Constituent Act of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly

• be part of the constitutional system of one of the countries participating in the Eastern Partnership;

• have been elected according to OSCE commitments, and other international standards for democratic elections;

• commit itself to protecting and promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms, pluralistic democracy and the rule of law.
  

The powers of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly shall be

(a) to establish itself as a forum for parliamentary debate, control and review of all questions relating to the Eastern Partnership, as the parliamentary institution of that Partnership;

(b) to ensure compliance with the objectives of Article 2 of this Constituent Act;

(c) to adopt resolutions and recommendations addressed to the Eastern Partnership Summit and the institutions, bodies and ministerial groups and conferences devoted to the development of the Partnership, in matters relating to the various aspects of the Partnership;

(d) to deliver opinions on questions put to it by the Eastern Partnership Summit itself and by the ministerial conferences associated with the Eastern Partnership, for which it may call upon the former and the latter to consult the Assembly on any issues relating to the Eastern Partnership;

(e) to establish appropriate relations between the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly, on the one hand, and the Summit and the various ministerial conferences and institutions associated with the Eastern Partnership, on the other;

(f) to provide for information exchange, training and educational programs aimed at facilitating the efficiency of the parliamentary work, implementation of standards and best practices in the work of the Parliaments of the Eastern European Partners;

(g) to assist in the harmonisation of the national legislation of the Eastern European Partners with the European Union legislation, including by means of implementation of the appropriate projects at bilateral and multilateral level.

The operating expenditure of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly shall be borne by the European Parliament and the Parliaments of the Eastern European Partners that form part of the Assembly, in proportions to be laid down in the Rules of Procedure.

The Plenary of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly shall in principle meet once a year, alternately in an Eastern European Partner country and in the premises of the European Parliament in one of its places of work, at the invitation of the European Parliament or of the Parliament of the Eastern European Partner hosting the meeting.

The Bureau of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly and the committees shall meet, as laid down in the Rules of Procedure.

This Constituent Act is signed in Brussels on 3 May 2011, without prejudice to its compliance with the internal provisions of each of the participant Parliaments and shall enter into force on the date of its signature.

After constitution of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly this Act shall remain open for signature to any entitled party that has not subscribed to it.

Any of the Parties to this Constituent Act may decide not to continue to be part of it by serving formal notice on the Bureau of the EURONEST Parliamentary Assembly one year in advance.

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