AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE adopted by the Committee of the Regions at its sixth Plenary Session held on 1 and 2 February 1995 and approved by the Council of the European Union at its 1 833rd meeting held on 10 March 1995

At its 1 833rd meeting, held on 10 March 1995, the Council of the European Union approved the following amendment to the Rules of Procedure of the Committee of the Regions, adopted by the latter at its sixth Plenary Session held on 1 and 2 February 1995:

Article 19 shall be replaced by the following:

'Article 19 1. The Bureau shall be elected for two years. It shall consist of thirty-six members including the Chairman, the first Vice-Chairman and one member per country having the rank of Vice-Chairman. The composition of the Bureau shall take account, as far as possible, of the geographical balance of the European Communities.

2. The Chairman and the first Vice-Chairman shall be elected by the Plenary Assembly, without discussion, by an absolute majority of the votes cast in a secret ballot. The election shall take place only if two-thirds of the members are present. The election of the Chairman and the first Vice-Chairman shall take place in separate ballots. The other members of the Bureau, elected by the same ballot procedures, may be grouped into one list.

3. In the absence of a single list, each member shall be elected by separate ballot by an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first ballot and by a relative majority in the subsequent ballots. The Bureau shall draw up the list of the fifteen members having the rank of Vice-Chairman; it shall submit the list to the plenary Assembly for endorsement.`