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 42 - Quorum
42.1. The Assembly
may deliberate, decide upon procedural motions, and agree to adjourn, whatever
the number of representatives present.
42.2. All votes
other than votes by roll call shall be valid whatever the number
of members voting, unless, before the voting has begun
, the President has been requested
to ascertain whether there is a quorum. At least one sixth of the
representatives authorised to vote
,
belonging to at least five national delegations, have to vote in
favour of the request. To ascertain whether there is a quorum, the
President, before proceeding to a vote on the subject matter that prompted
the request, invites representatives to mark their presence in the
Chamber using the electronic voting system.
![A
quorum request made for a draft text must be made before the start
of the vote on amendments or on the whole of the draft text if there
are no amendments.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![See footnote
to Rule 40.6. .](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
42.3. The quorum
is one third of the number of representatives of the Assembly authorised to
vote. ![The number of representatives of the Assembly
authorised to vote shall correspond to the number of seats allocated
to each of the member states under Article 26 of the Statute of
the Council of Europe, and to which appointments were made in accordance
with Article 25 of the Statute and Rules 6 to 11 of
the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, excluding representatives who
have been deprived of their voting rights in the Assembly or whose
voting rights have been suspended under Rule 10 . If the number of representatives authorised
to vote is not divisible by three, the number obtained as a result
of the division is rounded down.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![The number of representatives of the Assembly
authorised to vote shall correspond to the number of seats allocated
to each of the member states under Article 26 of the Statute of
the Council of Europe, and to which appointments were made in accordance
with Article 25 of the Statute and Rules 6 to 11 of
the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure, excluding representatives who
have been deprived of their voting rights in the Assembly or whose
voting rights have been suspended under Rule 10 . If the number of representatives authorised
to vote is not divisible by three, the number obtained as a result
of the division is rounded down.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
42.4. A vote by
roll call shall not be valid, nor the result made public, unless
one third of the representatives authorised to vote
took
part. The President may decide to ascertain whether there is a quorum,
using the procedure of Rule 42.2.
,
before proceeding to a vote by roll call.
![See
footnote to Rule 42.3. .](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/insert-cross-reference-16.png)
42.5. In the
absence of a quorum, the vote shall be postponed until the next
sitting or, on a motion from the Chair, until a subsequent sitting.
The Assembly proceeds
to the next item on the agenda.
![If the Assembly is unable to vote on an item of business
on the last sitting of a part-session, the vote is postponed until
the next part-session.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)