Joint meetings of Assembly committees or sub-committees (Rule 45, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure)

Resolution 1015 (1993)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

See Doc. 6956, report of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Rapporteur: Lord Finsberg. Text adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly, on 4 November 1993.

Thesaurus

1. The Assembly considers that the work of committees and sub-committees would be facilitated if, during joint meetings with other committees or sub-committees, they were entitled to take a joint decision providing it is unanimous.

2. It recalls that, apart from the specific provisions in Rule 46, the procedure in committee (Rule 45) applies to sub-committees.

3. Consequently the Assembly decides to amend the first sentence of Rule 45, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure as follows: "Any two or more committees may hold a joint meeting for the examination of subjects coming within their competence, but may not reach a joint decision, except if it is unanimous or on procedural matters."