CELEX: 52013DP0405
Language: en
Date: 2013-10-09 00:00:00
Title: European Parliament decision of 9 October 2013 on the number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies (2013/2853(RSO))

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 181/96
            
         P7_TA(2013)0405
   Number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies
   European Parliament decision of 9 October 2013 on the number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies (2013/2853(RSO))
   (2016/C 181/19)
   
      The European Parliament,
   
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               having regard to the proposal by the Conference of Presidents,
            
         
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               having regard to its decisions of 6 May 2009 (1), 14 September 2009 (2), 15 June 2010 (3) and 14 December 2011 (4) on the number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations, delegations to joint parliamentary committees and delegations to parliamentary cooperation committees and multilateral Parliamentary Assemblies,
            
         
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               having regard to Rule 198 of its Rules of Procedure,
            
         
            
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               Decides that, following Croatia’s accession to the European Union, the Delegation to the EU–Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee shall cease to exist;
            
         
            
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               Decides to amend as follows the numerical strength of the following interparliamentary delegations:
               
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: 30 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula: 19 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with the United States: 57 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with Canada: 21 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America: 16 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with Japan: 26 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China: 42 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with India: 29 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 25 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand: 19 members
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Delegation for relations with South Africa: 21 members;
                        
                     
         
            
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               Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 212 E, 5.8.2010, p. 136.
   
      (2)  OJ C 224 E, 19.8.2010, p. 36.
   
      (3)  OJ C 236 E, 12.8.2011, p. 159.
   
      (4)  OJ C 168 E, 14.6.2013, p. 132.