Decision 2024/1669 - EU position within the Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence on amendments to the Committee’s Rules of Procedure, with regard to matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement - Main contents
Please note
This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.
Contents
official title
Council Decision (EU) 2024/1669 of 22 April 2024 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence on amendments to the Committee’s Rules of Procedure, with regard to matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2024/1669 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2024)8482 |
| Original proposal | COM(2024)38  |
| CELEX number i | 32024D1669 |
| Document | 22-04-2024; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Effect | 22-04-2024; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
Official Journal of the European Union |
EN L series |
2024/1669 |
12.6.2024 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/1669
of 22 April 2024
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence on amendments to the Committee’s Rules of Procedure, with regard to matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(2), Article 82(2) and Article 84, in conjunction with Article 218(9), thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Convention’) was concluded by the Union by means of Council Decision (EU) 2023/1075 (1), with regard to institutions and public administration of the Union, and by means of Council Decision (EU) 2023/1076 (2), with regard to matters related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement, and entered into force for the Union on 1 October 2023. To date, there are 39 Parties to the Convention, including the Union and 22 Member States. |
(2) |
The Committee of the Parties (‘the Committee’) is a body of the monitoring mechanism of the Convention. Pursuant to Article 67(3) of the Convention, the Committee has adopted its own rules of procedure (‘the Rules of Procedure’). The Rules of Procedure provide that each Party to the Convention has one vote. The accession of the Union to the Convention requires certain adjustments to the Rules of Procedure in order to determine the modalities for the Union exercising its voting rights as a Party to the Convention. |
(3) |
In August 2023, the Secretariat of the Committee proposed certain amendments to the Rules of Procedure to reflect the impact of the Union’s accession on the functioning of the Committee. It has asked Parties to the Convention and the Union to submit drafting suggestions with a view to adopting the amendments in 2024. The amendments are to be discussed and, if possible, adopted at the 16th meeting of the Committee on 31 May 2024. |
(4) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the Committee, as the amendments to the Rules of Procedure will be legally binding on the Union. |
(5) |
According to the draft amendments proposed by the Secretariat of the Committee, the rules on quorum for the adoption of the Committee’s decisions as provided for in the Rules of Procedure would be maintained but supplemented by some new requirements. The Union should propose alternative amendments to the Rules of Procedure to better reflect the scope of the Union’s accession to the Convention and protect the Union’s interests while showing the Union’s willingness to accommodate the concerns of Parties to the Convention which are not Member States of the Union. |
(6) |
As regards the general rule on voting in Rule 20 of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat of the Committee proposes to include a non-additionality clause according to which it would be either the Union or its Member States which are entitled to vote on a particular matter. The principle of non-additionality is already incorporated in other Council of Europe conventions to which the Union has acceded and should also be accepted in this case. However, the wording of the clause should be adapted to reflect the respective competences of the Union and the Member States. |
(7) |
As regards the general rule on voting in Rule 20 of the Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat of the Committee also proposes to... |
More
This text has been adopted from EUR-Lex.
This dossier is compiled each night drawing from aforementioned sources through automated processes. We have invested a great deal in optimising the programming underlying these processes. However, we cannot guarantee the sources we draw our information from nor the resulting dossier are without fault.
This page is also available in a full version containing the legal context, de Europese rechtsgrond, other dossiers related to the dossier at hand and the related cases of the European Court of Justice.
The full version is available for registered users of the EU Monitor by ANP and PDC Informatie Architectuur.
The EU Monitor enables its users to keep track of the European process of lawmaking, focusing on the relevant dossiers. It automatically signals developments in your chosen topics of interest. Apologies to unregistered users, we can no longer add new users.This service will discontinue in the near future.