Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (January 2023)
(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure* ![* Resolutions 1220 (2000),
1234 (2000), 1235 (2000), 1266 (2001), 1275 (2002), 1284 (2002),
1296 (2002), 1325 (2003), 1343 (2003), 1348 (2003), 1356 (2003),
1368 (2004), 1369 (2004), 1379 (2004), 1395 (2004), 1431 (2005),
1432 (2005), 1445 (2005), 1447 (2005), 1448 (2005), 1490 (2006),
1491 (2006), 1503 (2006), 1504 (2006), 1515 (2006), 1529 (2006),
1554 (2007), 1583 (2007), 1584 (2007), 1585 (2007), 1658 (2009),
1698 (2009), 1699 (2009), 1712 (2010), 1780 (2010), 1799 (2011),
1841 (2011), 1842 (2011), 1854 (2011), 1903 (2012), 1911 (2012),
1937 (2013), 1965 (2013), 2002 (2014), 2058 (2015), 2102 (2016),
2169 (2017), 2182 (2017), 2208 (2018), 2278 (2019), 2287 (2019),
2349 (2020), 2350 (2020), 2360 (2021), 2392 (2021), 2405 (2021)<br><br>Wherever used herein, the masculine form refers to both women and men, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The words "President", "Vice-President", "Secretary General", "Representative", "Substitute", "chairperson", etc. refer to persons of both sexes.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
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Rule 11 - Duration
of term of office of representatives and substitutes ![See
the Statute of the Council of Europe, Article 25.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
11.1. The
term of office of representatives and substitutes shall begin when
their credentials are ratified. ![See also Rule10 above.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![See also Rule10 above.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
11.2. Subject to the provisions
of paragraphs 3 and 4, the term of office of representatives and
substitutes shall expire at the opening of the next ordinary session.
11.3. Following
parliamentary elections, the national parliament concerned or other
competent authority shall make appointments to the Assembly within
six months of the election. If the national parliament cannot make
all such appointments in time for the opening of a new ordinary
session of the Assembly, it may decide, for a period of not more
than six months after the election, to be represented in the Assembly
by members of the existing delegation. The credentials of the existing
delegation shall expire at the opening of the first sitting of the
Assembly or meeting of the Standing Committee following the appointment
of the new delegation by the national parliament or competent authority
or following the expiry of the six months’ period after the election
date.
11.4. If
a seat becomes vacant through death or resignation, it may be provisionally
filled in the Assembly by a substitute, and in a committee by another
representative or substitute, of the same nationality, pending a
new appointment by the national delegation concerned. ![Concerning
deprivation of the status of Member of the Assembly, the final decision
rests with the Assembly in accordance with Article 25.b. of the
Statute. See also the decision of the Bureau of 7 November 1997,
approved by the Assembly on 26 January 1998 (Progress Report, Doc. 7978).](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![Concerning
deprivation of the status of Member of the Assembly, the final decision
rests with the Assembly in accordance with Article 25.b. of the
Statute. See also the decision of the Bureau of 7 November 1997,
approved by the Assembly on 26 January 1998 (Progress Report, Doc. 7978).](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)