Indicative programme - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting of 12 March 2019
Place:
Europa building, Brussels
Chair:
Eugen Orlando Teodorovici, Minister for Finance of Romania
All times are approximate and subject to change
From +/- 08.00
Arrivals (live streaming)
+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Minister Teodorovici
09.00
Ministerial breakfast (roundtable)
10.00
Beginning of the Ecofin Council meeting
Adoption of the agenda
Adoption of non-legislative A Items
+/- 10.10
Adoption of A Items (public session)
+/- 10.15
Excise duties (public session)
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a)General arrangements for excise duty (recast)
-
b)Administrative cooperation of the content of electronic registers
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c)Structures of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages
+/- 10.55
Digital services tax (public session)
+/- 11.35
InvestEU - location of the Investment Committee Secretariat (public session)
+/- 11.55
Other business: Current financial services legislative proposals (public session)
+/- 12.05
European semester
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a)2019 country reports and in-depth reviews
-
b)Implementation of country-specific recommendations focussing on investments
Conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
Other business
+/- 14.00
Press conference (live streaming)
In the margins of the Council - Monday, 11 March
11.30
Macro-economic dialogue
Eurogroup meeting
From 13.30
Arrivals (live streaming)
+/- 14.45
Doorstep of Eurogroup President Mario Centeno
15.00
Eurogroup (roundtable)
16.30
Arrivals (Inclusive EG)
17.00
Eurogroup in inclusive format (roundtable)
+/- 19.00
Press conference (live streaming)