48th SESSION

CG(2025)48-02prov
24 March 2025

Verification of new members’ credentials

Bureau of the Congress

Co-Rapporteurs:[1]           Andrew BOFF, United Kingdom (R, ECR)

Martine DIESCHBURG-NICKELS, Luxembourg (L, ILDG)

                                   

Draft resolution (for vote)………………………………………………………………………………………2

Summary

The rapporteurs responsible for the verification of the credentials of new members have examined the proposals for delegations as set out in document CG(2025)48-04 and have concluded that they comply with the criteria of the Charter of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. They therefore propose that the Congress approve the credentials of the members of the national delegations as set out in the above-mentioned document.

DRAFT resolution[2]

1. The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (“the Congress”) refers to:

a. the provisions of Article 7 of the Charter of the Congress appended to Statutory Resolution CM/Res(2020)1 relating to the Congress;

b. Rule 6 of the Rules and Procedures of the Congress;

c. the Bureau decision of 24 March 2025 based on the opinion of the rapporteurs responsible for the verification of the credentials of new members, concluding that the national delegations as proposed comply with the criteria of the Charter of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.

2. The Congress:

a. notes that 426 of the 544 members proposed by the authorities of the member States have already signed the Code of Conduct for Congress members and submitted the Declaration of Interests in accordance with the provisions of Rule 6 of the Rules and Procedures of the Congress;

b. notes that 68 seats are still vacant.

3. In the light of the foregoing, the Congress:

a. approves the credentials of members of national delegations as set out in document CG(2025)48-04, subject to the signature of the Code of Conduct and submission of the Declaration of Interests of Congress members;

b. calls on those members who have not yet done so to sign without delay the Code of Conduct and the Declaration of Interests of Congress members, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 6 of the Rules and Procedures of the Congress;

c. invites the authorities of the member States concerned to fill the vacant seats as soon as possible, in accordance with the applicable provisions.