Schedule of sessions 

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Spring session  27 February  - 16 March 2012 

The chambers meet in ordinary sessions four times per year, in the
 

The National Council normally sits:

1. on Mondays from 2.30 to 7 p.m.
2. on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
3. on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
4. on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (until 7 p.m. during the final week)
5. on the Friday of the final week from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Council of States normally sits:

1. on the Monday of the 1st week from 4.15 to 8 p.m.
2. on Mondays in the 2nd and 3rd weeks from 3.15 to 8 p.m.
3. on Tuesdays from 8.15 a.m. to 1 p.m.
4. Tuesday afternoons are reserved for meetings of the parliamentary groups
5. on Wednesdays from 8.15 a.m. to 1 p.m.
6. on Wednesday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
7. on Thursdays from 8.15 a.m. to 1 p.m.
8. on the Thursday of the 3rd week from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
9. on the Friday of the final week from 8.15 a.m. to h 8.30 a.m. (for the final votes)

Night sittings (open end) are held when the volume and urgency of business demands it. 

A full transcript of the debates held in the National Council and in the Council of States can be found in the Official Bulletin of the Federal Assembly.

Further information

 Schedule of sessions since 1848