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6. Hearings

A committee may organise a hearing of experts, where this is deemed essential for its work on a particular topic. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees hold hearings on a regular basis as they allow for experts to be consulted and key issues to be discussed.

Hearings page containing all available information about parliamentary committee hearings, including programmes, speakers' contributions, and important preparatory documents.

For example the multimedia material related to the hearing organised by the LIBE Commission on the directive against discrimination in 2012:

20-03-2012 - Unblocking the Anti-Discrimination Directive

Speeches by: Pierre Baussand, Social Platform; Ioannis Dimitrakopoulos, European Agency for Fundamental Rights; Svetoslav Hristov Malinov, Group of the European People's Party; Isabelle Chopin, European Network of independent experts in the field of non-discrimination.