Omnibus bill with prior actions submitted to parliament

Gazzetta team 14 Ιουλίου 2015 - 19:43

The omnibus draft bill which includes the prior actions agreed upon in the last summit meeting in Brussels was tabled in parliament on Tuesday and will be voted with a fast track procedure.

The bill includes two articles: The first one is the statement of the summit meeting in Brussels and the second has a list of prior actions that concern taxation and social security measures.

According to the article 109 of the parliament’s regulation, “draft bills which are tabled by the government through a fast track procedure under the article 76 par. 4 of the Constitution, are immediately referred to the appropriate Parliamentary Committee” and “the Parliament President sets an appropriate deadline for the submission of the commission’s report, according to article 89 par. 4.”

If the committee accepts the fast track procedure, it examines the bill and immediately submits its report and it is placed as a priority on the daily agenda. Debate in parliament is concluded in one session which may last for a maximum of 10 hours.