Programme
COSAC – Chairpersons’ Meeting
Parliament of the Czech Republic
Waldstein Palace, seat of the Senate, Prague
9-10 February 2009
PROGRAMME
(5 February 2009)
Monday, 9 February 2009
Arrival of participants
Registration and check-in at the hotel Crowne Plaza Prague Castle
15:00 Departure from the hotel to the Strahov Monastery
15:10-16:40 Tour of the Strahov Monastery complex
then Free time
17:20 Departure of participants of the Troika Meeting by bus from the hotel to the Senate
18:00 – 19:00 Meeting of the COSAC Troika
(Frýdlant Lounge)
18:15 Departure of other participants by historical tram from the hotel for a sight-seeing ride through the centre of Prague
19:00 Arrival at the Lesser Town Square and short walk to the Senate
19:15 Aperitif in the Waldstein Garden
Welcome speech by Mr Luděk Sefzig, Chairman of the Committee on EU Affairs of the Senate
19:45 Dinner
Welcome speech by Mr Petr Krill, Vice-Chairman of the Committee for European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies
Toast by Mr Luděk Sefzig, Chairman of the Committee on EU Affairs of the Senate
21:30 Departure by bus to the hotel
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Breakfast at the hotel
8:15 Check-out from the hotel and departure by bus from the hotel to the Senate
8:50 Arrival at the Senate, possibility for registration
9:00 First Session
(Senate Plenary Session Hall)
9:00 Welcome speech:
Mr Přemysl Sobotka
President of the Senate
then COSAC procedural matters
Mr Luděk Sefzig
Chairman of the Committee on EU Affairs of the Senate
Mr Petr Krill
Vice-Chairman of the Committee for European Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies
- Draft Agenda of the XLI COSAC
- Outline of the 11th Bi-annual Report
- Selection of legislative proposals for COSAC co-ordinated subsidiarity check in 2009
- Co-financing of the permanent member of the COSAC Secretariat and the costs of running the office and website of COSAC
10:15 Principle of subsidiarity – possibilities and limits of judicial control in the EU (with regard to Article 8 of Protocol No. 2 of the draft Treaty of Lisbon)
Mr Pavel Holländer
Vice-Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic
Discussion
11:45 Priorities of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU
Mr Alexandr Vondra
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic
Discussion
13:10 Family Photo
13:15-14:30 Buffet lunch by invitation of the Committee on EU Affairs of the Senate
(Senators’ Restaurant)
14:30 Second Session
(Senate Plenary Session Hall)
Eastern Partnership
Mr Alexandr Vondra
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic
Mr Eneko Landaburu
Director-General, European Commission - DG External Relations
Discussion
16:30 End of the meeting – departure of participants from the Senate to the hotel or to the airport