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Article 212
 

Mandate ofmembers of the European Parliament


1. Members of the European Parliament shall discharge their mandate on a full-time basis in the same conditions as those laid down in this Act for members of the Congress of Deputies and for senators.


2. By virtue of the foregoing subsection Sections 157 and 158 of this Act also apply to members of the European Parliament. These may not therefore receive out of the State, regional or local budgetary appropriations any remuneration other than that to which they are entitled in their capacity as members of said Parliament. 


3. Members of the European Parliament may not sit in collective executive bodies or board of directors of any organization, public entity or firm with a direct or indirect majority stake of public bodies.


 SECT. 212 AS AMENDED BY SECT. 69 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 8/1991, OF MARCH 13