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 37 - Procedural motions
37.1. A
member shall have a prior right to speak if he or she asks leave:
37.1.a. to
move a dilatory motion; ![The effect of adopting a
dilatory motion is to defer the debate until such time as one or
more conditions relating to the text under discussion are fulfilled.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![The effect of adopting a
dilatory motion is to defer the debate until such time as one or
more conditions relating to the text under discussion are fulfilled.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
37.1.b. to move
the adjournment of the Assembly
or of a
debate
;
![The effect of adjourning
the Assembly is to close the sitting.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![The effect of adjourning the debate is to
bring up the next item on the agenda for immediate discussion.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
37.1.c. to
move the closure of a debate
;
![The effect of closure
of a debate is to halt discussion, and where possible to have the
text or texts before the Assembly voted on immediately.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
37.1.d. to
move reference of the report back to committee either during the
opening sitting when the draft agenda is adopted, or when the report
is debated anytime before the vote on the whole of any draft text
begins.
None of these procedural motions may
be moved more than once during a debate.
The procedural motions mentioned in
paragraphs a. to c. shall be in order
only if notice has been given in writing to the President before
the end of the previous sitting. If these motions and also the reference
of a report back to committee mentioned in paragraph d. are moved
in the course of the first sitting of a part-session, such notice
must be given two hours before the start of the sitting.
37.2. The above
matters shall take precedence over the main question, the proceedings
on which shall be suspended while they are being considered.
37.3. In
debate on the above matters the following only shall be heard: the
mover of the motion, one speaker against the motion, and the rapporteur
or the chairperson of the committee concerned. ![For
the speaking time, see
{P: EN_CEGBFBIC}
.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![For
the speaking time, see
{P: EN_CEGBFBIC}
.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)