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 41 - Majorities required
41.1. The following majorities
are
required:
![See the
Statute of the Council of Europe, Article 29.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
41.1.a. for
the adoption of a draft recommendation or a draft opinion to the
Committee of Ministers, for the adoption of urgent procedure, for
an alteration to the agenda, for the setting up of a committee,
for the fixing of the date for the opening or resumption of ordinary
sessions and a decision to dismiss the holder of an elective office,
a majority of two thirds of the votes cast. ![Only
affirmative and negative votes shall count in calculating the number
of votes cast (Rule 40.4. ).
See also for a two-thirds majority Rules 17.7. , 27.5. , 33.2. , 51.4. and 52.6. .](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![Only
affirmative and negative votes shall count in calculating the number
of votes cast (Rule 40.4. ).
See also for a two-thirds majority Rules 17.7. , 27.5. , 33.2. , 51.4. and 52.6. .](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
41.1.b. for
the adoption of a draft recommendation 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, a majority of two thirds of the votes
cast and a number of votes in favour equivalent to at least one third
of the total number of members of the Assembly authorised to vote;
41.1.c. in
respect of appointments, an absolute majority of the votes cast
at
the first ballot and a relative majority at the second ballot
;
in the event of a tie-vote between candidates in the second ballot,
successive ballots shall be held until one candidate obtains a relative
majority; ![When only one candidature is submitted
to the Assembly, members are invited to indicate their choice by
‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the ballot paper mentioning the name of the candidate.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![Only those ballot papers bearing the names of persons who
have been duly entered as candidates shall be taken into account for
the purpose of calculating the number of votes cast (Rule 40.11. ).](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![See “Regulations relating to the appointment of the Secretary
General, Deputy Secretary General and Secretary General of the Assembly
having the rank of Deputy Secretary General”,
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and following below, Article 22 of the European
Convention of Human Rights,
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below,
Article 9 of Resolution (99) 50 of the Committee of Ministers on
the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights,
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below and the provisions
relating to the election procedure in the Assembly,
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below.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![When only one candidature is submitted
to the Assembly, members are invited to indicate their choice by
‘yes’ or ‘no’ on the ballot paper mentioning the name of the candidate.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
41.1.d. for the
adoption of a draft resolution and for any other decision, a majority
of the votes cast
in
the case of a tie the question being rejected.
![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)