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.

Rules of Procedure of the Assembly

Parts: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII.

Complementary texts

Parts: I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII.

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      ii. - Distribution of non-official documents

      (Rules adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 6 December 1976 See Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee, Doc. 3917, paragraph 24, of which the Assembly took note on 24 January 1977.)
      1. Non-official documents are all papers not emanating from a Council of Europe body or authority acting as such Documents under the reference “AS/Inf”, containing texts of various kinds (press releases, articles, treaties or international agreements, etc.) which may be of interest to members of the Assembly, are issued on the responsibility of the Secretary General of the Assembly and are distributed and available in the same way as official Assembly documents., or from an outside body approached for the purpose by such a body or authority.
      2. They include, in particular, documents presented by members of the Assembly in a personal capacity, unsolicited material from non-member governments or other state authorities, non-governmental organisations, press articles, etc.
      3. Such documents must not be presented or reproduced on “Council of Europe – Parliamentary Assembly” headed paper.
      4. Secretariat departments working for the Assembly, whether in the Secretariat of the Assembly or in General Services, must not arrange for the distribution of non-official documents.
      5. The President of the Assembly may, however, if he sees fit, and where appropriate after consultation with members of the Bureau and/or Chairmen of the political groups, national delegations and Committees concerned, authorise distribution of a stock of non-official documents with which he has been supplied, to the individual pigeon-holes of representatives and substitutes. He may also ask the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to authorise technical services to assist in reproducing such documents. Authority may be delegated in this matter to the Secretary General of the Assembly.
      6. Furthermore, where such documents are sent to members of the Assembly by name, they shall be passed to the Distribution Service for placing in the individual pigeon-holes.