- 73 202. Pursuant to new rule 115, paragraph 1, of its revised rules of procedure, the Committee may decide to include in its annual report a summary of the communications examined. The Committee shall also include in its annual report the text of its decisions under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention. A. New methods of work 203. At its twenty-seventh session, the Committee appointed one of its members, Mr. Mavrommatis, as Rapporteur for interim measures and confirmed him in this function at its twenty-eighth session as Rapporteur for new complaints and interim measures (rule 98). Also at its twenty-seventh session, the Committee decided to establish a pre-sessional working group of three to five members to assist the plenary in its work under article 22, and designated four of its members to participate in the first working group, Mr. Burns, Mr. Camara, Mr. González Poblete and Mr. Yakovlev. At the twenty-eighth session, the working group submitted recommendations to the Committee regarding the fulfilment of the conditions of admissibility as well as on the merits of complaints. Also at the twenty-eighth session, the Committee established the function of Rapporteur for follow-up and designated Mr. González Poblete and Ms. Gaer (alternate) as Rapporteurs (rule 114). The terms of reference of the Rapporteur for new complaints and interim measures are reproduced in annex VIII, and the text of the terms of reference of the Rapporteurs for follow-up are reproduced in annex IX. B. Interim measures of protection 204. Complainants frequently request preventive protection, particularly in cases concerning imminent expulsion or extradition, and invoke in this connection article 3 of the Convention. Pursuant to revised rule 108, at any time after the receipt of a complaint, the Committee, its Working Group, or the Rapporteur for new complaints and interim measures may transmit to the State party concerned a request that it take such interim measures as the Committee considers necessary to avoid irreparable damage to the victim or victims of the alleged violations. The State party shall be informed that such a request does not imply a determination of the admissibility or the merits of the complaint. The Rapporteur for new complaints and interim measures shall monitor compliance with the Committee’s requests for interim measures. The State party may inform the Committee that the reasons for the interim measures have lapsed or present arguments why the interim measures should be lifted. The Rapporteur, the Committee or its Working Group may withdraw the request for interim measures. 205. During the period under review, the Rapporteur for new complaints and interim Measures requested States parties to defer expulsion in a number of cases so as to allow the Committee to consider the complaints under the Committee’s procedure. All States parties so requested acceded to the Committee’s requests for deferral. C. Progress of work 206. At the time of adoption of the present report the Committee had registered 209 complaints with respect to 21 countries. Of them, 55 complaints had been discontinued