Under Rule 4(1), Parliament had established the vacancy of their seats as from those dates, and had informed the Member States concerned.
Saskaņā ar Reglamenta 4. panta 1. punktu Parlaments paziņoja, ka, sākot ar minētajiem datumiem, šo deputātu vietas ir atbrīvojušās, un par to informēja attiecīgo dalībvalsti.