DEUTSCHER BUNDESTAG

 

 

Joint Committee Meeting

on the Mid-term review of the White Paper on Transport

"Keep Europe moving"

 

 

Practical information

 

Place and time

 

• European Parliament, rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels, building Paul-Henri Spaak, hemicycle (third floor)

(Weblink to location map: Parliament : Visits)

• 26 February 2007, 14:00 - 18:00

 

Registration

 

• Members of Parliament and officials are requested to fill in the registration form and send this back to the secretariat of the committee on Transport and Tourism ([email protected]) not later than 9 February 2007.
• Please note that officials accompanying Members of Parliament are invited to fill in their address and date of birth in the registration form, as required by Parliament's security services.

 

Welcome and badges

 

• Participants are requested to present themselves at the entrance hall of the European Parliament, Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS).
• Welcome desk will be open as from 13:00.

• For security reasons, all participants are required to wear the badge that will be given at the welcome desk.

 

Information desk available during the meeting

 

• An information desk will be available during the meeting inside the meeting room (hemicycle).

 

Oral contributions by Members of national Parliaments

 

Please note that for organisational reasons speaking time is limited and will be divided as follows:

• The five countries who will have the Presidency of the EU until 2010 (i.e. Portugal, Slovenia, France, Czech Republic and Sweden) will deliver a 5 minute keynote speech at the beginning of each discussion block.
• For all other national Parliaments a speaking time of 4 minutes per Member State is foreseen. This speaking time can be used by one or more speakers. National Parliaments are therefore kindly invited to coordinate between Chambers and within each Chamber who will use this available speaking time.

Please send by email the name(s) of the Member(s) who wish to take the floor to Mr Damen ([email protected]) until 21 February. This request should also state the theme on which they wish to speak (Theme 1 'Better regulation and financing' or Theme 2 'Sustainability and optimising limited capacities').

 

Interpretation

 

• Interpretation shall be provided in 21 languages.

 

Cocktail and dinner

 

• Registered Members of national Parliaments and officials are invited to attend the Cocktail and Dinner hosted by Mr Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, on Monday evening 26 February at 18:15 in the Members' restaurant, Altiero Spinelli building, ground floor.

 

Background information

 

• Background information for this meeting can be found on the website of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.

 

Travelling/ hotel arrangements and costs

 

• Hotel and travel arrangements are to be made by each participant.
• Travelling and accommodation costs should be covered by the national Parliaments.

 

Liaison officers (contacts for additional information)

 

• Mr Mario Damen, Administrator (programme)

Secretariat Committee on Transport and Tourism

European Parliament

Phone: +32.2.2843617

e-mail: [email protected]

 

• Mrs Barbara Hostens, Assistant (organisation)

Secretariat Committee on Transport and Tourism

European Parliament

Phone: +32.2.2831330

e-mail: [email protected]

 

• Mrs Christine Vandeneycken, Secretary (registration)

Secretariat Committee on Transport and Tourism

European Parliament

Phone: +32.2.2831526

e-mail: [email protected]