1.
Subject to prior authorisation by the Conference of Presidents, a standing or special committee may, in the interests of its work, appoint one or more subcommittees, of which it shall at the same time determine the composition, pursuant to Rule 186, and area of responsibility. Subcommittees shall report to the committee that set them up.
2.
The procedure for subcommittees shall be the same as for committees.
3.
Substitutes shall be allowed to sit on subcommittees under the same conditions as on committees.
4.
The application of these provisions must safeguard the interdependence between a subcommittee and the committee within which it is set up. For this purpose all the full members of a subcommittee shall be chosen from among the members of the parent committee.