Relations between the Committee of Ministers
and the Assembly
Relations between the Committee of Ministers
and the Assembly
Rule 58Access
to the Assembly and committees
58.1. Members
of the Committee of Ministers or any other minister of the government
of a member state shall have the right of access to the Assembly
and its committees. They may be called to speak if they so request
but may not vote.
58.2. A
minister may, on the same conditions, be represented by a deputy
at meetings of an Assembly committee subject to the agreement of
that committee.
Rule 59Joint Committee
59.1. The
Joint Committee shall consist of a representative of each member
government and a corresponding number of representatives of the
Assembly
, including the President. For
the discussion of a particular item, the Bureau of the Assembly
and the Committee of Ministers may decide by agreement to set up
a mixed working party.
59.2. The
President of the Assembly shall be President of the Joint Committee.
The representatives of the Assembly on the Joint Committee shall
be:
- the members of
the Bureau;
- one representative
of each parliamentary delegation of member states not represented
on the Bureau.
59.3. If
a Vice-President of the Assembly cannot attend a meeting of the
Joint Committee, the delegation concerned may appoint another member.
59.4. The
President of the Assembly may, in the light of the agenda of the
Joint Committee, co-opt members, in particular rapporteurs.
Rule 60Reports
of the Committee of Ministers
60.1. Reports of the Committee of
Ministers on its activities, provided under Article 19 of the Statute,
shall be presented and debated in the Assembly.
Rule 61Requests
from the Committee of Ministers for opinion or further consideration
61.1. Requests from the Committee
of Ministers for an opinion or further consideration shall be debated
in the Assembly. At the end of the debate, the Assembly shall vote
on either an opinion or a new recommendation to the Committee of
Ministers.
Rule 62Questions
to the Committee of Ministers
62.1. Representatives
and substitutes, individually, or several representatives and/or
substitutes may at any time address to the Committee of Ministers,
or to its Chairperson-in-office, written questions that have a bearing
on matters within the competence of the Committee of Ministers.
The President of the Assembly shall decide whether those questions
are in order and shall transmit them to the Committee of Ministers.
62.2. Following
the presentation to the Assembly of a report of the Committee of
Ministers on its activities, representatives and substitutes may
submit oral questions for oral answer by the Chairperson of the
Committee of Ministers. This exercise requires the consent of the
Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers.
Representatives and substitutes, individually, or several
representatives and/or substitutes may also submit written questions.
These must be tabled at least one week before the opening of the part-session.
The Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers shall answer them
orally or in writing.
Oral and written answers shall be published.
The President of the Assembly shall decide whether questions
are in order.
No representative or substitute may put more than one oral
or written question to the Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers
at any one part-session.
The guidelines for questions to guest speakers shall apply
to the implementation of this Rule.
