Standing Orders of the National Council
(SO-NC)

¹ A par­lia­ment­ary ini­ti­at­ive or pro­ced­ur­al re­quest sub­mit­ted by a mem­ber of the Coun­cil or par­lia­ment­ary group shall be ex­amined for its form­al leg­al­ity by the Pres­id­ent on its sub­mis­sion.

² The eval­u­ation of form­al leg­al­ity of fur­ther items of busi­ness sub­mit­ted in ac­cord­ance with Art­icle 71 ParlA is only con­duc­ted by the Pres­id­ent if a cor­res­pond­ing pro­pos­al is made. If the item of busi­ness is pending in the Fed­er­al As­sembly, the Pres­id­ent of the Coun­cil of States shall be con­sul­ted.

³ If an item of busi­ness is de­clared in­ad­miss­ible by the Pres­id­ent, the au­thor may ap­peal to the Bur­eau. The de­cision of the Bur­eau is fi­nal.