IN THE CHAIR: Evelyne GEBHARDT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bruno Gollnisch.

5. Announcement by the President

The President announced that the Conference of Presidents had approved the request by the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion for its term of office to be extended by three months.

That extension was needed in order to enable the Committee to fully and correctly discharge its mandate as adopted by Parliament on 8 June 2016, bearing in mind the number of documents still to be processed, the analyses required and the various parties still to appear before the Committee.

Parliament approved the extension of the mandate.