— Presidents of
both Assemblies will meet periodically, when necessary;
— joint meetings
of the Presidential Committee and Conference of Presidents
will be held, in principle, once a year in order to discuss the
state of relations between the two Assemblies and other questions
of common interest;
— counterpart Committees
and their Chairpersons:
— will be encouraged
to step up their co-operation with a view to co-ordinate action
and avoid duplication;
— will endeavour
to identify issues which will constitute a basis for joint activities. These
will include joint meetings and hearings, invitations for members
and rapporteurs of counterpart committees, where appropriate, as
well as regular contacts between rapporteurs;
— will exchange information,
agendas and other documents and recognise each other’s achievements
in their own documents;
— achievements
and actions of both Assemblies will be referred to and taken into
account, when appropriate, in each other’s documents and activities;
— the European
Parliament and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will
invite each other to be represented at conferences, seminars and
other events;
— the existing
excellent cooperation in joint electoral observation missions will
be reinforced, in particular in the framework of the international
observation missions carried out by the OSCE PA/PACE/EP;
— high level Secretariat
meetings will be held on a regular basis;
— respective secretariats
of the counterpart committees should be instructed to maintain close
contacts and co-operation;
) of
the Rules of Procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe;