Standing Orders of the National Council
(SO-NC)

¹ The Coun­cil nor­mally sits as fol­lows:

a.

Monday: from 2.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.;

b.

Tues­day: from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.; Tues­day af­ter­noon is re­served for group sit­tings;

c.

Wed­nes­day: from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 3.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.;

d.

Thursday: from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and in the fi­nal week of a ses­sion from 3.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.;

e.

On the Fri­day of the fi­nal week of a ses­sion: from 8.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m..

² Even­ing sit­tings (from 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.) are ar­ranged if the work­load and the ur­gency of the busi­ness so re­quires.