European Parliament decision of 16 April 2013 concerning circumstances in which there is a tied vote on intervention in legal proceedings (interpretation of Rule 159(3))

5.2.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 45/100 ---|---|---|--- * * * P7_TA(2013)0121 Tied vote on intervention in legal proceedings (interpretation of Rule 159(3)) European Parliament decision of 16 April 2013 concerning circumstances in which there is a tied vote on intervention in legal proceedings (interpretation of Rule 159(3)) (2016/C 045/19) The European Parliament, — | having regard to the letter of 20 March 2013 from the Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, ---|--- — | having regard to Rule 211 of its Rules of Procedure, ---|--- | 1. | Decides to append the following interpretation to Rule 159(3): ‘Rule 159(3) is to be interpreted as meaning that, where there is a tied vote on a draft recommendation under Rule 128(4) not to intervene in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, such a tie does not signify the adoption of a recommendation that Parliament should intervene in those proceedings. In such a case, the committee responsible is to be deemed not to have expressed any recommendation.’; ---|---|--- | 2. | Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information. ---|---|--- * * *