41.1.a. for
the adoption of a draft recommendation or a draft opinion to the
Committee of Ministers, for the adoption of urgent procedure, for
an alteration to the agenda, for the setting up of a committee,
for the fixing of the date for the opening or resumption of ordinary
sessions and a decision to dismiss the holder of an elective office,
a majority of two thirds of the votes cast.
41.1.b. for
the adoption of a draft recommendation on the initiation of a complementary
joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary
Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of
its statutory obligations, a majority of two thirds of the votes
cast and a number of votes in favour equivalent to at least one third
of the total number of members of the Assembly authorised to vote;
41.1.c. in
respect of appointments, an absolute majority of the votes cast at
the first ballot and a relative majority at the second ballot;
in the event of a tie-vote between candidates in the second ballot,
successive ballots shall be held until one candidate obtains a relative
majority;
41.1.d. for the
adoption of a draft resolution and for any other decision, a majority
of the votes cast in
the case of a tie the question being rejected.
