Exceptional procedures
Rule 52Urgent
procedure in the Assembly
52.1. At
the request of the Committee of Ministers, of the committee concerned,
of one or more political groups, or of twenty or more representatives
or substitutes, a debate may be held on an item which has not been
placed on the draft agenda as approved by the Bureau.
A
motion to initiate 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 cannot
be the subject of a request for urgent procedure. The urgent procedure
should not be used for a statutory opinion unless there are exceptional
circumstances justifying its use.
52.2. A
request for urgent procedure shall be addressed to the President
of the Assembly in time for the last Bureau meeting before the opening
of the part-session. The President shall submit it to the Bureau
which
shall make a proposal to the Assembly.
52.3. Only
the following may speak on a request for urgent procedure: one speaker
for the request, one speaker against, the chairperson of the committee
concerned and a representative of the Bureau speaking in its name.
52.4. The
adoption of urgent procedure shall require a two-thirds majority
of the votes cast.
If
urgent procedure is adopted, the Assembly shall decide the date
for the debate and refer the item to a committee of the Assembly
for report and, if appropriate, to one or several committees for
opinion.
