Chamber of Regions

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The Chamber of Regions is one of the two Chambers of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the other being the Chamber of Local Authorities.

The Chamber is the voice of regional authorities in the Council of Europe. It consists of 306^[1] representatives and substitutes from the Council's 46 member states, who either hold regional mandate from elections or are answerable to a directly elected assembly.^[2]

According to the Charter of the Congress adopted on 2 May 2007 (revised on 15 January 2020) by the Committee of Ministers, the Chamber's membership is based on the principles of balanced geographical distribution, equitable representation of the various types of regional authorities and their political groups, as well as of equitable representation of women and men, whereby at least 30 per cent of the members must belong to the under-represented sex.^[2] The Chamber drafts reports, recommendations, resolutions and opinions on issues of concern and presents them to the Standing Committee of the Congress for adoption. The Chamber elects a President from among its members for two years and appoints a Bureau composed of the President and seven Vice-Presidents.^[3]

The Chamber has a permanent Secretariat located at the Palace of Europe, in Strasbourg, which is headed by its Executive Secretary.^[4]

The Chamber consists of 306 statutory representatives and substitutes from:^[1]

State	Seats	State	Seats	State	Seats
Albania	2/2	Andorra	1/1	Armenia	2/2
Austria	3/3	Azerbaijan	3/3	Belgium	3/4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2/3	Bulgaria	5/1	Croatia	3/2
Cyprus	2/1	Czech Republic	4/3	Denmark	3/2
Estonia	2/1	Finland	3/2	France	9/9
Georgia	2/3	Germany	9/9	Greece	4/3
Hungary	4/3	Iceland	3	Ireland	4
Italy	9/9	Latvia	2/1	Liechtenstein	2
Lithuania	2/2	Luxembourg	3	Malta	2/1
Moldova	3/2	Monaco	1/1	Montenegro	3
Netherlands	4/3	North Macedonia	3	Norway	3/2
Poland	6/6	Portugal	4/3	Romania	5/5
San Marino	2	Serbia	4/3
Slovakia	3/2	Slovenia	3	Spain	6/6
Sweden	3/3	Switzerland	3/3	Turkey	9/9
Ukraine	6/6	United Kingdom	9/9	TOTAL		306/306

References

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^ ^a ^b "Congress Database - Council of Europe". www.congressdatabase.coe.int. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
^ ^a ^b "National delegations". Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
^ "Chambers and Vice-Presidents". Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
^ "Secretariat". Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Retrieved 2020-01-30.

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Institutions	Secretary General Committee of Ministers Parliamentary Assembly Congress Court of Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights Commission for the Efficiency of Justice Commission against Racism and Intolerance Venice Commission Pompidou Group
Members	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Observers	Canada Holy See Israel Japan Mexico United States EU relations
Former members	Czechoslovakia (1991–1992) Russia (1996–2022) Saar (assoc. 1950–1956) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)

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