Indicative programme - Environment Council of 26 June 2019

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op vrijdag 21 juni 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

  • 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

  • Workshop on the future Environment Action Programme
  • Possible European measures to support clean mobility and in particular, electromobility
  • 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)
  • G7 Environment Ministers' Meeting (Metz, France, 5-6 May 2019)
  • Current legislative proposal - LIFE programme (public session)
  • Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 17.00

Press conference (live streaming)