Decision on the numerical strength of the standing committees

2011/2838(RSO)

Following the entry into force of the protocol amending Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions, new Members are entitled to sit in the European Parliament and on its bodies in full enjoyment of their rights.

Accordingly, Parliament has decided to amend the number of members of parliamentary committees as follows:

  • Committee on Foreign Affairs: 76 members
  • Committee on Development: 30 members
  • Committee on International Trade: 29 members
  • Committee on Budget: 44 members
  • Committee on Budgetary Control: 30 members
  • Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs: 48 members
  • Committee on Employment and Social Affairs: 51 members 
  • Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: 68 members
  • Committee on Industry, Research and Energy: 60 members
  • Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection: 41 members
  • Committee on Transport and Tourism: 46 members
  • Committee on Regional Development: 50 members 
  • Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development: 44 members
  • Committee on Fisheries: 24 members
  • Committee on Culture and Education: 32 members
  • Committee on Legal Affairs: 25 members
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: 60 members
  • Committee on Constitutional Affairs: 25 members
  • Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality: 35 members
  • Committee on Petitions: 35 members

and to amend the number of members of parliamentary subcommittees as follows:

  • Subcommittee on Human Rights: 31 members
  • Subcommittee on Security and Defence: 31 members.

Parliament decides, with reference to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 9 July 2009 relating to the composition of Committee Bureaux, that the Committee Bureaux may consist of up to four vice-chairs.