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Council of the European Union

Brussels, 16 December 2022 (OR. en)

15918/22 OJ CONS 84

ENV 1284 CLIMA 664

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

(Environment)

Europa building, Brussels

20 December 2022 (10.00)

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

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda

Legislative deliberations

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

• 2. 

  Regulation on nature restoration 15473/22

  Policy debate

Any other business

• 3. 

  a) EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - State of 15957/22

  implementation and upcoming assessments 8219/20 + ADD 1 Information from the Commission

  • b) 

    Reports on main recent international meetings

    • i) 

      34th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol 15987/22 on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

      (MOP 34) (Montreal, Canada, 31 October-4 November 2022)

    • ii) 

      27th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the 16016/22 UN Framework Climate Change Conference

      (COP 27) (Sharm El-Sheik, 6-20 November 2022) iii) 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties 15955/22

    (COP 19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (Panama City, 14-25 November 2022)

  • iv) 

    First session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating 15978/22 Committee (INC-1) to Develop an International

    Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution (Punta del Este, Uruguay, 28 November-2 December 2022)

  • v) 

    Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (Montreal, Canada, 7-19 December 2022) - COP 15 to the CBD

    • - 

      COP-MOP 10 serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

    • - 

      COP-MOP 4 serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

  Information from the Presidency and the Commission

• c) 

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

  • i) 

    Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases 15764/22 8042/22 + ADD 1

  • ii) 

    Regulation on substances that deplete the ozone 15764/22 layer 8048/22 + ADD 1

  • iii) 

    Revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial 16017/22 + ADD 1 emissions and Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill 8064/22

    of waste + REV 1 (en) + ADD 1

    • + 

      ADD 1 REV 1 (en)

  • iv) 

    Regulation on shipments of waste 16021/22 Information from the Presidency 14135/21 v) Zero pollution package

• a) 

  Directive on air quality (recast) 14217/22 + ADD 1

  • b) 

    Directive amending the water framework 14265/22 + ADD 1 Directive, the groundwater Directive and the

    environmental quality standards Directive

  • c) 

    Directive on urban wastewater treatment 14223/22 + ADD 1 (recast)

  Presentation by the Commission

  • vi) 

    Circular economy package

    • a) 

      Regulation establishing a Union certification 15557/22 + ADD 1 framework for carbon removals

    • b) 

      Regulation on packaging and packaging waste, 15581/22 + ADD 1 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and

      Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC

    Presentation by the Commission

• d) 

  Communication on the EU policy framework for biobased, 15570/22

  biodegradable and compostable plastics Presentation by the Commission

• e) 

  International workshop - “Light Pollution 2022” 15972/22

  (Brno, Czech Republic, 26 October 2022) Information from the Presidency

• f) 

  UN 2023 Water Conference 15938/22

  (New York, 22-24 March 2023) (co-hosted by the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Information from the Dutch delegation

• g) 

  Work programme of the incoming Presidency

  Information from the Swedish delegation

First reading

Item based on a Commission proposal

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