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# Standing Orders of the Council of States (SO-CS)

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## Standing Orders of the Council of States (SO-CS)

SR 171.14 — Standing Orders of the Council of States of 20 June 2003 (SO-CS).

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## Preamble

The Council of States, on the basis of Article 36 of the Parliament Act of 13 December 2002 (ParlA), and having considered the report of the Political Institutions Committee of the Council of States of 31 March 2003, decrees:

SR 171.10 BBl 2003 3508

## Contents

1\. Accession to the Council — 2 articles 2. Organs — 14 articles 3. Procedure — 33 articles 4. House Rules — 2 articles 5. Final Provisions — 2 articles

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