Environment Council - 21 June 2010
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL - 21 JUNE 2010
1. Adoption of the agenda
LEGISLATIVE DELIBERATIONS
(public deliberation pursuant to Article 16(8) of the TEU)
2. Adoption of the list of "A" items
3. Proposal for a Regulation concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products
- Progress report / political agreement
4. Proposal for a Directive on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
- (poss.) Political agreement
5. Proposal for a Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment
- (poss.) Political agreement
6. Proposal for a Regulation to reduce CO2 emissions from light commercial vehicles
- Progress report / political agreement
7. Proposal for a Directive on organic waste
- Presentation by the Commission
- (poss.) Policy debate
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
8. Adoption of the list of "A" items
9. Climate change
- (poss.) Adoption of Council conclusions
- Exchange of views
10. (poss.) Biodiversity
- Adoption of Council conclusions
11. Biosafety protocol
- Adoption of Council conclusions
12. Forest protection
Adoption of Council conclusions
13. Water scarcity, drought and adaptation to climate change
- Adoption of Council conclusions
14. Challenges for a good environmental status of the marine environment
- Presentation by the Presidency
- Exchange of views
15. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
a) Water strategy for the Mediterranean in the framework of the Union for the Mediterranean (Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water, Barcelona, 12 to 14 April 2010)
- Information from the Presidency
b) Presentation of the work programme of the incoming Presidency
- Information from the Belgian delegation



