19.8.2010

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 224/36

Monday 14 September 2009
Numerical strength of delegations

P7_TA(2009)0002

European Parliament decision of 14 September 2009 on the numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies

2010/C 224 E/11

The European Parliament,

having regard to the proposal by the Conference of Presidents,

having regard to its decision of 6 May 2009 on the number of interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees, delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies (1),

having regard to Rule 198 of its Rules of Procedure,

Decides that the numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations shall be as follows:

(a)

Europe, Western Balkans and Turkey

Delegations to the:

—	EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee: 15 members

—	EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee: 13 members

—	EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee: 25 members

Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: 17 members

Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: 28 members

(b)

Russia, the Eastern Partnership States, Central Asia and Mongolia

Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: 31 members

Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: 16 members

Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: 14 members

Delegation for relations with Belarus: 12 members

Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees: 18 members

Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: 19 members

(c)

Maghreb, Mashreq, Israel and Palestine

Delegations for relations with:

—	Israel: 22 members

—	the Palestinian Legislative Council: 22 members

—	the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union: 18 members

—	the Mashreq countries: 18 members

(d)

The Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran

Delegations for relations with:

—	the Arab Peninsula: 15 members

—	Iraq: 12 members

—	Iran: 18 members

(e)

The Americas

Delegations for relations with:

—	the United States: 53 members

—	Canada: 17 members

—	the countries of Central America: 15 members

—	the countries of the Andean Community: 12 members

—	Mercosur: 19 members

Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: 14 members

Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: 15 members

(f)

Asia/Pacific

Delegations for relations with:

—	Japan: 25 members

—	the People's Republic of China: 39 members

—	India: 20 members

—	Afghanistan: 13 members

—	the countries of South Asia: 17 members

—	the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 22 members

—	the Korean Peninsula: 14 members

—	Australia and New Zealand: 16 members

(g)

Africa

Delegations for relations with:

—	South Africa: 13 members

—	the Pan-African Parliament: 12 members

(h)

Multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: 78 members

Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly: 49 members

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: 75 members

Delegation to Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: 60 members

Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: 10 members (which will consist of members of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence);

2.	Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.

(1) Texts adopted, P6_TA(2009)0349.