Commentaries: Art. 43

The members of the committees and their chairpersons (president and vice-president) shall be appointed by the office of the relevant council.
Unless otherwise provided by this Act, the chairpersons of joint committees of both councils and of committees of the United Federal Assembly shall be elected by the Conference for Coordination. The president and the vice-president may not belong to the same council. 2bis. The Conference for Coordination ensures that die Presidents of the Control Committees of both councils do not belong to the same parliamentary group.¹
The composition of the committees and the allocation of seats among the committee chairpersons are determined by the strengths of the parliamentary groups in the relevant council. Wherever possible, appropriate account should be taken of the official languages and regions of the country.
The term of office of the members of the standing committees is determined by the respective standing orders of the councils.

Inserted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2013 (Improvements in the Organisation and Procedures of Parliament), in force since 25 Nov. 2013 (AS 2013 3687;BBl 2011 6793,6829). ↩

Art. 43