Press contacts
- Katharina Pausch-Homblé
- +32 2 281 62 63
- +32 470 88 42 96
Place:
European Convention Center Luxembourg (ECCL)
Chair:
Elisabeth Köstinger, Federal Minister for Sustainability and Tourism of Austria
All times are approximate and subject to change
from 08.00
Arrivals
+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Minister Köstinger
+/- 09.30
Beginning of Environment Council meeting (Roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Approval of non-legislative A items
Approval of legislative A items (public session)
+/- 09.40
CO2 standards for cars and vans (recast) (public session)
+/- 11.40
Conclusions on the preparations for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
+/- 13.15
Informal working lunch discussion on key environment and climate change priorities in the Eastern Partnership region: Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia
+/- 14.45
Conclusions on the Convention on Biological Diversity
+/- 15.45
Any other business
– Current legislative proposals (public session)
– Single-use plastics
– Reports on main recent international meetings
– Berlin declaration on nanomaterials
– Outcome of the high-level environment conference “Earth Innovation Forum”
– Measures at EU level to tackle air pollution related to the import of used cars
– The Clean Air Programme
+/- 17.00
CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles (public session)
At the end of the meeting
Press conference (live streaming)
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