#32026D02979European Parliament access rules updated to let MEP trainees escort visitors
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This decision lets trainees working for Members of the European Parliament meet and accompany pre-registered visitors invited by those Members. Until now, that role was limited to the Member or the Member’s assistant. The change mainly affects MEP offices and invited visitors. It gives offices more flexibility in handling guest arrivals and supervision inside Parliament buildings, while keeping the rule that visitors must be accompanied at all times.
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Key Changes
- MEP trainees may now meet invited visitors at Parliament entrances
- MEP trainees may accompany those visitors during their full stay on Parliament premises
- The requirement for invited visitors to be accompanied at all times remains in place
Obligations
What this law requires
Visitors invited by a Member of the European Parliament who fall under Article 2 paragraphs 4 and 5 of the access rules must be met at one of Parliament’s entrances by the inviting Member, that Member’s assistant, or that Member’s trainee.
Visitors invited by a Member of the European Parliament who fall under Article 2 paragraphs 4 and 5 of the access rules must be permanently accompanied during the entire time they spend on Parliament’s premises by the inviting Member, that Member’s assistant, or that Member’s trainee.