19. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE and GUE/NGL Groups:

- AFET Committee: Othmar Karas

- INTA Committee: Paul Murphy

- CONT Committee: Paul Rübig to replace Elisabeth Köstinger

- EMPL Committee: Heinz K. Becker

- ENVI Committee: Sophie Auconie

- TRAN Committee: Hubert Pirker

- REGI Committee: Brice Hortefeux to replace Sophie Auconie

- PETI Committee: Heinz K. Becker

- Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Paul Rübig

- Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union: Paul Rübig

- Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia: Paul Murphy

- Delegation for relations with Canada: Heinz K. Becker

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.