée selon la formule d'Hondt, qui garantit la juste représentation de l'ensemble des groupes politiques constitués. Jusqu'ici objet d'un Gentlemen Agreement entre les groupes, l'application de la formule d'Hondt ne peut pas, sans violer le principe démocratique, être décidée à géométrie variable: aucun groupe parlementaire régulièrement constitué ne saurait en être exclu. Il est donc proposé de régulariser et systématiser le recours au système d'Hondt pour la désignation des vice-présidents du Parlement, des bureaux des commissions et des délégations. RE\1065625EN.doc 3/3 PE558.965v01-00 EN