private Member's bill [ private Member's public bill ]

Senate bill [ bill originating in the Senate ]

government bill

[28] This draft law has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies but is still before the Senate.

Furthermore, the reports by the deputy and senator who acted as rapporteurs on the draft law before the National Assembly and the Senate respectively had stressed the positive effect of restructuring EDF's balance sheet on the debt-equity ratios: the first report had judged the equity (FRF 24,2 billion) to be insufficient in relation to the loan debts (FRF 131,9 billion) and the net assets (FRF 696,4 million); the strengthening of own funds had given EDF a balance-sheet structure that better reflected its economic reality, while enabling more relevant comparisons with its European competitors; the second report, moreover, had stressed ...[+++]the positive effect for EDF of greater credibility among the financial community and with its potential partners.

[28] This draft law has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies but is still before the Senate.

9. Considers that use of the individual members' bills procedure to implement the constitution (through cardinal laws) does not constitute a transparent, accountable and democratic legislative process, as it lacks the guarantees of ensuring meaningful social debate and consultation, and that it could run counter to Fundamental Law itself, which makes it an obligation for the government (and not individual members) to submit to the parliament the bills necessary for the implementation of the Fundamental Law;