108th CoR Plenary Session, Brussel

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datum 6 oktober 2014 - 8 oktober 2014
plaats Brussel, België
locatie Karel de Grote (CHAR) i Toon locatie
aanwezigen J. (Johannes) Hahn i, K.L.G.E. (Karel) De Gucht i e.a.
organisatie Comité van de Regio's (CvdR) i

The members of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) will soon meet at the 108th Plenary Session.

What's on the agenda?

The first day of the plenary session (6 October) will be marked by the official opening of the OPEN DAYS "GROWING TOGETHER - SMART INVESTMENT FOR PEOPLE" in the presence of Ms Iskra Mihaylova, Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) of the European Parliament, Mr José Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy and Mr José Ángel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD.

On the second day (7 October), the CoR members will have the pleasure to welcome Mr Sandro Gozi, Secretary of State for European Affairs, who will present the priorities of the Italian Presidency.

On the last day of the plenary session (8 October), the members will hold a debate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with two distinguished invitees: Mr Karel de Gucht, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Trade and Mr Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union.

The CoR's members will also discuss 8 opinions, which will be presented for adoption including:

The Clean Air Policy Package for Europe: rapporteur Mr Cor Lamers (Mayor of Schiedam, Netherlands/EPP)

European Strategy for Coastal and Maritime Tourism: rapporteur Mr Vasco Ilídio Alves Cordeiro (President of the Autonomous Regional Government of the Azores, Portugal/PES)

A Policy Framework for Climate and Energy in the period from 2020 to 2030: rapporteur Ms Annabelle Jaeger (Member of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, France/PES)

A European Platform against Undeclared Work: rapporteur Mr Dainis Turlais (Chairman of the Security, Corruption Prevention and Public Order Issues Committee of the Riga City Council, Latvia/ALDE)

The agenda, opinions and working documents are available online.

All plenary sessions are publicly web streamed live in all official EU languages on www.cor.europa.eu.


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Comité van de Regio's (CvdR)

Dit orgaan is de spreekbuis voor lokale en regionale overheden binnen de Europese Unie. De Raad van de Europese Unie i en de Europese Commissie i zijn in bepaalde gevallen verplicht advies te vragen aan het Comité van de Regio's (CvdR), voordat zij een besluit kunnen nemen.

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