Amendment of Article 38 of the Statute with a view to the establishment of a Cultural Fund of the Council of Europe
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- (see Doc. 354, Draft Resolution of the Committee on Cultural and Scientific Questions and Explanatory Memorandum by Mr. Hollis, Rapporteur). This Resolution was adopted by the Assembly at its 6th Sitting, on 7th July, 1955
The Assembly,
Having adopted Recommendation 74, on the establishment of a Cultural Fund of the Council of Europe;
Having regard to paragraph 12 of this Recommendation;
Having regard also to the provisions of Article 38 (b) and Article 41 (d) of the Statute of the Council of Europe;
Considering the need to amend Article 38 of the Statute in order to permit the establishment within the Council of special funds for particular purposes financed by gifts,
Adopts the following amendment, which will be submitted to the Committee of Ministers for its approval :
To add the following two paragraphs to Article 38 of the Statute of the Council of Europe :
a The Committee of Ministers, with the approval of the Consultative Assembly, may establish special funds for particular purposes which fall within the general scope of Article 1.
b The Committee of Ministers, with the approval of the Consultative Assembly, shall adopt regulations for each special fund set up in accordance with the preceding paragraph. Such regulations may depart from the terms of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Article.
