Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (December 2025)

69.1. In exceptional circumstances which do not allow committee meetings to be held under normal conditions, namely in the physical presence of all members, the Bureau of the Assembly may decide, for a defined period of time, that committee meetings will be held in a hybrid manner (combined remote and in-person participation of members) or by electronic means of remote communication. The decision of the Bureau shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast with a quorum of one third of the members.

69.2. The existing rules governing the functioning of committees shall fully apply to their meetings held in a hybrid manner or remotely, unless otherwise stipulated. The second, fourth and fifth sentences of Rule 47.2. and Rules 47.3. and 47.5. shall not apply. A committee may take decisions when one fourth of its members are present. For any decision, the committees shall use the available electronic voting system. The Rules on access to and movement and security within the Council of Europe buildings during sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly and meetings of Assembly committees and sub-committees shall apply mutatis mutandis.