European Ϸվ decision of 18 September 2024 on the number and numerical strength of interparliamentary delegations ()
Ϸվ,
–having regard to the proposal from the Conference of Presidents,
–having regard to its decision of 17July2024 on the number and numerical strength of the interparliamentary delegations(1),
–having regard to Rules229 and 230 of its Rules of Procedure,
1.Decides to set the number of interparliamentary delegations, their regional groupings and their numerical strength, as follows:
(a)
Europe, Western Balkans and Türkiye
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Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Ϸվary Committee: 13Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Ϸվary Committee: 25Members,
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Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Ϸվary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Ϸվary Committee: 18Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Ϸվary Committee: 15Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Ϸվary Committee: 14Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Ϸվary Committee: 14Members,
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Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, including the EU-Bosnia and Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Ϸվary Committee and the EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Ϸվary Committee: 13Members,
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Delegation to the EU-UK Ϸվary Partnership Assembly: 35Members;
(b)
Russia and the Eastern Partnership states
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Delegation to the EU-Russia Ϸվary Cooperation Committee: 31Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Ϸվary Association Committee: 16Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Moldova Ϸվary Association Committee: 14Members,
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Delegation for relations with Belarus: 12Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Armenia Ϸվary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Ϸվary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Ϸվary Association Committee: 18Members;
(c)
Maghreb, Mashreq, Israel and Palestine
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Delegations for relations with:
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Israel: 18Members,
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Palestine: 18Members,
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the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union, including the EU-Morocco, EU-Tunisia and EU-Algeria Joint Ϸվary Committees: 18Members,
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the Mashreq countries: 19Members;
(d)
The Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran
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Delegations for relations with:
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the Arab Peninsula: 16Members,
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Iraq, including the EU-Iraq Ϸվary Cooperation Committee: 8Members,
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Iran: 11Members;
(e)
The Americas
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Delegations for relations with:
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the United States: 64Members,
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Canada: 18Members,
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the Federative Republic of Brazil: 14Members,
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the countries of Central America, including the EU-Central America Association Ϸվary Committee: 15Members,
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the countries of the Andean Community: 13Members,
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Mercosur: 19Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Ϸվary Committee: 14Members,
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Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Ϸվary Committee: 15Members,
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Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Ϸվary Committee: 15Members;
(f)
Asia/Pacific
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Delegations for relations with:
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Japan: 24Members,
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the People’s Republic of China: 38Members,
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India: 24Members,
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Afghanistan: 8Members,
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the countries of South Asia: 15Members,
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the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): 27Members,
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the Korean Peninsula: 13Members,
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Australia and New Zealand: 12Members,
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Delegation for relations with Central Asia: 19Members;
(g)
Africa
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Delegations for relations with:
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South Africa: 16Members,
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the Pan-African Ϸվ: 12Members;
(h)
Multilateral assemblies
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Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Ϸվary Assembly: 78Members,
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Delegation to the Africa-EU Ϸվary Assembly: 48Members,
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Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Ϸվary Assembly: 15Members,
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Delegation to the Pacific-EU Ϸվary Assembly: 15Members,
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Delegation to the Ϸվary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: 51Members,
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Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Ϸվary Assembly: 75Members,
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Delegation to the Euronest Ϸվary Assembly: 60Members,
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Delegation for relations with the NATO Ϸվary Assembly: 10Members;
2.Decides that the delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Ϸվary Assembly shall consist of the members from the delegations to the Africa-EU Ϸվary Assembly, the Caribbean-EU Ϸվary Assembly and the Pacific-EU Ϸվary Assembly;
3.Decides that the membership of the delegations to the Ϸվary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean, to the Euro-Latin American Ϸվary Assembly and to the Euronest Ϸվary Assembly shall be drawn exclusively from the bilateral or sub-regional delegations covered by each Assembly;
4.Decides that the membership of the delegation for relations with the NATO Ϸվary Assembly shall be drawn exclusively from the Subcommittee on Security and Defence;
5.Decides, with reference to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 11September2024 relating to the composition of delegation bureaux, that the delegation bureaux may consist of up to two vice-chairs, with the exception of the bureaux of delegations to multilateral assemblies, for which the delegation bureaux should correspond to the number of Ϸվ’s representatives in the respective bureau of those multilateral assemblies;
6.Recalls that only official delegations, duly authorised by the Conference of Presidents, are permitted to carry out activities on behalf of the European Ϸվ and to represent its position;
7.Decides that this decision shall replace its abovementioned decision of 17July2024;
8.Decides that this decision will enter into force on the day of its adoption;
9.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service, for information.