Indicative programme - Competitiveness Council of 20 February

Place:        Europa building, Brussels
Chair:        Christian Cardona, Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business of Malta                                        

All times are approximate and subject to change

 +/- 08.30    
Arrivals (Justus Lipsius building)                  

+/- 09.15 
Doorstep by Minister Cardona (Justus Lipsius building) 

+/- 10.00
Beginning of the meeting (Roundtable/Photo opportunity)
Adoption of agenda
Adoption of non-legislative A items
Adoption of legislative A items (public session)

+/- 10.15 
Consumer protection cooperation (public session)
+/- 11.15
Competitiveness check-up: intangible investments in EU companies
+/- 12.00
Public procurement in the context of the 2017 European Semester process 

+/- 13.00
Informal working lunch: European Industrial Competitiveness 

+/- 15.00
The start-up and scale-up initiative
+/- 16.00    
Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles (public session)
+/- 16.30    
Any other business:
- Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
- European Defence Action Plan
+/- 17.35
- Services Package (public session)
+/- 18.00
 - Portability of digital services (public session)
 - Competitiveness of the transport sector

+/- 18.20
Press conference (live streaming) in the Justus Lipsius building

• Consejo de Competitividad del 20 de febrero de 2017
• Fotos y vídeos de la sesión, Consejo de Competitividad, 20 y 21 de febrero de 2017
• Retransmisión en directo