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 49 - Sub-committees
49.1. Except as otherwise provided
in this Rule, procedure in sub-committee shall follow that in committee.
49.2. A
committee may appoint standing or ad hoc sub-committees,
whose exact composition and competence it shall determine at the
time of appointment. National delegations and political parties
or groups shall be fairly represented.
49.3. A committee
of 81 seats may not appoint more than three standing sub-committees, and
a committee of 32 or 20 seats may not appoint more than two, unless
authorised by the Bureau of the Assembly with a two-thirds majority. ![This provision does not apply to the Monitoring Committee.
See Resolution 1115 (1997) which however authorises the Committee
to set up sub-committees on the monitoring of specific obligations
and commitments of member states or groups of member states. The
Bureau also authorised a derogation from the rule limiting the number
of sub-committees regarding the Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize
for the committee concerned.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![This provision does not apply to the Monitoring Committee.
See Resolution 1115 (1997) which however authorises the Committee
to set up sub-committees on the monitoring of specific obligations
and commitments of member states or groups of member states. The
Bureau also authorised a derogation from the rule limiting the number
of sub-committees regarding the Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize
for the committee concerned.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
49.4. An ad
hoc sub-committee shall cease to exist once the committee
has considered its report.
49.5. A standing
or ad hoc sub-committee not re-appointed during the
first part of an ordinary session shall cease to exist.
49.6. The
number of members of a sub-committee may not exceed one third
of
the full membership of the committee. An alternate from the same
national delegation may be appointed for each full member. In addition,
the chairperson of the committee shall ex officio be
a full member of any of its sub-committees. No member of the committee
may be a member of more than two of its sub-committees. ![The Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities held (AS/Pro
(2001) 7) that the term “member” included full members and alternates
of sub-committees. The Bureau authorised a derogation from the rule
which forbid multiple memberships of sub-committees regarding the
Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize for members of the committee concerned.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![At its meeting on 25 November 1991, the Standing Committee
specified that “if it is impossible to divide the number of members
of a committee by three, the third of the full membership shall
be calculated on the basis of the next higher multiple of three”
(see Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee, Doc. 6543).](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
![The Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities held (AS/Pro
(2001) 7) that the term “member” included full members and alternates
of sub-committees. The Bureau authorised a derogation from the rule
which forbid multiple memberships of sub-committees regarding the
Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize for members of the committee concerned.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
49.7. The
Bureau of a sub-committee shall include the chairperson and the
vice-chairperson. Elections shall be held in accordance with the
procedures laid down in paragraphs 2, 4 to 6 of Rule 46
while
taking into account the principle of gender equality. Full members
of the sub-committee who have been members of the sub-committee
for at least one year
may be candidates for
the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson of the sub-committee.
A single candidate put forward for any office shall be declared
elected without a vote. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson
of a sub-committee may be re-elected for one further term, consecutive
or not. On expiry of a period of four years, they may be again elected
for two new consecutive or non-consecutive terms. A chairperson
or vice-chairperson of a sub-committee elected in the course of
a session for an incomplete term to replace the chairperson or the
vice-chairperson previously elected during the session may be re-elected
for two further terms.
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![This provision does not apply
to new sub-committees.](http://assembly.coe.int/nw/images/icon_FootnoteCall.png)
49.8. A
sub-committee shall inform the appointing committee of its work,
which shall approve its decisions.