States General of the Netherlands
Postbus 20018
2500 EA Den Haag
T. 070-3182388
Parleu2016@staten-generaal.nl
Interparliamentary conferences
Dutch EU Presidency 2016
To Ms. Dr. Kathy Riklin
Member of the National Council
President of the EFTA/EU Delegation
CH-3003 Bern
Switzerland
Place and date:
The Hague, November 11, 2015
Concerning:
Your request to attend the forthcoming meetings of COSAC and future inter-
parliamentary meetings during the Dutch EU Presidency
Dear Ms. Riklin,
As chairs of the committees on European Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives of
the Netherlands, we thank you for your congratulations on our upcoming Presidency of the Council
of the European Union.
We can confirm that we will be happy to honour your request for observer status for the COSAC
Chairs in February and COSAC Plenary in June, as well as for the other Interparliamentary
meetings during the Dutch EU Presidency. The official invitations will follow approximately two
months before the meetings will take place.
On December 2, 2015 we organize a briefing on the parliamentary dimension of the Dutch EU
Presidency for the embassies. The Swiss embassy has already confirmed its attendance.
Could you please provide us with the name and contact details of a point of contact to whom we
can send the official invitations for the meetings as well as for keeping in touch about more general
and practical issues? We thank you in advance.
Should you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us via parleu2016@staten-
generaal.nl.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Tuur Elzinga
Mr. Malik Azmani
Chair of the committee on
Chair of the committee on
European Affairs of the Dutch Senate
European Affairs of the Dutch Senate