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Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (December 2025)

(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure*

Relations between the Committee of Ministers and the Assembly

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.