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Council Decision of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (2009/937/EU)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.The Council's Rules of Procedure of 15 September 2006 shall...

  3. Article 2.In accordance with the Protocol on the role of national...

  4. Article 3.This Decision shall take effect of the day of its...

    1. ANNEX

      1. RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COUNCIL

        1. Article 1.General provisions, notice and venue of meetings

        2. Article 2.Configurations of the Council, role of the General Affairs configuration and the Foreign Affairs configuration and programming

        3. Article 3.Agenda

        4. Article 4.Representation of a Council member unable to attend

        5. Article 5.Meetings

        6. Article 6.Professional secrecy and production of documents in legal proceedings

        7. Article 7.Legislative procedure and openness

        8. Article 8.Other cases of Council deliberations open to the public and public debates

        9. Article 9.Making votes, explanations of votes and minutes public in other cases

        10. Article 10.Public access to Council documents

        11. Article 11.Voting arrangements and quorum

        12. Article 12.Ordinary written procedure and silence procedure

        13. Article 13.Minutes

        14. Article 14.Deliberations and decisions on the basis of documents and drafts drawn up in the languages provided for by the language rules in force

        15. Article 15.Signing of acts

        16. Article 16.Absence of the possibility to participate in the vote

        17. Article 17.Publication of acts in the Official Journal

        18. Article 18.Notification of acts

        19. Article 19.Coreper, committees and working parties

        20. Article 20.The Presidency and the smooth conduct of discussions

        21. Article 21.Reports from committees and working parties

        22. Article 22.Quality of drafting

        23. Article 23.The Secretary-General and the General Secretariat

        24. Article 24.Security

        25. Article 25.Duties as depositary of agreements

        26. Article 26.Representation before the European Parliament

        27. Article 27.Provisions concerning the form of acts

        28. Article 28.Correspondence addressed to the Council

      2. ANNEX I

        1. List of Council configurations

      3. ANNEX II

        1. Specific provisions regarding public access to Council documents

          1. Article 1.Scope

          2. Article 2.Consultation as regards third-party documents

          3. Article 3.Requests for consultation received from other institutions or from Member States

          4. Article 4.Documents originating from Member States

          5. Article 5.Referral of requests by Member States

          6. Article 6.Address for applications

          7. Article 7.Processing of initial applications

          8. Article 8.Processing of confirmatory applications

          9. Article 9.Charges

          10. Article 10.Public register of Council documents

          11. Article 11.Documents directly accessible to the public

      4. ANNEX III

        Figures concerning the population of the Union and the population of each Member State for implementing the provisions concerning qualified majority voting in the Council

        1. 1. For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article...

        2. 2. For the purposes of implementing Article 16(4) TEU and Article...

      5. ANNEX IV

        1. Referred to in Article 16

          1. 1. In application of the following provisions of these Rules of...

          2. 2. A member of the Council or of Coreper may not...

      6. ANNEX V

        1. Council working methods

          1. Preparation for meetings

            1. 1. The Presidency shall ensure that a file is submitted to...

            2. 2. The Presidency shall take the steps necessary to advance work...

            3. 3. Whenever appropriate, delegations shall set out the positions they are...

            4. 4. Coreper shall avoid going over ground already covered in the...

            5. 5. The Presidency shall convey to delegations as soon as possible...

          2. Conduct of meetings

            1. 6. No item shall be placed on the Council agenda simply...

            2. 7. The Presidency shall refrain from placing on Coreper's agenda items...

            3. 8. At the start of a meeting, the Presidency shall give...

            4. 9. At the start of a discussion on a substantive point,...

            5. 10. Full table rounds shall be proscribed in principle; they may...

            6. 11. The Presidency shall give as much focus as possible to...

            7. 12. During and at the end of meetings the Presidency shall...

            8. 13. Delegations shall avoid repeating points made by previous speakers. Their...

            9. 14. Like-minded delegations shall be encouraged to hold consultations with a...

            10. 15. When discussing texts, delegations shall make concrete drafting proposals, in...

            11. 16. Unless indicated otherwise by the Presidency, delegations shall refrain from...

      7. ANNEX VI

        1. Provisions concerning the forms of acts

          1. A. Form of Regulations:

          2. B. Forms of Directives, Decisions, Recommendations and Opinions

            1. 1. Directives and Decisions adopted jointly by the European Parliament and...

            2. 2. Recommendations and Opinions issued by the Council shall include in...

            3. 3. The provisions relating to Regulations set out in A above...

          3. C. Forms of Decisions referred to in Article 25 of the...

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