Rule 107 : Consideration under the associated committee procedure or the joint committee procedure

1.   If the basic legislative act was adopted by Parliament under the procedure provided for in Rule 54, the following additional provisions shall apply to the consideration of the delegated acts or draft implementing acts or measures:

-   the delegated act or draft implementing act or measure shall be forwarded to the committee responsible and to the associated committee;

-   the Chair of the committee responsible shall set a deadline by which the associated committee may draw up proposals on matters falling within its exclusive competence or within the joint competence of the two committees;

-   if the delegated act or draft implementing act or measure falls mainly within the exclusive competence of the associated committee, the committee responsible shall accept its proposals without a vote; if the committee responsible fails to respect this rule, the President may authorise the associated committee to table a motion for a resolution in plenary.

2.   If the basic legislative act was adopted by Parliament under the procedure provided for in Rule 55, the following additional provisions shall apply to the consideration of delegated acts and draft implementing acts or measures:

-   upon receipt of the delegated act or draft implementing act or measure, the President shall determine which committee is responsible or which committees are jointly responsible for it, in accordance with the criteria laid down in Rule 55 and with any agreements reached between the Chairs of the committees concerned;

-   if a delegated act or a draft implementing act or measure has been forwarded for consideration under the joint committee procedure, each committee may request that a joint meeting be convened to consider a motion for a resolution. If the Chairs of the committees concerned fail to reach agreement, the joint meeting shall be convened by the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs.