The text of Article 20 of the Convention (new Article 24) shall be replaced by the following:
- “1.
- The Convention Committee shall be convened by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Its first meeting shall be held within twelve months of the entry into force of this Convention. It shall subsequently meet at least once a year, and in any case when one-third of the representatives of the Parties request its convocation.
- 2.
- After each of its meetings, the Convention Committee shall submit to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe a report on its work and on the functioning of this Convention.
- 3.
- The voting arrangements in the Convention Committee are laid down in the elements for the rules of procedure appended to Protocol CETS No. 223.
- 4.
- The Convention Committee shall draw up the other elements of its rules of procedure and establish, in particular, the procedures for evaluation and review referred to in Article 4, paragraph 3, and Article 23, litterae e, f and h on the basis of objective criteria.”
