Article 1
A Committee on Science and Technology is hereby created. The Cultural and Scientific Committee shall take the name of "Cultural Committee".
Paragraph 1 of Rule 43 is amended as follows :
"1. At the beginning of each Ordinary Session the Assembly shall set up the following general committees :
Article 2
The number of seats in the Committee on Science and Technology shall be 33, allotted to each of the member States as follows :
3 to France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom ;
2 to Austria, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey ;
1 to Cyprus, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and Norway.
Article 3
Subject to the provisions of Rule 44, the Committee on Science and Technology shall be competent :
to prepare debates on science policy in the Assembly, to draw up periodical reports summing up the situation and trends in European co-operation in the field of science and technology ;
to follow the work of international and European organisations active in the field of scientific co-operation, especially those which present reports to the Council of Europe, and in particular to examine such reports or the relevant parts thereof ;
to put forward, where appropriate, concrete proposals for the promotion of European co-operation in scientific and technological matters ;
to follow developments in national Parliaments on science policy ;
to prepare the Assembly's Parliamentary and Scientific Conferences.
Article 4
In deciding on the appropriate Committee or Committees to examine Communications addressed to the Assembly by national, supranational or international organisations as a result of agreement between such bodies and the Assembly, the Bureau shall make full use of the provision set out in the last sentence of paragraph 3 of Rule 14 of the Rules of Procedure.
Article 5
This Resolution shall take effect when the Committee of Ministers has authorised the appropriations necessary for the functioning of the Committee on Science and Technology.