Decision of the European Parliament of 14 March 2007 on the number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations
Date: 2007-03-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU relations, inter-parliamentary cooperation, interinstitutional relations, interparliamentary delegation, operation of the Institutions, parliamentary committee, third country

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Official Journal of the European Union

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13.12.2007

Wednesday 14 March 2007

P6_TA(2007)0066

Number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations

Decision of the European Parliament of 14 March 2007 on the number and numerical strength of
the interparliamentary delegations

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 188 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to its decision of 10 March 2004 on the number of interparliamentary delegations,
delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation commit-
tees (1),

— having regard to its decision of 14 September 2004 on the numerical

the
interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to
parliamentary cooperation committees (2),

strength of

Decides that the number of members on the following interparliamentary delegations shall be as

1.
follows:

Delegation for relations with the countries of South-East Europe

Delegation for relations with Belarus

Delegation for relations with Israel

Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council

Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including
Libya)

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen

Delegation for relations with Iran

Delegation for relations with the United States

Delegation for relations with Canada

Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America

Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community

Delegation for relations with Mercosur

Delegation for relations with Japan

Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula

Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

Delegation for relations with South Africa

(1) OJ C 102 E, 28.4.2004, p. 635.
(2) OJ C 140 E, 9.6.2005, p. 49.

25 members

19 members

25 members

25 members

25 members

23 members

19 members

21 members

42 members

22 members

26 members

20 members

28 members

28 members

39 members

22 members

17 members

24 members

17 members

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2.
Decides to split the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) into three delegations and to lay down the number of
members of each of them as follows:

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Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Delegation for relations with India

Delegation for relations with Afghanistan

20 members

22 members

16 members

3.

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

P6_TA(2007)0067

European Aviation Safety Agency ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 14 March 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of
the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of 15 July
2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety
Agency (COM(2005)0579 — C6-0403/2006 — 2005/0228(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0579) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0403/2006),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the

Committee on Budgets (A6-0023/2007),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.
Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal must be compatible with the
ceiling of heading 1a of the financial framework and with the provisions of point 47 of the Interinstitu-
tional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2),

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

3.
substantially or replace it with another text;

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.
(2) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.