Memo: Preparation Environment Council, 21 June 2011

The final Environment Council under the Hungarian Presidency will be held on 21 June in Luxembourg. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik, Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli, and Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard will represent the European Commission.

The Council will open with a progress report on efforts to adopt the proposed recast of the Seveso Directive on the prevention of major chemical accidents. This will be followed by another progress report on proposed changes to legislation on GMO cultivation.

Conclusions will be adopted on two files, on the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 which was published on 8 March 2011, and on the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources scheduled for 2012. Among the AOB points, the Commission will update Ministers on developments regarding the 2008 Directive bringing aviation into the EU Emission Trading System, Ministers will hear information from Romania about CSD 19, and a presentation by the Commission about its plans for the Rio+20 conference. Poland will also outline its plans for its coming Council Presidency.

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European Commission: Memo/11/439: Statement by Commissioner Potocnik following the Environment Council http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/439&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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