Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies

Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies

Regulations of the Chamber of Deputies

( *) Republished on the grounds of art. II of the Decision of the Chamber of Deputies no. 59/2021 on amending and supplementing the Regulations of the Chamber of Deputies, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 639 of June 29, 2021, giving the texts a new numbering.

CHAPTER I - Organization of the Chamber of Deputies

SECTION I - Establishment of the Chamber of Deputies

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SECTION 2 - Parliamentary groups

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SECTION 3 - Election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies and of the other members of the Standing Bureau

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SECTION 4 - Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies and the Committee of Leaders of Parliamentary Groups

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SECTION 5 - committees of the Chamber of Deputies

- 1. Common provisions

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- 2. Standing committees of the Chamber of Deputies

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- 3. Special committees of the Chamber of Deputies

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- 4. Investigation committees of the Chamber of Deputies

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- 5. Mediation committees *)

*) According to art. 155 para. (1) of the Constitution of Romania, republished, the mediation procedure refers only to draft laws and legislative proposals under legislation, registered before the adoption of the Law on the revision of the Constitution of Romania, remaining applicable to constitutional laws.

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CHAPTER II - Carrying out the work of the Chamber of Deputies

SECTION 1 - Sessions and acts of the Chamber of Deputies

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SECTION 2 - List of draft laws and legislative proposals subject to debate and adoption by the Chamber of Deputies, agenda and work program of the Chamber of Deputies

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SECTION 3 - Legislative procedure

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SECTION 4 - Respect for the principle of bicameralism

SECTION 5 - Emergency procedure

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SECTION 6 - Voting procedure

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SECTION 7 - Cases of unconstitutionality and requests for re-examination formulated by the President of Romania

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SECTION 8 - Conduct of the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies

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SECTION 9 - The procedure regarding the request for criminal investigation of the members or former members of the Government who are deputies

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CHAPTER III - Parliamentary control over the decision-making process at the level of the European Union

SECTION I - Common provisions

SECTION 2 - Procedure for examining draft legislative acts and draft non-legislative acts of the European Union

- A. General dispositions

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- B. Selection of draft legislative acts and of draft non-legislative acts of the European Union

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- C. Examination of draft legislative acts and of draft non-legislative acts of the European Union

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SECTION 3 - Reconciliation of the provisions with divergent content from the decisions of the two Chambers

SECTION 4 - Exchange of information and documents between the Chamber of Deputies and the Government of Romania

SECTION 5 - Verification of the fulfilment of the Government's obligations

SECTION 6 - Bringing an action before the Court of Justice of the European Union

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CHAPTER IV - Motions, questions, interpellations, informing deputies, petitions and political statements

1. - Motions

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2. - Questions

- a) Common provisions

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- b) Oral questions

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- c) Written questions

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3. - Parliamentary Questions

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4. - Government time

5. - Prime Minister's hour

6. - Informing the Chamber of Deputies and the deputies

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7. - Petitions

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8. - Political statements and interventions

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CHAPTER V - Statute of the deputy

SECTION I - Parliamentary immunity

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SECTION 2 - Incompatibilities, conflicts of interest and prohibitions

- A. Incompatibility

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- B. Conflict of interest

- C. Interdictions

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SECTION 3 - Exercising the mandate of deputy

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SECTION 4 - Absence and annual leaves

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SECTION 5 - Sanctions

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CHAPTER VI - Services of the Chamber of Deputies

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CHAPTER VII - Final provisions

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