The Bureau considered and approved the following references:
On the basis of proposals by the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates Group, the Bureau nominated Mr Vladimir Đorđević (Serbia), Ms Susanne Fürst (Austria), Mr Matthieu Marchio (France), Ms Sigríður Á. Andersen (Iceland) and Ms Cristina Gabriella Dumitrescu (Romania) as members.
On the basis of proposals by the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates Group, the Bureau nominated Ms Ester Mieli (Italy) and Ms Victoria Tiblom (Sweden) as members.
On the basis of a proposal by the Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group, the Bureau nominated Mr Mantzos Dimitrios (Greece) as a member.
On the basis of proposals by the Group of the European People's Party, the Bureau nominated Ms Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler (Austria) as a member and Mr Rónán Mullen (Ireland) as a substitute.
The Bureau approved the Terms of Reference for a General Rapporteur on ethical standards and anti-corruption (Appendix 1).
The Assembly is invited to ratify these Bureau decisions.
Term of office: two years, renewable once
The General Rapporteur on Ethical Standards and Anti-Corruption promotes good ethical standards and practices in the national parliaments of the Council of Europe’s member States and other parliaments with which the Parliamentary Assembly has relations. The General Rapporteur keeps the Assembly’s own ethical and integrity framework under review and can propose to the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs actions to improve the framework or, in line with the code of conduct for members of the Assembly, to take steps to ensure that it is respected.
The role of the General Rapporteur is to:
The General Rapporteur can, in accordance with the code of conduct for members of the Assembly, and in particular its paragraphs 19 and 22, refer to the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs concerns in relation to individual allegations of breaches of the code of conduct. It remains a matter for the Committee to consider whether or not to take any action pursuant to the code of conduct, such as by launching an investigation, in full accordance with its role under the code of conduct. The General Rapporteur’s mandate does not extend to making statements on individual cases.
The General Rapporteur shall report, at least annually, to the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs on the functioning and effectiveness of the Assembly’s ethics and integrity framework. This report shall contain any proposals for the Committee to consider for improving the functioning of the Assembly’s ethics and integrity framework, and any proposals for better promoting strong ethical standards in national parliaments.