section_path: Organisation/Scientific Council and Scientific Service of the Parliament
section_name: Scientific Council and Scientific Service of the Parliament
paragraph_text: Scientific Council and Scientific Service of the Parliament
  
  The Scientific Council has ten members, nine of whom are university professors, whilst the tenth is a high-ranking public officer. The president of the Scientific Council is mainly responsible for approving and distributing draft laws and law proposals to the appropriate directorate for scientific elaboration, coordinating the cooperation and supervision of the work and studies undertaken by the scientific service, evaluating the work by the research fellows of the scientific service and carrying out seminars for the dissemination of scientific information to MPs.