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European Parliament/Council/European Commission/Court of Justice/European Central Bank/European Court of Auditors/European Economic and Social Committee/European Committee of the Regions Agreement: establishing an Interinstitutional Body for Ethical Standards for Members of Institutions and advisory bodies

2024/2008(ACI)·9th term·AFCO·ACI - Interinstitutional agreement procedure·CompletedProcedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

Subjects: Institutions of the Union · Interinstitutional relations, subsidiarity, proportionality, comitology

Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): FREUND Daniel (Greens/EFA)

Summary

This interinstitutional-agreement file concerns establishing an Interinstitutional Body for Ethical Standards for Members of EU institutions and advisory bodies. Amendments split between welcoming and rejecting the Agreement, debating the legal basis in the Treaties, the term 'ethics' versus 'standards in public office', the body's lack of own-initiative investigation and sanction powers, the role of independent experts, the Council's partial participation, and the 'Qatargate' incident.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
10 Apr 2024
Plenary vote — Adopted
25 Apr 2024 · On the proposed decision — the text as a whole
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

Amendments

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Members

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Committee(s)

10 Apr 2024

Dates

Plenary votes

13 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

Show the 10 earlier votes
1. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 1 — text to be inserted after paragraph 1
  Official label: Après le § 1 - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
  137 for389 against13 abstentions166 did not vote
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2. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 2 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2
  Official label: Après le § 2 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  116 for416 against5 abstentions168 did not vote
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3. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 3 — text to be inserted after paragraph 2
  Official label: Après le § 2 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  65 for457 against16 abstentions167 did not vote
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4. 25 Apr 2024Adopted
  On paragraph 3 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 3/2 · what was voted ↗
  302 for234 against5 abstentions164 did not vote
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5. 25 Apr 2024Adopted
  On paragraph 3 (part 3 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 3/3 · what was voted ↗
  302 for236 against3 abstentions164 did not vote
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6. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 4 — paragraph 7
  Official label: § 7 - Am 4 · what was voted ↗
  50 for480 against12 abstentions163 did not vote
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7. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 6 — paragraph 9
  Official label: § 9 - Am 6 · what was voted ↗
  107 for415 against18 abstentions165 did not vote
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8. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 5 — text to be inserted after paragraph 9
  Official label: Après le § 9 - Am 5 · what was voted ↗
  250 for279 against15 abstentions161 did not vote
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9. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 7 — paragraph 15
  Official label: § 15 - Am 7 · what was voted ↗
  105 for426 against10 abstentions164 did not vote
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10. 25 Apr 2024Rejected
  On amendment 84 — paragraph 16
  Official label: § 16 - Am 84 · what was voted ↗
  107 for422 against8 abstentions168 did not vote
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25 Apr 2024Rejected
On amendment 86 — paragraph 1 — article 1
Official label: Article 1, § 1 - Am 86= 117= · what was voted ↗
240 for295 against6 abstentions164 did not vote
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25 Apr 2024Rejected
On amendment 81 — paragraph 1 — point b — article 2
Official label: Article 2, § 1, après le point b - Am 81= 85= 119= · what was voted ↗
156 for377 against7 abstentions165 did not vote
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25 Apr 2024Main voteAdopted
On the proposed decision — the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de décision (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
301 for216 against23 abstentions165 did not vote
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