Doc. 9860

9 July 2003

Reference date for determining the budgetary allocation to the Assembly’s political groups and the allocation of Committee chairmanships, of seats on the Monitoring Committee and of speaking time in debates

Motion for a resolution

presented by Mr Eörsi and others

1.       The Parliamentary Assembly notes that currently the reference date for establishing the number of members of the Parliamentary Assembly’s political groups necessary for the final apportionment of their annual budgetary allocation is 31 March 1995 and revised on 29 June 2001.

2.       The allocation of chairmanships of the Assembly’s general committees and of the seats on the Monitoring Committee and speaking time in debates is also based on the membership of the political groups as on 31 March of the previous year (Bureau decision of 29 June 2001).

3.       The Assembly considers that for the sake of more transparency this reference date should be explicitly referred to in its Rules of Procedure. Furthermore, the Assembly considers that it should be changed from 31 March to 30 June. This date would be closer to the opening of the Assembly’s first part-session in the next calendar year and would therefore better reflect the real strength of the political groups.

4.       Consequently, the Assembly decides to add after Rule 17.5 of its Rules of Procedure the following new paragraph:

      “17.6 For each ordinary session the date of 30 June of the previous year will serve as a reference to fix the number of members of each political group necessary for calculating their budgetary allocation, the allocation of committee chairmanships and of the seats on the Monitoring Committee and speaking time in debates.”Sign

Signed (see overleaf)

Signed ¹:

Eörsi, Hungary, LDR

André, France, EPP/CD

Bargholtz, Sweden, LDR

Bērzinš, Latvia, LDR

Béreš, Slovakia, LDR

Čekuolis, Lithuania, LDR

Clerfayt, Belgium, LDR

Dimić, Serbia and Montenegro, NR

Goris, Belgium, LDR

Goulet, France, LDR

Hadžiahmetović, Bosnia and Herzegovina, LDR

Huseynov R, Azerbaijan, LDR

Ivanov S, Estonia, LDR

Jurić, Croatia, LDR

Kaikkonen, Finland, LDR

Loutfi, Bulgaria, LDR

Milotinova, Bulgaria, NR

Pavlov, Bulgaria, LDR

Pehrson, Sweden, LDR

Škrabalo, Croatia, LDR

Stankevič, Lithuania, LDR

Surján, Hungary, EPP/CD

Toshev, Bulgaria, EPP/CD

Van Winsen, Netherlands, EPP/CD

Velikov, Bulgaria, LDR

¹        SOC: Socialist Group

      EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party

      EDG: European Democratic Group

      LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group

      UEL: Group of the Unified European Left

      NR: not registered in a group