87/508/Euratom, ECSC, EEC: Amendment of the Council' s Rules of procedure adopted by the Council on 20 July 1987, on the basis of Article 5 of the Treaty of 8 April 1965 establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities
Date: 1987-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Council of the European Union, organisation of work, vote













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31987Q0508

87/508/Euratom, ECSC, EEC: Amendment of the Council' s Rules of procedure adopted by the Council on 20 July 1987, on the basis of Article 5 of the Treaty of 8 April 1965 establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities  


Official Journal L 291 , 15/10/1987 P. 0027 - 0027 





*****AMENDMENT  OF THE COUNCIL'S RULES OF PROCEDURE  adopted by the Council on 20 July 1987, on the basis of Article 5 of the Treaty of 8 April 1965 establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities  (87/508/Euratom, ECSC, EEC)  At its meeting on 20 July 1987, the Council adopted the following amendment of its Rules of Procedure of 24 July 1979:  - Article 2 shall be replaced by the following:  'Article 2  1. The President shall draw up the provisional agenda for each meeting. The agenda shall be sent to the other members of the Council and to the Commission at least fourteen days before the beginning of the meeting.  2. The provisional agenda shall contain the items in respect of which a request for inclusion on the agenda, together with any documents relating thereto, has been received by the General Secretariat from a member of the Council or from the Commission at least sixteen days before the beginning of that meeting.  The provisional agenda shall also indicate the items on which the Presidency, delegations or the Commission may request a vote.  3. Only items in respect of which the documents have been sent to the members of the Council and to the Commission at the latest by the date on which the provisional agenda is sent may be placed on that agenda.  4. The General Secretariat shall transmit to the members of the Council and to the Commission requests for the inclusion of items in the agenda, documents and indications concerning voting relating thereto in respect of which the time limits specified above were not respected.  5. The agenda shall be adopted by the Council at the beginning of each meeting. The inclusion in the agenda of an item other than those appearing on the provisional agenda shall require unanimity in the Council. Items entered in this way may be put to the vote.  6. The provisional agenda shall be divided into Part A and Part B. Items for which the approval of the Council is possible without discussion shall be included in Part A, but this does not exclude the possibility of any member of the Council or of the Commission expressing an opinion at the time of the approval of these items and having statements included in the minutes.  7. However, an "A" item shall be withdrawn from the agenda, unless the Council decides otherwise, if a position on an "A" item might lead to further discussion thereof or if a member of the Council or the Commission so requests.'  - Article 5 shall be replaced by the following:  'Article 5  1. The Council shall vote on the initiative of its President.  The President shall, furthermore, be required to open voting proceedings on the invitation of a member of the Council or of the Commission, provided that a majority of the Council's members so decides.  2. The members of the Council shall vote in the alphabetical order of the Member States laid down in Article 2 of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, beginning with the member who, according to that order, follows the member holding the office of President.  3. Delegation of the right to vote may only be made to another member of the Council'.