Regulations of Inter-parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Russian Federation

Approved by Inter-parliamentary Committee on June 7, 1997

These Regulations of Inter-parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation (further - Regulations) according to the Contract between the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation on deepening of integration in economic and humanitarian areas of March 29, 1996 (further the Agreement), the Agreement on Inter-parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation of May 28, 1996 (further - the Agreement) and Regulations on Inter-parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation (further - the Provision) determine the organization and procedure for activities of Committee.

Chapter I. Structure of Committee

Article 1

1. The inter-parliamentary Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation (further Committee) is created on a parity basis of the parliamentarians delegated by parliaments of the State Parties of the Agreement according to their internal regulations and procedures (on 10 representatives from each parliament).

Parliaments form parliamentary delegations which have the equal rights, at the same time each of them has one voice.

2. The amount, effective period and procedure for the termination of powers of parliamentary delegation of the State Party of the Agreement is determined by parliaments of the State Parties of the Agreement according to their internal regulations and procedures.

Chapter II. Competence of Committee

Article 2

Committee within the powers:

a) adopts the model legal and other acts for the State Parties of the Agreement promoting carrying out the approved legal policy and coordination of bill work, and also the statement, the address, the recommendation, the offer and other documents;

b) develops recommendations about rapprochement and harmonization of legislations of the State Parties of the Agreement and the offer on synchronization of procedures of adoption of model legal and other acts in parliaments of the State Parties of the Agreement;

c) makes offers on development of the legal basis of integration into Interstate Council and parliaments of the State Parties of the Agreement;

d) discusses questions of cooperation of the State Parties of the Agreement in the field of economy, science, education, culture, the social sphere and other areas, submits the recommendations about these questions in Interstate Council, Integration Committee, parliaments of the State Parties of the Agreement;

e) considers the matters referred to it by Interstate Council, Integration Committee and develops on them the corresponding recommendations;

e) constitutes coordination plans of the bill works aimed at the step-by-step development and deepening of integration of the State Parties of the Agreement;

g) generalizes, systematizes information of legal nature and provides exchange of information between agreement parties;

h) performs interaction with the international parliamentary and other organizations.

Chapter III. Structure of Committee

Article 3

The organization of activities of Committee is performed by the Bureau of Committee consisting of plenipotentiaries of parliamentary delegations of the State Parties of the Agreement (on two from each parliamentary delegation) which the Chairman and vice-chairmen of Committee are among.

Article 4

1. For preliminary consideration and preparation of questions for meeting the Committee forms the permanent and temporary commissions from among representatives of parliamentary delegations.

2. About two representatives from each parliamentary delegation are part of the permanent commissions.

3. The structure and powers of the temporary commissions are determined by Committee.

Chapter IV. Chairman of Committee and its deputies

Article 5

The chairman of Committee and its deputies are elected on committee meeting from among heads of parliamentary delegations of the states which signed the Agreement, as a rule, on rotational basis.

Article 6

Chairman of Committee:

a) presides over committee meetings and its Bureau;

b) coordinates activities of bodies of Committee based on accepted by Committee and its Bureau of decisions;

c) interacts with Council of Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the State Parties of the CIS (further - MPA) regarding ensuring activities of Committee and its bodies;

d) signs the acts adopted by Committee and its Bureau;

e) performs the representational functions assigned to it by Committee or its Bureau;

e) publishes orders on the questions carried to its competence;

g) performs other functions assigned to it these Regulations or assigned to it by Committee.

Article 7

In absence period of the Chairman of Committee of its obligation the vice-chairman from the Party which name of the state follows according to the procedure of the Russian alphabet the name of the State Party of the Agreement from which the Chairman is elected performs.

Chapter V. Bureau of Committee

Article 8

Bureau of Committee:

a) convenes committee meetings;

b) submits for discussion of Committee of the candidate for the Chairman of Committee, his deputies;

c) coordinates activities of the permanent commissions and other bodies of Committee;

d) exercises control of implementation of the decisions made by it;

e) provides preparation of work of Committee, develops the draft of the agenda of the regular meeting of Committee, previously considers the questions brought on Committee;

e) sends for consideration to the permanent commissions drafts of model legal acts and other documents;

g) makes decisions on holding scientific and practical conferences, seminars and other actions;

h) forms working groups, groups of experts for preparation or examination of draft documents or for studying and generalization of other questions;

i) approves expense budget the forthcoming year and the performance report of expense budget for previous year;

j) makes the decision on provision of the status of the observer of Committee;

k) makes the decision on the direction of delegations of Committee and acceptance of parliamentary delegations;

l) provides accomplishment of resolutions of Committee, and also functioning of bodies of Committee between its meetings;

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