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Asamblea Parlamentaria Euro-LatinoamericanaEuro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Assemblée Parlementaire Euro-Latino AméricaineAssembleia Parlamentar Euro-Latino-Americana

Parlamentarische Versammlung Europa-Lateinamerika

Ninth Ordinary Plenary Session19-22 September 2016

‘Palacio Legislativo’ parliament buildingMontevideo, Uruguay

Draft Programme(Version of 15 September 2016)

Monday, 19 September 2016

Internal preparatory meetings (EP + LAC)

9.00 - 10.00 Meeting of the Co-Secretariats of the EuroLat Assembly: preparatory work (1)Place: Legislators’ room (Sala de la Bancada) FA

Internal preparatory meetings (EP)

11.00 - 12.00 Meeting of the European Parliament SecretariatPlace: Legislators’ room (Sala de la Bancada) FA

Latin American component

13.00 - 15.00 Preparatory meeting of the Assembly’s Latin American component (¹)Place: Anteroom of the Chamber of Deputies

EuroLat–Civil Society meeting (specific programme)

15.00 - 18.00 Meeting of the EuroLat Co-Vice-Presidents with the European Economic and SocialCommittee and representatives of Latin American civil society (meeting is open to allEuroLat Members)Place: Chamber of the General Assembly

1 Meeting without interpretation.

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EuroLat Women’s Forum (specific programme)

15.00 - 18.00 Meeting of the Euro-Latin American Women’s Forum(meeting is open to all EuroLat Members)Place: Anteroom of the Chamber of Deputies

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Working Group on Migration Issues

9.00 - 11.00 Meeting of the Working Group on Migration Issues (1)Place: Chamber of the General Assembly

Executive Bureau

10.30 - 11.30 Meeting of the EuroLat Executive BureauPlace: Anteroom of the Chamber of Deputies

Formal opening of the Ninth Ordinary Plenary Session of the EuroLat Assembly

12.00 - 13.00 Welcome from the acting President of the Senate, Senator Lucia TopolanskyPlace: Chamber of the General Assembly

Speakers:

Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr Antonio Tajani President of Parlasur, Mr Jorge Taiana OAS Secretary General (2), Mr Luis Almagro Lemes (to be confirmed)

President of the European component of the EuroLat Assembly, Mr Ramón Jáuregui President of the Latin American component of the EuroLat Assembly, Mr Roberto

Requião Acting President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Senator Raúl Sendic

Institutional photoPlace: Staircase of the Legislative Palace

Press conferencePlace: Anteroom of the Chamber of Deputies

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch offered by the President of Parlasur, Jorge Taiana

1 Working Group on Migration and Relations between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean2 Organization of American States

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Place: Legislative Palace

Political families

14.00 - 15.00 Meeting of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) with theirLatin American counterpartsPlace: Anteroom of the Chamber of Senators

Parliamentary Committees

15.00 - 18.30 Meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Development, the Environment, EnergyPolicy, Research, Innovation and TechnologyPlace: Anteroom of the Chamber of Deputies

15.00 - 18.30 Meeting of the Committee on Economic, Financial and Commercial AffairsPlace: Chamber of the General Assembly

Political families

18.30 - 19.30 Meeting of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in theEuropean Parliament with their Latin American counterpartsPlace: Anteroom of the Chamber of Senators

18.30 - 20.00 Meeting of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left withtheir Latin American counterpartsPlace: Ministers’ Room (Senate)

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Parliamentary Committees

9.00 - 12.30 Meeting of the Committee on Political Affairs, Security and Human RightsPlace: Chamber of the General Assembly

9.00 - 12.30 Meeting of the Committee on Social Affairs, Youth and Children, Human Exchanges,Education and CulturePlace: Anteroom of the Chamber of Deputies

Ordinary Plenary Session of the Eurolat AssemblyPlace: Chamber of the General Assembly

15.00 - 18.30 1. Adoption of the draft agenda for the plenary session

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2. Approval of the minutes of the Eighth Ordinary Plenary Session of the EuroLat Assembly3. Announcements by the Co-Presidents of the Assembly, including the decisions by the

Executive Bureau in May and September4. Presentation of work on the establishment of an EU-CELAC Joint Research Area by

Cristina Russo, Director of International Cooperation, Directorate-General for Researchand Innovation (DG RTD) at the European Commission

5. Speech by the Director of the Division of Production, Productivity and Management atthe UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), MarioCimoli

6. Speech by the President of the Latin America Follow-up Committee of the EuropeanEconomic and Social Committee, Mário Soares

7. Debate on the report of the Committee on Political Affairs, Security and Human Rights8. Debate on the report of the Committee on Social Affairs, Human Exchanges, the

Environment, Education and Culture9. Debate on the reports of the Committee on Economic, Financial and Commercial Affairs10. Debate on the report of the Committee on Sustainable Development, the Environment,

Energy Policy, Research, Innovation and Technology11. Debate on the Recommendation of the Working Group on EU-LAC Migration Issues12. Presentation of the results of the EuroLat-Civil Society meeting13. Presentation of the results of the Euro-Latin American Women Forum

20.00 2nd Gutenberg Literary Award prize-giving ceremony (all Members are kindly invited)Place: EU Delegation to Uruguay

Thursday, 22 September 2016

Ordinary Plenary Session of the Eurolat AssemblyPlace: Chamber of the General Assembly

9.00 - 11.00 Votes:

14. Vote on the motions for a resolution contained in the reports presented by the fourstanding committees and the Working Group on Migration Issues EU-LAC

15. Composition of the Assembly’s Executive Bureau: election of Co-Vice-Presidents byboth of the Assembly’s components

16. Any other business

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17. Date and place of the Tenth Ordinary Plenary Session of the EuroLat Assembly

Closing Session of the Ninth Ordinary Plenary Session of the EuroLat AssemblyPlace: Chamber of the General Assembly

11.00 - 11.15 Words of thanks by the two Co-Presidents of the Euro-Latin American ParliamentaryAssembly

End of the Plenary Session / End of EuroLat meetings

12.00 Meeting of the Co-Secretariats of the EuroLat Parliamentary Assembly: follow-up on work bythe standing parliamentary committeesRoom: Place: Legislators’ room (Sala de la Bancada) FA

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DEADLINES AND SPEAKING TIME

1. Deadline for tabling motions for resolutions on urgent topics(Article 8(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the EuroLat Assembly)

Friday, 19 August 2016

2. Deadline for tabling amendments in committeeto motions for resolutions included in reports submitted by the standing committees (Articles 8,16(2) and 19 of the Rules of Procedure):

Friday, 15 July 2016

3. Deadline for tabling amendments in plenary

Friday, 15 July 2016 (for reports voted on in Lisbon in May 2016)Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 10.00 (for reports adopted in committee the previous day)

if applicable, to motions for resolutions on urgent topics (articles 8, 16(3) and 19 of the Rules ofProcedure):

Wednesday 21 September 2016, 19.00.

4. If applicable, deadline for tabling joint motions for resolutions on urgent topics (Article16(4) of the Rules of Procedure)

Wednesday 21 September 2016, 19.00.

5. Requests relating to the voting methods provided for in Article 15 of the Assembly’sRules of Procedure: by secret ballot (paragraph 3), separate vote by the two housesrepresenting the Assembly’s two components (paragraph 4), and split vote

Wednesday, 21 September 2016, 19.00 in writing

6. Restrictions on speaking time(Article 4(4) and Article 9(2) of the Rules of Procedure)

3' for each co-rapporteur for an introductory speech2' for each speaker in the debates (unless speaking time is allocated otherwise in accordance

with the time available). A List of Speakers will be drawn up in advance for some debates, inwhich case a note to that effect will be circulated giving the deadlines for requesting speakingtime, together with the corresponding registration form.