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European Courts

Volume 302: debated on Monday 1 December 1997

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 1997, Official Report, column 501, if he will seek agreement at the next European Council for the adoption of rules of procedure applicable to all its future meetings and for the adoption of those arrangements for other Heads of Government meetings. [17869]

The European Council is established by Article D of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), where there is no provision for rules of procedure. Other international organisations such as the G7, also operate without formal rules of procedure. It is for the Presidency, in consultation with other Member States, to structure discussions in the European Council.