Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 11 July 2017

Formal meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council in 2017:

+ Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 27 January 2017
+ Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 21 February 2017
+ Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 21 March 2017
+ Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 23 May 2017
+ Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 16 June 2017

A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held on 11 July 2017. The agenda includes the following topics:

+ Adoption of conclusions on the mid-term review of the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) action plan;

+ Discussion of a report on non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector and adoption of conclusions setting out an agenda for work to address the issue;

+ Adoption of coutry-specific recommendations on the member states' policies in the framework of the 2017 European Semester, thus concluding its cycle;

+ Presentation of the work programme of the Estonian Council presidency;

+ Discussion on tax intermediaries.

European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/17/1984, 11.07.17: Remarks by Vice-President Dombrovskis at the ECOFIN press conference http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-17-1984_en.htm

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