Version that will enter into force on 16 July 2024
TITLE II:LEGISLATIVE, BUDGETARY, DISCHARGE AND OTHER PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 3:ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
SECTION 2 - SECOND READING
Rule 68:Admissibility of amendments to the Council's position
1.The committee responsible, a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold may table amendments to the Council's position for consideration in Ϸվ.
2.An amendment to the Council’s position shall be admissible only if it complies with Rules 180 and 181 and seeks:
(a)to restore wholly or partly the position adopted by Ϸվ at its first reading; or
(b)to reach a compromise between the Council and Ϸվ; or
(c)to amend a part of the text of a Council position which was not included in - or differs in content from - the proposal submitted at first reading; or
(d)to take account of a new fact or legal situation which has arisen since the adoption of Ϸվ's position at first reading.
The President's discretion to declare an amendment admissible or inadmissible may not be questioned.
3.If new elections have taken place since the first reading, but Rule 61 has not been invoked, the President may decide to waive the restrictions on admissibility laid down in paragraph 2.