Members: 222 comprising: France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom 24 each, Spain 21, Austria, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Sweden 12 each, Denmark, Ireland and Finland 9 each, and Luxembourg 6

Term of office: four years
Meeting place: Brussels, five plenaries per year
Address: Rue Belliard 79, B-1040 Bruxelles
Telephone: (32 2) 282 22 11 Fax: (32 2) 282 28 96