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Article 37 of the Provisional Rules of Procedure – Committees

Resolution 11 (1949)

Author(s):
Parliamentary Assembly
Origin
(Doc. 2 h)

At the beginning of each ordinary Session the Assembly shall establish the following general Committees :

  • The Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges,
  • The Committee on General Affairs,
  • The Committee on Economic Questions,
  • The Committee on Social Questions,
  • The Committee on Cultural and Scientific Questions,
  • The Committee on Legal and Administrative Questions.

The Assembly may also decide to set up special Committees for specific purposes.

The number of Members for each Committee shall be 23 for the Committees on General Affairs, Economic Questions and Legal and Administrative Questions, and 18 for the other Committees.

Any two or more Committees may hold joint meetings for the examination of subjects coming within their respective competence.

A Committee may set up Sub-Committees composed of its own Members.

In the three Committees of 23 Members, there will be three Representatives of France, Italy and the United Kingdom; two Representatives of Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey; one Representative of Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg and Norway.

In the three Committees of 18 Members, there will be three Representatives of France, Italy and the United Kingdom and one Representative of Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Turkey.

Proposals for the composition of Committees must be addressed to the Bureau. The Bureau will submit the list which it has prepared for ratification by the Assembly.