COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Environment), Luxembourg - Main contents

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date	October 24, 2022
city	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
location	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
organisation	Council of the European Union (Council) i, European Council i, Environment Council (ENV) i, Czech presidency of the EU i

Council of the European Union

Brussels, 20 October 2022 (OR. en)

13554/22 OJ CONS 61

ENV 1014 CLIMA 510

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Environment)

ECCL, Luxembourg

24 October 2022 (10.00)

Format: 2+2 (+2 in listening room)

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda

• 2. 

  Approval of "A" items

  • a) 

    Non-legislative list 13558/22

  • b) 

    Legislative list (Public deliberation in accordance with 13559/22 Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)

Non-legislative activities

• 3. 

  Conclusions on the preparations for the 27th Conference of the 13735/22

  Parties (COP 27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, 6-18 November 2022) Approval

• 4. 

  Conclusions on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 13784/1/22 REV 1 (Montreal, Canada, 7-19 December 2022):

  • a) 

    Preparation of COP 15 to the CBD b) Preparation of COP-MOP 10 serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety c) Preparation of COP-MOP 4 serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing Approval

Legislative deliberations

(Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)

• 5. 

  Revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions and 13104/22

  Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste 8064/1/22 REV 1 Policy debate + ADD 1 REV 1

• 6. 

  Regulation establishing a framework for setting eco-design 13120/22

  requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 7854/22 + ADD 1 2009/125/EC Policy debate

Any other business

• 7. 

  a) Reports on main recent international meetings

  • i) 

    Fifth Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the 13620/22 Montreal Protocol (ExMOP5)

    (Bangkok, Thailand, 16 July 2022) Information from the Presidency and the Commission

  • b) 

    Current legislative proposals (Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)

    • i) 

      Directive replacing Directive 2008/99/EC on the 13748/22 protection of the environment through criminal law 14459/21 + COR 1 Information from the Presidency, requested by the

      Commission

    • ii) 

      Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence 13687/1/22 REV 1 - state of play

      Information from the Belgian delegation, supported by the Spanish delegation

• c) 

  Findings, obstacles and opportunities in the management 13626/22

  of PFAS pollution Information from the Belgian delegation

• d) 

  Strengthening EU early action, preparedness and response 13769/22

  to tackle consequences of climate change: A renewed approach for drought management at the EU level Information from the Slovenian delegation, supported by the Bulgarian, Greek, Spanish, Cyprus, Austrian and Portuguese delegations

• e) 

  International Drought Resilience Alliance 13705/1/22 REV 1

  Information from the Spanish delegation

• f) 

  Conference on Designing Climate Resilient Landscapes 13648/22

  (Prague, Czech Republic,13-14 September 2022) Information from the Presidency

• a) 

  (continuation) Reports on main recent international meetings

  • ii) 

    Ninth session of the Plenary of the 11758/22 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on

    Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES 9) (Bonn, Germany, 3-9 July 2022)

  • iii) 

    Ninth Environment for Europe (EfE) Ministerial 13727/22 Conference (Nicosia, Cyprus, 5-7 October 2022)

  Information from the Presidency and the Commission

First reading

Item based on a Commission proposal

Public debate proposed by the Presidency (Article 8(2) of the Council's Rules of Procedure)

In the Council, government ministers from each EU country meet to discuss, amend and adopt laws, and coordinate policies. The ministers have the authority to commit their governments to the actions agreed on in the meetings.

Together with the European Parliament , the Council is the main decision-making body of the EU.

Not to be confused with:

• - 

  European Council - quarterly summits, where EU leaders meet to set the broad direction of EU policy making

The European Council brings together EU leaders to set the EU's political agenda. It represents the highest level of political cooperation between EU countries.

One of the EU's 7 official institutions, the Council takes the form of (usually quarterly) summit meetings between EU leaders, chaired by a permanent president.

What does the European Council do?

The ministers (or State Secretaries) of Environment are represented in the Council on Environment of the Member States of the European Union.

In the Council of the European Union, the ministers from the EU Member States take a joint decision on the policy to be implemented within the EU. The Council is supported by the Committee of Permanent Representatives, which prepares decisions and guards the implementation and adherence of the decisions monitored by the Council.