Arapporteur is the author of areport. The term is a French loanword, derived fromrapport (report) and cognate withreporter.

A rapporteur is a person appointed by a government or international organization to investigate or monitor specific topics or concerns, and to report on them.

For example,Dick Marty was appointedrapporteur by theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to investigateextraordinary rendition by theCIA.

In French-speaking legislatures, the term is used for the manager of abill. The term is used in English in theEuropean Parliament (EP).

Therapporteur is a participant in the process leading to the adoption ofEU legislation in the EP:^[1] it is amember (MEP) responsible for managing a legislative proposal, both procedurally and with regard to its substance, on behalf of theEuropean Commission, theCouncil of the European Union or the EP.^[2] Therapporteur is appointed from amongst its members by thecommittee charged with reviewing and amending the legislative recommendation on behalf of the full parliament, and is in charge of:^[3]

• analyzing the proposal and, based on this, draft an EP Own-initiative Report;
• leading discussion within the relevant committee;
• consulting with third party specialists and parties affected;
• recommending the political line to be followed;
• presenting the report to the EP plenary;
• leading negotiations with European Commission or Council of the European Union, where needed.

Political groups within the committee may appoint a shadowrapporteur to represent their views.^[4]

• Judge Rapporteur – Judge acting as rapporteur for the case
• Rapporteur Judge – Judicial assistants in the highest court

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