Modification of the procedure for adoption of Council of Europe conventions
Doc. 7825
2 May 1997
Motion for a Recommendation
presented by Mr SCHWIMMER and others
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it
1. In its Recommendation 1212 (1993) on the adoption of a revised Statute of the Council of Europe, the Assembly asked the Committee of Ministers to submit to it all draft conventions, agreements and protocols for assent prior to adoption. The Committee of Ministers has not yet taken a decision on this specific request.
2. Recommendation 1212 (1993) was one of the initiatives taken by the Assembly with a view to preparation of the first Council of Europe Summit.
3. Now that the second Summit is approaching, the time has come to reactivate this proposal. A co-decision procedure should be introduced for the adoption of conventions, agreements and protocols. Conventions would be opened for signature only when they had been approved by the Committee of Ministers and the Assembly.
4. This is why the Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers should undertake to adopt no further conventions, agreements or protocols without first submitting them to the Parliamentary Assembly for opinion. Obviously, a procedure for implementation of this co-decision process will have to be agreed between the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers.
Signed: [1]
Schwimmer, Austria, EPP
Berg, Norway, EDG
Johnston, United Kingdom, LDR
Laakso, Finland, UEL
Schieder, Austria, SOC
Adamiak, Poland, EPP
Antretter, Germany, SOC
Ayr�m, Turkey, EPP
Bartodziej, Poland, EPP
Belyaev, Russia, EPP
Billing Sweden, EDG
Briane, France, EPP
Bribosia-Picard, Belgium, EPP
Brunhart, Liechtenstein, EPP
B�hler, Germany, EPP
Busic, Croatia, EPP
de Puig, Spain, SOC
Demetriou, Cyprus, EPP
Domljan, Croatia, EPP
Eyskens, Belgium, EPP
Figel, Slovakia, EPP
Fleetwood, Sweden, EDG
Gabrielescu, Romania, EPP
Gatterer, Austria, EPP
Gusenbauer, Austria, SOC
Hag�rd, Sweden, EDG
Iwinski, Poland, SOC
Janecek, Czech Republic, EPP
Jelenkovic, Croatia, EPP
Kandare, Croatia, EPP
Karamitro, Albania, EPP
Katseli, Greece, SOC
Kelam, Estonia, EPP
Khukhunaishvili, Georgia, NI
Kiratlioglu, Turkey, EPP
Kostytsky, Ukraine, EPP
Kriedner, Germany, EPP
Kukk, Estonia, EPP
Kusnere, Latvia, EPP
Kuznetsov, Russia, EPP
Laternser, Liechtenstein, EPP
L�pez Henares, Spain , EPP
Luk�s, Czech Republic, EPP
Malachowski, Poland, SOC
Meier, Liechtenstein, EPP
Minarolli, Albania, EPP
Mota Amaral, Portugal, EPP
Mozetic, Slovenia, EPP
Mozgan, Slovenia, EPP
Penz, Austria, EPP
Pollo, Albania, EPP
Pulgar, Spain, EPP
Ram�r�z P�ry, Spain , EPP
Raskinis, Lithuania, EPP
Roseta, Portugal, EPP
Rug�te, Latvia, EPP
Seitlinger, France, EPP
Sharapov, Russia, EPP
Spahia, Albania, EPP
Terborg, Germany, SOC
Theis, Luxembourg, EPP
Valleix, France, EDG
Van der Linden, Netherlands, EPP
Vrettos, Greece, SOC
Weyts, Belgium, EPP
Wohlwend, Liechtenstein, EPP
Zissi, Greece, SOC
[1] SOC: Socialist Group
EPP: 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