At its meeting of 19 and 20 March 2007, the JURI Committee, to which the matter had been referred under Rule 4(5), had concluded that the assignment was compatible with the letter and spirit of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and that as a result it was not incompatible with the office of Member of the European Parliament.
Juridiskā komiteja, izskatot šo jautājumu saskaņā ar Reglamenta 4. panta 5. punktu, 2007. gada 19. un 20. marta sanāksmē ir secinājusi, ka šis uzdevums ir savienojams ar Akta par Eiropas Parlamenta deputātu ievēlēšanu tiešās vispārējās vēlēšanās burtu un garu un līdz ar to