Indicative programme - Environment Council of 26 June 2019
Place
European Convention Centre Luxembourg (ECCL)
Chairs:
Graţiela Leocadia Gavrilescu, Romanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment
Ioan Deneș, Minister of Waters and Forests
All times are approximate and subject to change
from 08.30
Arrivals
+/- 09.00
Doorstep by Minister Gavrilescu
+/- 09.05
Doorstep by Minister Deneș
+/- 10.00
Beginning of Environment Council meeting (Roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Approval of non-legislative A items
+/- 10.10
Towards a Sustainable Chemicals Policy Strategy of the Union - Council conclusions
+/- 11.30
Regulation on water reuse (public session)
+/- 12.50
Any other business
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-Strategic long-term vision for a climate neutral economy
-
-Commission communication on the draft integrated national energy and climate plans
-
-Current legislative proposal - MRV for shipping (public session)
-
-Conference on carbon pricing and aviation taxes (The Hague, 20-21 June 2019)
+/- 13.30
Working lunch: discussion on single use plastics and the next steps for combatting marine litter
+/- 15.00
Environmental Implementation Review
+/- 16.30
Any other business
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-Workshop on the future Environment Action Programme
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-Possible European measures to support clean mobility and in particular, electromobility
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-Reports on main recent international meetings: Triple COPs to the Basel (COP 14), Rotterdam (COP 9) and Stockholm (COP 9) Conventions (Geneva, 29 April - 10 May 2019), UNEA 4 (Nairobi, 11-15 March 2019)
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-G7 Environment Ministers' Meeting (Metz, France, 5-6 May 2019)
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-Current legislative proposal - LIFE programme (public session)
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-Work programme of the incoming Presidency
+/- 17.00
Press conference (live streaming)