CAT/C/3/Rev.6 Part two Rules relating to the functions of the Committee XVII. Reports from States parties under article 19 of the Convention Rule 65 Submission of reports 1. The States parties shall submit to the Committee, through the Secretary-General, reports on the measures they have taken to give effect to their undertakings under the Convention, within one year after the entry into force of the Convention for the State party concerned. Thereafter the States parties shall submit supplementary reports every four years on any new measures taken and such other reports as the Committee may request. 2. The Committee may consider the information contained in a recent report as covering information that should have been included in overdue reports. The Committee may recommend, at its discretion, that States parties consolidate their periodic reports. 3. The Committee may recommend, at its discretion, that States parties present their periodic reports by a specified date. 4. The Committee may, through the Secretary-General, inform the States parties of its wishes regarding the form and contents as well as the methodology for consideration of the reports to be submitted under article 19 of the Convention, and issue guidelines to that effect. Rule 66 List of issues submitted to a State party prior to receiving its report The Committee may submit to a State party a list of issues prior to receiving its report. If the State party agrees to report under this optional reporting procedure, its response to this list of issues shall constitute, for the respective period, its report under article 19 of the Convention. Rule 67 Non-submission of reports 1. At each session, the Secretary-General shall notify the Committee of all cases of non-submission of reports under rules 65 and 69. In such cases the Committee may transmit to the State party concerned, through the Secretary-General, a reminder concerning the submission of such report or reports. 2. If, after the reminder referred to in paragraph 1 of this rule, the State party does not submit the report required under rules 65 and 69, the Committee shall so state in the annual report which it submits to the States parties and to the General Assembly of the United Nations. 3. The Committee may notify the defaulting State party through the Secretary-General that it intends, on a date specified in the notification, to examine the measures taken by the 21