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.