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 27 - Agenda ![See
Article 28.c.iii. of the Statute of the Council of
Europe.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
27.1. Any
matter within the competence of the Assembly may be placed on the
agenda. The Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee
shall be placed on the agenda. ![The report of the
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the initiation of
a complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers
and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation
by a member State of its statutory obligations shall also be placed
on the agenda.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![The report of the
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the initiation of
a complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers
and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation
by a member State of its statutory obligations shall also be placed
on the agenda.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
27.2. A
part-session may include a debate on general policy.
27.3. On
the basis of a list of reports already approved by committees but
not yet debated and of reports to be approved in time for the part-session,
the Bureau shall draw up a draft agenda for each part-session showing
at which sittings the items are to be considered. The draft agenda
shall be communicated to all members of the Assembly at least two
weeks before the opening of a part-session.
27.4. The
draft agenda may be brought up to date by the Bureau and, where
possible, shall also be submitted to the Standing Committee. It
shall be submitted to the Assembly for approval at the first sitting
of a part-session. If the Bureau gives a favourable opinion on a
request for a debate under urgent procedure or for a current affairs
debate, it shall propose to the Assembly the necessary re-organisation
of the draft agenda, principally where necessary by the withdrawal
of one or more items of equivalent length.
27.5. Adoption
of a motion to alter the draft agenda shall require a majority of
the votes cast.
Adoption
of any subsequent motions to alter the agenda shall require a two-thirds
majority.
![Only affirmative and negative votes
shall count in calculating the number of votes cast (Rule 40.4. .).](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
27.6. On any
motion covered by paragraph 5 above, only the following shall be
heard: the mover, one speaker against and a spokesperson of the
committee concerned.