XXXIIIrd COSAC

17th and 18th May 2005

 

Draft agenda

 

 

Monday 16th May (Whit Monday)

 

In the afternoon :           Arrival of delegations

 

07:30 p.m.                    Departure of buses from hotels Sofitel and Novotel

 

08:00 p.m.                    Dinner hosted by the Chamber of Deputies at the Cercle municipal (2, rue Génistre, L-1623 Luxembourg)

 

At about 10:30 p.m.       Return to hotels

 

 

Tuesday 17th May

 

Morning

 

08:00 a.m.                    Departure of buses from hotels Sofitel and Novotel (meeting venue : Luxexpo, located at L-2088 Luxembourg, 10, Circuit de la Foire internationale)

 

08:30 a.m.                    Registration

 

                                                Experiment on subsidiarity test (third railway package)

 

                                                Discussion on the progress concerning IPEX

 

Lunch hosted by the Chamber of Deputies at the Centre de conférences Kiem

 

Afternoon

 

At about 02:15 p.m.       Lisbon strategy (exchange of views with Mr Jeannot Krecké, Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade)

 

                                    Discussion on a closer cooperation among Parliaments concerning the scrutiny of the EU-budget

 

Meeting of the COSAC chairpersons (preparation of the contribution of the XXXIIIrd COSAC)

 

Return to hotels

 

06:30 p.m.                                Departure of buses from hotels

 

08:00 p.m.                                Dinner hosted by the Chamber of Deputies at the Château de Vianden

 

At about 11:00 p.m.       Return of buses to hotels

 

 

Wednesday 18th May

 

09:00 a.m.                    Role of National Parliaments in the area of freedom, security and justice

 

Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister (to be confirmed)

 

                                                Contribution of the XXXIIIrd COSAC

 

12:30                            Lunch hosted by the Chamber of Deputies at the Hotel Sofitel