Art.8 |
Article 8 |
Art.8.1 |
1. A Standing Committee shall be set up within a year of the entry into force of this Convention. |
Art.8.2 |
2. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to appoint a representative to the Standing Committee. Any member State of the Council of Europe which is not a Contracting Party to the Convention shall have the right to be represented on the Committee by an observer. |
Art.8.3 |
3. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall convene the Standing Committee whenever he finds it necessary and in any case when a majority of the representatives of the Contracting Parties or the representative of the European Economic Community, being itself a Contracting Party, request its convocation. |
Art.8.4 |
4. A majority of representatives of the Contracting Parties shall constitute a quorum for holding a meeting of the Standing Committee. |
Art.8.5 |
5. The Standing Committee shall take its decision by a majority of the votes cast; however, unanimity of the votes cast shall be required for: |
Art.8.5.a |
a. the adoption of the recommendations provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 9; |
Art.8.5.b |
b. the decision to admit observers other than those referred to in paragraph 2 of this article; |
Art.8.5.c |
c. the adoption of the report referred to in Article 13; this report could set out, where appropriate, divergent opinions. |
Art.8.6 |
6. Subject to the provisions of this Convention, the Standing Committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure. |