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Sunday 8 Dec. 2024: 10. a.m. Plenary sitting (House Chamber / Conference Centre)

The general report of the Finance and Budget Committee on the examination of the Finance Bill and their activity reports are now online

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Statutory session: At the beginning of the legislative period, the National Assembly shall meet in a statutory ordinary session on the second Tuesday following the proclamation of the parliamentary election results by the Constitutional Council.
Ordinary sessions: Each year, the National Assembly shall hold 3 (three) ordinary sessions, each lasting not more than 30 (thirty) days, in March, June and November.
Extraordinary sessions: The National Assembly may, in accordance with the Constitution, meet in extraordinary session for not more than 15 (fifteen) days on a specific agenda at the request of the President of the Republic or of one third of its members.

The extraordinary session shall wind up as soon as the agenda for which it was convened is exhausted.

Sittings of the National Assembly shall be made public. The National Assembly may exceptionally hold sittings in camera at the request of the President of the Republic or of an absolute majority of its members.
Plenary sittings:
At the beginning of the legislative period and the first ordinary session of the year, the National Assembly holds plenary sittings essentially devoted to the installation of the Provisional Bureau, the validation of mandates and the election of its Bureau.
A plenary sitting is held when the Chairmen’s Conference so decides and for a specific agenda.
The agendas of plenary sittings are determined by the Chairmen’s Conference.

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