Restructuring and streamlining of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure
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- Parliamentary Assembly
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adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of
the Assembly, on 22 May 2026 (see Doc. 16409, report of the Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities,
rapporteur: Mr Constantinos Efstathiou).
1. 1. The Parliamentary
Assembly regularly revises its Rules of Procedure to ensure that
they are up to date, consistent and effective. The last general
revision took place in 1999. Since then, numerous amendments have
been made to the Rules of Procedure themselves and a considerable
number of complementary texts have been added. Consequently, the
rulebook that contains the Rules of Procedure and some of these complementary
texts has become rather lengthy and unwieldy.
2. 2. The Assembly resolves to restructure and streamline its
Rules of Procedure. The aim of this effort is not to introduce significant
amendments, but to make the Rules more user friendly. The revised
structure divides the Rules of Procedure into four parts: A. Basic
Principles of the Assembly, B. Rules on the Functioning of the Assembly,
C. Rules on the Functioning of Committees and D. Code of Conduct
for Members of the Parliamentary Assembly. To ensure the overall
coherence of the entire body of its procedural texts, the Assembly
additionally resolves to restructure and streamline its complementary
texts.
3. 3. The Assembly adopts its restructured Rules of Procedure
contained in the appendix to this Resolution, which shall enter
into force at the opening of the January 2027 part-session.
