Indicative programme - Environment Council of 4 March 2016

Place:        Justus Lipsius building, Brussels
Chair:        Sharon Dijksma, Minister for Environment of the Netherlands

All times are approximate and subject to change

+/- 09.35
Doorstep by Minister Dijksma

+/- 10.00
Beginning of the Council meeting (roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Adoption of non-legislative A items  

+/- 10.10 Climate change: follow-up to COP 21 (public session) 

+/- 12.10 AOB: Energy transition 

+/- 12.20 Endocrine disruptors  

+/- 12.40 AOBs:
- 7th EAP
- Minamata package (public session)
- EU action plan on wildlife trafficking
- Real driving emissions 

+/- 13.30 Working lunch - Discussion on the ratification of the Paris Agreement  

+/- 15.00 Circular economy - Action plan (public session) 

+/- 17.00 AOB: Innovation deals  

+/- 17.10 European Semester

+/- 18.00 Press conference (live streaming)

Photos and videos from the meeting, Environment Council, 4 March 2016
Live streaming of public sessions and press events