Commissioner Karmenu Vella to defend Circular Economy Package to EU regions

The 8th meeting of the ENVE commission of the European Committee of the Regions, in charge of environment, climate change and energy will take place on 21 April. These are the highlights:

14:30-16.00 Thematic debate on 'Advancing the Circular Economy and ambitious Waste Management' . With the presence of:

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  Karmenu Vella i, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
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  Simona Bonafè i, MEP, European Parliament rapporteur on legislative proposals amending the waste directives
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  Ambassador Wepke Kingma, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the EU
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  Babette Winter, CoR rapporteur on "Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy"
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  Domenico Gambacorta, CoR rapporteur on "Legislative proposals amending the waste directives"

Other topics:

11:00 Exchange of views on:

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  EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling - Daiva MATONIENĖ (LT/ECR)
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  COP22 in Marrakesh: Delivering the global climate agreement - a territorial approach Francesco PIGLIARU (IT/PES)

16:00 Adoption of the opinion 'Legislative Proposals amending waste directives' Domenico GAMBACORTA (IT/EPP).

For attendance please contact:

David Crous Duran

david.crous@cor.europa.eu

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