26e ENVE-commissievergadering, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud

26th ENVE meeting - Draft agenda

Brussels, 18 November 2019

NOTICE OF MEETING

COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY (ENVE)

10.30-11 a.m. The political coordinators' meeting will be held in camera (JDE 70).

Draft agenda:

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  Adoption of the draft agenda (COR-2019-03692-00-02-CONVPOJ-TRA)

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  Approval of the minutes of the 25th meeting (COR-2019-04415-00-00-PV-TRA)

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  Statement by the chair/End of term report

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  Organisation of future work

  For decision:

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  Opinions on the basis of consultations (Rule 41(a))

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    Appointment of rapporteurs

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  Own-initiative opinions (Rule 41b) i))

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    Decision to draw up an opinion

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    Appointment of rapporteurs

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  Own-initiative opinions (Rule 41b) ii))

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    Decision to request Bureau authorisation for an opinion (COR-2019-4988-00-00-TCD-TRA)
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    Provisional appointment of rapporteurs

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  Decisions not to draw up an opinion

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  Ongoing work programme and decision on attributions by the president

  (COR-2019-04166-00-01-TCD-TRA)

  For discussion:

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  Follow-up to opinions (COR-2019-04371-00-00-TCD-TRA)

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  Debate on The European Green Deal in partnership with local and regional authorities

  Political Roundtable, with:

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    Diederik SAMSOM, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Timmermans

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    Member of the European Parliament (tbc)

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    Janez POTOCNIK, co-chair of the International Resource Panel of the UN

  Discussion with ENVE members

  Stakeholders Roundtable, with:

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    Piotr SZYMANSKI, Director of Directorate Energy, Transport and Climate, Joint Research Centre

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    Eliot WHITTINGTON, Director of Policy, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership & Director of the Prince of Wales' Corporate Leaders Group

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    Renée BRUEL, Senior Associate, European Climate Foundation & Member of the Steering Committee, The Coalition for Energy Savings

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    Astrid SCHOMAKER, Director of Directorate Global Sustainable Development, DG ENV, European Commission (tbc)

  Discussion with ENVE members

  1.20 p.m. The meeting will include a buffet lunch hosted jointly by the ENVE Chair and ICLEI in the JDE Atrium 5.

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  During the lunch break, the Transformative Action Award Ceremony - in the framework of the Basque declaration - will take place, including statements by Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, President of the European Committee of the Regions (video message), Cor LAMERS, Chair of the Jury of the Transformative Action Award, Lasse P. N. OLSEN, Deputy Mayor, City of Aalborg and Wolfgang TEUBNER, Regional Director Europe, Managing Director ICLEI European Secretariat

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  Opinions - discussion and adoption

   

  Title	Opinion on Towards sustainable neighbourhoods and small communities - Environment policy below municipal level
  Rapporteur	Gaetano ARMAO (IT/EPP)
  Document	COR-2019-3195-00-01-PA-TRA
  Type of opinion	Own-initiative opinion, Rule 41(b)(ii) RoP
  Dossier	ENVE-VI/043
  Statements by	Mr BIANCHINI, DG ENVIRONMENT (tbc) Ms PRENEEL, District Mayor of Borgerhout, Antwerp Coordinator Inspire the neighbourhoods project - Brussels Environment (tbc)
  Adoption planned for the plenary session	12-13 February 2020

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  Preparations for the UNFCCC COP25 in Madrid

  (COR-2019-04569-00-00-TCD-REF)

  Statements:

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    Markku MARKKULA, Vice-president of the European Committee of the Regions, Video message on the outcome of the UN Climate Action Summit in New York
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    Jacob WERKSMAN, Principal Adviser for International Aspects of EU Climate Policy, European Commission, DG Clima; EU's chief climate negotiator to the UNFCCC COP25

  Followed by a discussion with ENVE members

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  Any other business

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  Confirmation of the date of the next meeting: constitutive meeting on 13 February 2020 and 27 February 2020 in Brussels (tbc) pending approval Bureau on 3 December

   

  Working languages:	23	BG/ES/CS/DA/DE/ET/EL/EN/FR/HR/IT/LV/LT/HU/MT/NL/PL/PT/RO/SK/SL/FI/SV
  Interpreting: (participants may speak in their own language)	19	ES-CS-DA-DE-ET-EL-EN-FR-HR-IT-LT-NL-PL-PT-RO-SV (tbc)
  (participants may listen in)	13	ES-CS-DE-ET-EL-EN-FR-HR-IT-NL-PL-SV (tbc)

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  N.B.: Only members of this commission and alternates delegated to attend the meeting will be entitled to travel and subsistence payments.

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