EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 156(1): electronic signature of amendments, interpretation

The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning a pilot project allowing amendments tabled in committee to be signed electronically (interpretation of the second subparagraph of Rule 156(1) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure).

Parliament decides to append the following interpretation to the second subparagraph of Rule 156(1):

"Amendments may be signed electronically as part of a pilot project involving a limited number of parliamentary committees, on condition, first, that the committees participating in the project have given their agreement and, second, that appropriate measures have been put in place to ensure the authenticity of the signatures".