as regards the
conditions for initiating and dealing with a proposal for a complementary
joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary
Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of
its statutory obligations:
3.1.1 in Rule 24.2.c on motions tabled by members which
are published as official documents of the Assembly, complete the
footnote by specifying “including motions tabled under Rule 54 and
motions for a recommendation to initiate a complementary joint procedure
between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly
in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory
obligations.”;
3.1.2 after Rule 25.2 on the tabling of motions for recommendations
and resolutions, insert the following new rule: “A motion for recommendation
to initiate a complementary joint procedure between the Committee
of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation
by a member State of its statutory obligations shall be presented
in both official languages and signed by at least one fifth of the
component members (representatives and substitutes) of the Assembly,
belonging to at least three political groups and fifteen national delegations.”;
3.1.3 in Rule 25.2, second sentence, add a footnote stating:
“This provision shall also apply to a motion for dismissal (Rule 54)
and to a motion to initiate a complementary joint procedure between
the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response
to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations.”;
3.1.4 in Rule 25.3, add a footnote stating: “A motion for dismissal
(Rules 54.2 and 54.3) or a motion to initiate a complementary joint
procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary
Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of
its statutory obligations (Rule 25.[3]) shall be published within
twenty-four working hours.”;
3.1.5 in Rule 26 on reference to committees, add a footnote
stating: “The provisions of Rules 26.1 and 26.3 shall not apply
to a motion for dismissal (Rules 54.2 and 54.3) – which shall be
automatically referred to the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities
and Institutional Affairs – nor to a motion to initiate a complementary
joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary
Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of
its statutory obligations (Rule 25.[3]), which shall be automatically
referred to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy for
report.”;
3.1.6 in Rule 27.1 on the agenda, add a footnote stating: “The
report of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the
initiation of a complementary joint procedure between the Committee
of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious
violation by a member State of its statutory obligations shall also
be placed on the agenda.”;
3.1.7 in Rules 51.1 and 52.1 on urgent procedure in the Assembly
and in the Standing Committee, add a footnote stating: “A motion
to initiate a complementary joint procedure between the Committee
of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious
violation by a member State of its statutory obligations cannot
be the subject of a request for urgent procedure.”;
