At its meeting on 28 June 2019, the Bureau appointed me as rapporteur for this report, which covers its activities over the period from the last Bureau meeting of the third part-session of 2019 (Friday 28 June) to the first Bureau meeting of the fourth part-session of 2019 (Monday 30 September) including the Bureau meeting held in Bern on 3 September 2019.
Chapter 2 presents a list of activities and decisions which do not require ratification. Chapter 3 presents decisions which have already been ratified by the Assembly on 28 June. Chapter 4 presents decisions to be ratified by the Assembly on Monday 30 September.
An addendum to this report will be issued after the Bureau meeting of 30 September, which will also include decisions to be ratified on the same day. Another addendum will be issued after the Bureau meeting of 4 October. It will include only the decisions to be ratified by the Assembly on the same day, notably the references and transmissions, which will have been approved by the Bureau.
The Bureau will hold its next meetings in Strasbourg on Friday 4 October at 8.30 am, then on Thursday 28 November in Tbilisi, and on Friday 13 December in Paris. The next meeting of the Standing Committee will be held in Tbilisi on 29 November.
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the follow-up proposal to Resolution 2290 (2019)Towards an ambitious Council of Europe agenda for gender equality, presented by the Secretary General of the Assembly, and instructed the Committees to ensure gender balance in expert panels and other bodies with two or more members.
On 28 June, the Bureau invited the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs to reflect upon certain procedural problems identified during the third part-session in the framework of a forthcoming report on modification of provisions of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure.
On 28 June, the Bureau took note of the draft programme of the meeting and the practical information.
On 28 June, the Bureau drew up the preliminary draft agenda. On 3 September, it drew up the draft agenda.
On 3 September, the Bureau took note of the communications by the President of the Assembly and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
On 3 September, the Bureau took note of the dissolution of the Free Democrat Group as from 30 June 2019.
On 28 June, the Bureau took note of the letter by the Chairperson of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs, approved the communication submitted by the Committee and decided to consider the revision of the modalities for calculating the allocation paid to political groups when deciding on the apportionment of this allocation for 2020.
On 3 September, the Bureau decided to modify its decision of 14 December 2018 and to increase the overall allocation to the political groups of the Assembly for 2019 by 60 000 Euros.
Ukraine: early parliamentary elections (21 July 2019): on 28 June, the Bureau approved the final list of members of the ad hoc committee to observe these elections (Appendix 1). On 3 September, it took note of the withdrawal by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of the invitation to observe these elections.
On 3 September, the Bureau took note of the shortlist made by the Selection Panel at its meeting in Prague on 26-27 August 2019, consisting of (in alphabetical order):
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the composition of the ad hoc committee of the Bureau to participate in the Forum and appointed Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Assembly, as its Chairperson (Appendix 2).
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the composition of the ad hoc committee of the Bureau to participate in the OECD Global Parliamentary Network to be held in Paris on 10 October and appointed Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Assembly, as its Chairperson (Appendix 3).
On 3 September, the Bureau took note of the letter by the Chairperson of the Committee on Rules, Immunities and Institutional Affairs and of the progress report on the follow-up given to the conclusions and recommendations of the report of the Independent Investigation Body on the allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly and declassified this progress report.
On 3 September, the Bureau took note of a memorandum prepared by the Secretary General of the Assembly and decided to fix for 15 October 2019 the deadline for possible comments by Bureau members on these guidelines, to be submitted to the Secretary General of the Assembly with a view to adopting them at the Bureau meeting in Tbilisi on 28 November 2019.
Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons: on 3 September, the Bureau decided not to authorise Mr Fabien Gouttefarde (France, ALDE) to carry out a fact-finding visit to Kenya in the framework of the preparation of his report on The protection of victims of forced displacement under international law.
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the list of candidates in respect of Azerbaijan, Ireland, Italy and Montenegro to be forwarded to the Committee of Ministers.
On 28 June, the Bureau decided not to authorise the Sub-Committee on Diasporas (of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons) to meet in Amman (Jordan) on 18 September 2019.
Decisions taken by the Bureau at its meeting on 28 June 2019 which were subsequently ratified by the Assembly on 28 June can be found in Doc 14911 Add. 3 (see appendix 4).
On 28 June, the Bureau took note of the memorandum prepared by the Secretary General of the Assembly and approved the rules on exhibitions in the Assembly Lobby (appendix 5).
On 3 September, the Bureau, on the basis of a proposal by the ALDE Group, appointed Ms Alexandra Louis (France).
On 3 September, the Bureau took note of the request by Mr Artuss Kaimiņš (Latvia, NR) to become a member of the Committee and appointed him.
On 3 September, the Bureau considered and approved the following references and transmissions subject to ratification by the Assembly:
Chairperson / Président
Lord RUSSELL (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni, EC/CE)
Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD) / Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
Mr / M. Corneliu Mugurel COZMANCIUC, Romania / Roumanie
Ms / Mme Katalin CSÖBÖR, Hungary / Hongrie
Mr / M. Zsolt CSENGER-ZALÁN, Hungary / Hongrie
Mr / M. Killion MUNYAMA, Poland / Pologne
Mr / M. Aleksander POCIEJ, Poland / Pologne *
Mr / M. Krzysztof TRUSKOLASKI, Poland / Pologne
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Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group / Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria / Autriche
Mr / M. Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, Switzerland / Suisse
Mr / M. Erwin BUSHATI, Albania / Albanie
Mr / M. Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus / Chypre
Mr / M. Etienne GRECH, Malta / Malte
Mr / M. Predrag SEKULIĆ, Montenegro / Monténégro
Mr / M. Betian KITEV, North Macedonia / Macédoine du Nord
Ms / Mme Petra BAYR, Austria / Autriche
Mr / M. Sabir HAJIYEV, Azerbaijan / Azerbaïdjan
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European Conservatives Group (EC) / Groupe des conservateurs européens (CE)
Lord BLENCATHRA, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
Lord RUSSELL, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
Ms / Mme Nino GOGUADZE, Georgia / Géorgie
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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l’Europe (ADLE)
Mr / M. Jokin BILDARRATZ, Spain / Espagne
Mr / M. Bertand BOUYX, France
Mr / M. Hovhannes IGITYAN, Armenia / Arménie
Mr / M. František KOPŘIVA, Czech Republic / République Tchèque
Mr / M. Jacques LE NAY, France
Mr / M. Mart van de VEN, Netherlands / Pays-Bas*
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL) / Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne (GUE)
Mr / M. Andrej HUNKO, Germany / Allemagne
Mr / M. Paul GAVAN, Ireland / Irlande
Substitutes / suppléants
Mr / M. George LOUCAIDES, Cyprus / Chypre
Mr / M. Marco NICOLINI, San Marino / Saint-Marin *
Free Democrats Group (FDG) / Groupe des démocrates libres (GDL)
Mr / M. Nagif HAMZAYEV, Azerbaijan / Azerbaïdjan*
Substitutes / suppléants
Mr Elshad HASANOV, Azerbaijan / Azerbaïdjan
Co-rapporteurs AS/MON (ex officio)
Mr / M. Alfred HEER, Switzerland / Suisse
Ms / Mme Dzhema GROZDANOVA, Bulgaria / Bulgarie *
Venice Commission / Commission de Venise
Secretariat / Secrétariat
* Member of the pre-electoral mission / membre de la mission pré-électorale
Chairperson / Présidente
Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier – President of the Parliamentary Assembly / Présidente de l’Assemblée parlementaire
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy / Commission des questions politiques et de la démocratie
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Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights / Commission des questions juridiques et des droits de l’homme
Mr Ziya Altunyaldız (Turkey, NR / Turquie, NI)
Mr Norbert Kleinwaechter (Germany, NR / Allemagne, NI)
Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) / Commission pour le respect des obligations et engagements des Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe (Commission de suivi)
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Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development / Commission des questions sociales, de la santé et du développement durable
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Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media / Commission de la culture, de la science, de l’éducation et des médias
Mr Rafael Comte (Switzerland, ALDE / Suisse, ADLE)
Mr Sos Avetisyan (Armenia, NR / Arménie, NI)
Mr Roland Rino Büchel (Switzerland, ALDE / Suisse, ADLE)
Mr José Cepeda (Spain, SOC / Espagne, SOC)
Lord George Foulkes (United Kingdom, SOC / Royaume-Uni, SOC)
Mr Hovhannes Igityan (Armenia, NR / Arménie, NI)
Mr Roberto Rampi (Italy, SOC / Italie, SOC)
Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination / Commission sur l’égalité et sur la non-discrimination
Ms Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
Ms Jette Christensen (Norway, SOC / Norvège, SOC)
Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALDE / Suisse, ADLE)
Mr Momodou Malcolm Jallow (Sweden, UEL / Suède, GUE)
Mr Robert Troy (Ireland, ALDE / Irlande, ADLE)
Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons / Commission des migrations, des réfugiés et des personnes déplacées
Ms Tatevik Hayrapetyan (Armenia, EPP/CD / Arménie, PPE/DC)
Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs / Commission du Règlement, des immunités et des affaires institutionnelles
Mr Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD / Lituanie, PPE/DC)
Chairperson / Présidente
Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier – President of the Parliamentary Assembly / Présidente de l’Assemblée parlementaire
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy / Commission des questions politiques et de la démocratie
Mr Corneliu Mugurel Cozmanciuc (Romania, EPP/CD / Roumanie, PPE/DC)
Mr Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC / CE)
Ms Deborah Bergamini (Italy, EPP/CD / Italie, PPE/DC)
Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights / Commission des questions juridiques et des droits de l’homme
Mr Ziya Altunyaldız (Turkey, NR / Turquie, NI)
Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) / Commission pour le respect des obligations et engagements des Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe (Commission de suivi)
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Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development / Commission des questions sociales, de la santé et du développement durable
Ms Jennifer De Temmerman (France, NR / NI)
Baroness Doreen E. Massey (United Kingdom, SOC / Royaume-Uni, SOC)
Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
Ms Selin Sayek Böke (Turkey, SOC / Turquie, SOC)
Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media / Commission de la culture, de la science, de l’éducation et des médias
Mr Rafael Comte (Switzerland, ALDE / Suisse, ADLE)
Mr José Cepeda (Spain, SOC / Espagne, SOC)
Mr Hovhannes Igityan (Armenia, NR / Arménie, NI)
Mr Roberto Rampi (Italy, SOC / Italie, SOC)
Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination / Commission sur l’égalité et sur la non-discrimination
Ms Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
Mr Jean-Pierre Grin (Switzerland, ALDE / Suisse, ADLE)
Ms Zita Gurmai (Hungary, SOC / Hongrie, SOC)
Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons / Commission des migrations, des réfugiés et des personnes déplacées
Ms Anne-Mari Virolainen (Finland, EPP/CD / Finlande, PPE/DC)
Ms Tatevik Hayrapetyan (Armenia, EPP/CD / Arménie, PPE/DC)
Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs / Commission du Règlement, des immunités et des affaires institutionnelles
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Doc. 14911 Add. 3
28 June 2019
Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (28 June 2019)
Progress report
Rapporteur: Ms Petra De SUTTER, Belgium, Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group
The Bureau considered and approved the following reference:
The Bureau,
The Bureau, on the basis of a proposal by the EPP/CD Group, appointed Mr Jason Azzopardi (Malta).
The Bureau decided to set up an ad hoc committee of the Bureau to participate in the OECD Global Parliamentary Network to be held in Paris on 10 October 2019, approved its composition and appointed Ms Liliane Maury Pasquier, President of the Assembly, as its Chairperson.
The Bureau took note of the memorandum prepared by the Secretary General of the Assembly and approved the admissibility and selection criteria of requests for urgent procedure or current affairs debates (see appendix).
The Assembly is invited to ratify these Bureau decisions.
The following rules apply during and outside Assembly part-sessions. However, they do not apply with respect to exhibitions in the Assembly lobby during sessions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and to other exhibitions organised in the context of duly authorised events taking place in the Assembly’s hemicycle.
The Assembly lobby is the area just outside the Assembly’s hemicycle (plenary Chamber), composed of eight exhibition spaces.
Requests for exhibitions in the Assembly lobby can only be made by the following:
Requests from Permanent Representations of States concerned may only be considered if transmitted via, and with the support of, the relevant parliamentary delegation.
A requesting committee/delegation/institution can be granted no more than one exhibition per year.
Exhibitions requests must include the following elements:
It should not be controversial or politically divisive, and in any case shall not contain propaganda for ideas or activities which are incompatible with the Council of Europe’s principles. In particular, it should not have a racist, xenophobic or intolerant content.
Requests for authorisation must be submitted to the President of the Assembly not later than six weeks in advance of the opening of the part-session to which the request relates. This deadline shall not apply to exhibitions organised outside of part-sessions of the Assembly.
The responsibility for agreeing to such request rests with the President of the Assembly, whose decision is final. The President will agree to such requests on the basis of the criteria already given under paragraphs 3-5 above. These criteria are not binding but designed to help the President in taking a decision.