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Chamber of Deputies

Political system
Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Parliamentary mandate

Start and end of mandate

Start of the parliamentary mandate for newly elected members
At the first sitting of the chamber
Date of start of mandate for newly elected members
No information available
Start of the parliamentary mandate for appointed members
Not applicable
Date of start of mandate for appointed members
No information available
End of the parliamentary mandate
On the last day of the chamber’s term (including in the case of early dissolution)
Date of end of mandate
No information available

Speaker

Mode of designation of the Speaker
The Speaker is elected from among the members of parliament/chamber
Authority that designates the Speaker when the Speaker is designated from outside parliament.
Not applicable
Rank of the Speaker in the hierarchy of the State
Second
Speaker becomes interim Head of State in the event of the latter’s death or incapacity
No
Speaker's mandate continues between legislatures
No

Speaker terms

The term of the Speaker is different from the term of the house
No
Speaker's term
1 Years
Fixed election date for the Speaker, if any
No information available

Immunity and code of conduct

Parliament’s authorization is required for the detention or prosecution of members
Yes, except for flagrant delicto

Notes: see arts 68 and 69 of the constitution. the arrest of a member during the session requires, except in flagrante delicto cases, the prior authorization of the chamber. such authorization is not required to enforce sentences, even custodial sentences, handed down against a member.

There is a Code of conduct for members
No

Salaries and allowances

Members are paid salaries by parliament
Yes
(2020)
Basic salary, per year
99,784 EUR
(2022)
Basic salary, per year in PPP
118,790
(2022)
Basic allowances
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Basic allowance in PPP
102,784
Names of the basic allowances

Parliamentarians do not receive a salary, but they do receive a parliamentary allowance in the form of a fixed rate lump sum.

Attendance allowance
125 EUR
Attendance allowance in PPP
145
Periodicity of attendance allowance
Other

Notes: Attendance fees are paid for participation in plenary sessions and committee meetings, with a maximum of one attendance fee per half-day.

Members pay income tax on salaries
No information available
Members pay income tax on allowances
Yes
Members can have remunerated employment outside parliament
Yes
Members are required to declare income from other employment to parliament
No information available
Additional salaries and allowances provided for leadership positions
Yes

Facilities, services and allowances for constituency work

Personal staff to work directly for the parliamentarian
Yes
Office at parliament
Yes
Constituency office
No
Housing
No
Other cash or in-kind allowances for constituency work
No

Notes:

Deputies may be compensated for hiring employees until the occurrence of 340 index points (€ 6,496.56 - Nl 834.76), to be increased by ''one-twelfth as an end-of-year allowance," (2003 Electoral Law, Art. 126(9)). Several deputies (“pool of deputies”) can also jointly and engage one or more collaborators. In this case, the compensation to be reimbursed by the Chamber of Deputies to the "pool of deputies" is capped at the cumulative total of the amounts due to each deputy.

The President is the only member with an office on the premises of the Parliament. Other deputies have an office on the premises of their respective group (at the expense of Parliament).

Additional salaries and allowances for leadership positions
List of salaries and allowances for leadership positions
Salary Allowances
Speaker Yes
Committee Chair No

Notes:

Annual allowance:

Speaker: 157,182 euro (additional 5,732.26 per month)

President of political group: 134,252 euro (additional 3,821.50 per month)

Salary of the Speaker
157,182 EUR
Salary of the Speaker in PPP
182,770
Parliament determines the amount of salaries
No information available
Name of the institution outside parliament which determines the amount
No information available
Parliament determines the amount of allowances
Yes
Name of the body (or bodies) in parliament which determines the amount

The amount comes from the work of the competent parliamentary committee and then the bill containing the proposed amount submitted to a vote by the deputies in plenary session.

Name of the institution outside parliament which determines the amount
No information available
The parliamentary salary is determined in reference to another salary scale
No information available
Information on salaries and allowances on the parliamentary website
Year data was last reported

2020

Participation in the government

Members of the government must also be members of parliament
Other

Notes:

Article 54, Constitution:

1. The mandate of Deputy is incompatible:

1. with the functions of [a] member of the Government;

2. with those of [a] member of the Council of State;

3. with those of [a] magistrate of the Judicial Order;

4. with those of [a] member of the Court of Accounts;

5. with those of [a] district commissioners;

6. with those of [a] collector or accounting officer of the State;

7. with those of [a] military career in active service.

2. The functionaries who find themselves in a case of incompatibility have the right to choose between the mandate confided in them [or] their functions.

3. A Deputy who has been called to the functions of [a] member of the Government and who relinquishes these functions is reinstated of right as first substitute on the list on which he was elected. This will be the same for the substitute Deputy who, called to the function of [a]member of the Government, renounces the mandate of Deputy devolving to him in the duration of these functions.

In the event of a dispute between several [persons] having the right, reinstatement shall be made in order of votes obtained at the elections

Number of members of the parliament/chamber who are also members of the government
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Members for whom data is available
60
(2023)
Percentage of members of parliament/chamber who are also members of the government
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Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No