At the start of the meeting on 6 September, the Chairman expressed the Committee’s condolences and solidarity after the terrorist attacks in Spain and other member States in August and the Deputies observed a minute’s silence.

They then held an exchange of views with Mr Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, External Auditor and President of Najwyższa Izba Kontroli (NIK), following his presentation of the Polish Supreme Audit's third external audit report.

The Deputies took note of the document “Council of Europe external presence review (June 2015 – June 2017)” and agreed to renew, until 31 December 2021, the terms of reference of the Council of Europe offices and its liaison offices, as defined in Resolution CM/Res(2010)5 on the status of Council of Europe offices.

The other items examined by the Deputies appear in the Agenda and the decisions adopted are available in the meeting file.