Discussion items (II)

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Council of the European Union

General Secretariat Brussels, 14 December 2020 CM 5299/1/20 REV 1 OJ CRP2 COMIX

NOTICE OF MEETING AND PROVISIONAL AGENDA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 2)

Europa building, Brussels 16 December 2020 (9.30) Format 1+1 (+1 in listening room)

Discussion items (II) Justice and Home Affairs

Council Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 of 30 June 2020 on the temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU and the possible lifting of such restriction

Approval

Decision to use the written procedure

Informal videoconference of the Ministers of Home Affairs on 14 December 2020: Follow-up

Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online

Analysis of the final compromise text with a view to agreement 12906/20 Commission proposals in the context of the Multiannual Financial

Framework

a) Regulation establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMF) b) Regulation establishing the Internal Security Fund (ISF)

c) Regulation establishing the border management and visa instrument (BMVI) as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund

Presidency debriefing on the outcome of the trilogue

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General Affairs

Informal videoconference of the Ministers of European Affairs on 8 December 2020: Follow-up

European Council Follow-up

State of play

Cohesion policy legislative package 2021-2027

a) Common Provisions Regulation

Progress report 13693/20

b) European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund (ERDF/CF) Regulation

Progress report

13716/20

c) European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Regulation

d) Just Transition Fund (JTF) Regulation

e) Interreg Regulation

Confirmation of the final compromise text with a view to agreement

13697/20

Conclusions on Enlargement and Stabilisation and Association Process / Western Balkans

Approval

12162/2/20 REV 2

New item

Targeted contingency measures in the absence of an agreement with the United Kingdom on a future partnership

13969/20

a) Regulation on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the end of the transition period

State of play and guidance for further work

Mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament

13898/20 + ADD 1

b) Regulation on common rules ensuring basic air connectivity following the end of the transition period

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c) Regulation on common rules ensuring basic road freight and road passenger connectivity following the end of the transition period

13903/20

Foreign Affairs

Meeting of the Council (Foreign Affairs) on 7 December 2020: Follow-up

(poss.) Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility

Political agreement

13980/20 13981/20 Economic and Financial Affairs

Meeting of the Council (Economic and Financial Affairs) on 19 January 2021: Agenda

(poss.) Regulation establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility

Debriefing

Any other business

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In the margins of Coreper: MIXED COMMITTEE (14.30) Justice and Home Affairs

Council Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 of 30 June 2020 on the temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU and the possible lifting of such restriction

Exchange of views

Regulation establishing the border management and visa instrument (BMVI) as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund

Presidency debriefing on the outcome of the trilogue

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ANNEX Non-discussion items (I)

Judicial Affairs

Case C-501/20 - Request for a preliminary ruling

Information note for the Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 2)

13666/20 JUR Institutional Affairs

Appointments

Appointment of a member of the Court of Auditors Adoption

13543/20 13541/20 INST A member and two alternate members (IE) of the Committee of the

Regions

Adoption by silence procedure

13926/20 13925/20 CDR Transparency

Public access to documents

Confirmatory application No 25/c/01/20 Adoption 13907/20 13383/20 INF API Economic and Financial Affairs

Conclusions regarding taking the Customs Union to the next level: a Plan for Action

Approval

13831/20 11231/20 UD Regulation on Quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

Decision to use the written procedure for the adoption

13789/20 13202/20 UD Regulation on Suspensions on certain agricultural and industrial

products

13792/20 13205/20 UD Regulation establishing the Customs control equipment instrument

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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council authorising the Commission to vote in favour of the capital increase of the European Investment Fund

Decision to use the written procedure for the adoption of the legislative act

Decision to derogate from the 8-week period provided for in Article 4 of Protocol 1 on the role of national parliaments in the EU

13799/20 ECOFIN

Council Decision appointing the chairperson of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB)

13324/20 10733/20 ECOFIN Council Decision appointing two members of the European Statistical

Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB)

13327/20 10734/20 ECOFIN Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing

the InvestEU Programme

Confirmation of the final compromise text with a view to agreement

13894/1/20 REV 1 13985/20

ECOFIN Recommendation for a Council Decision amending the Council

Decision of 23 November 1998 concerning exchange rate matters relating to the CFA franc and the Comorian franc (98/683/EC) Decision to use the written procedure for the adoption

13706/20 12269/20 13739/20 ECOFIN (poss.) Regulation establishing a Technical Support Instrument

Confirmation of the final compromise text with a view to agreement 13996/20 ECOFIN Council Implementing Decision authorising the Netherlands to

introduce a special measure on the common system of value added tax Decision to use the written procedure for the adoption

13790/20 13508/20 FISC ECA SR No 26/2020 on marine environment

Designation of a Working Party 13784/20 FIN

Transfer No DEC 1/2020 (Section X - European External Action Service)

Refusal

13936/20 FIN

Transfer No DEC 2/2020 (Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee)

Approval

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Transfer No DEC 3/2020 (Section VII - Committee of the Regions) Approval

13530/20 FIN Transfer No 1-DEC/2020 (Section IV - Court of Justice)

Approval

13935/20 FIN (poss.) Capital Markets Recovery Package (CMRP)

a) Amendments to MiFID II (CMRP)

b) Amendments to the Prospectus Regulation (CMRP)

c) Amendments to the general securitisation framework (CMRP) d) Amendments to the CRR securitisation framework (CMRP) Confirmation of the final compromise text with a view to agreement

13798/20 13798/20 ADD 1 13798/20 ADD 2 13798/20 ADD 3 13798/20 ADD 4 EF General Affairs

Council Decision on the position to be taken in the Joint Committee under the Withdrawal Agreement as regards provisions of Title III of Part Two of the Agreement

Adoption

13537/20 13533/20 UK IPCR Preparedness Programme

Endorsement

13814/20 IPCR

Presidency Report on IPCR Lessons Identified from COVID-19 13954/1/20 REV 1 IPCR

Presidency Progress Report IPCR/SCI activities 13955/20 IPCR Regulation on railway safety and connectivity through the Channel

Fixed Link

Decision to use the written procedure for the adoption of the legislative act

Decision to derogate from the 8-week period provided for in Article 4 of Protocol 1 on the role of national parliaments in the EU

13836/20 UK

Union position with regards to the extension to Gibraltar of the United Kingdom's accession to the Interbus Agreement

Adoption

13970/20 UK Implementation of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better

Law-Making State of play

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New item

Council Decisions on the position to be taken in the Joint Committee under the Withdrawal Agreement as regards the Protocol on

Ireland/Northern Ireland

13987/20 UK a) Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the

European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards agricultural subsidies

Adoption

13910/20 UK

b) Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards the

determination of goods not at risk Adoption

13912/20 UK

c) Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards the adoption of a decision to amend the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Adoption

13914/20 UK

d) Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards practical working arrangements relating to the exercise of the rights of Union representatives

Adoption

13917/20 UK

New item

Council Decision on the position to be taken in the Joint Committee under the Withdrawal Agreement as regards a list and a reserve list of persons who are willing and able to serve as members of an arbitration panel under the Agreement

Adoption

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Justice and Home Affairs

Civil Protection Presidency report 13782/20

PROCIV Mutual evaluation reports 9th round (Denmark, Estonia, Czech

Republic) Approval 13851/20 12770/1/20 REV 1 8638/1/20 REV 1 8499/2/20 REV 2 COPEN EU Drugs Strategy 2021 - 2025 Approval

13933/20 13932/20 CORDROGUE Foreign Affairs

EXSPEC for the EUIX 2021 Approval

13654/20 EUMC CSDP/PSDC EXSPEC for the MILEX 2021

Approval 13683/20 EUMC

CSDP/PSDC PSC Decision EUCAP Sahel Mali/2/2020 - appointment of the Head

of Mission

Decision to publish in the Official Journal

13253/20 12884/20 PSC DEC (poss.) PSC Decision EUTM Mali/2/2020 - Appointment of EU

Mission Force Commander

13478 13939 PSC DEC (poss.) PSC Decision EUCAP Somalia/1/2020 - extending the

mandate of the Head of Mission of EUCAP Somalia Decision to publish in the Official Journal

13201/20 13950/20 PSC DEC (poss.) PSC Decision BiH/31/2020 - appointment of the EU Force

Commander

13248/20 13952/20 PSC DEC Council Implementing Decision and Implementing Regulation

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Council Decision on the European Union CSDP Mission in Mali (EUCAP Sahel Mali)

13761/20 13662/20 CORLX Council Decision in support of combating the illicit trade in and

proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Member States of the League of Arab States

Adoption

13762/20 13498/20 CORLX Council Decision on a EU military operation to contribute to the

deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery off the Somali coast

12978/20 12916/20 CORLX New item

Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

Adoption 13560/20 13559/20 CORLX New item

Restrictive measures Libya 2020 December - draft reply to letter Approval

14054/20 CORLX New item

Council Declaration on the common funding of the deployment of EU Battlegroups Adoption 14040/20 CORLX New item

Ukraine undermining sovereignty - amended statements of reasons: pre-notifications

Adoption

14057/20 CORLX (poss.) Conclusions on Team Europe

Approval

12597/2/20 REV 2 12595/2/20 REV 2 DEVGEN

(poss.) Conclusions on Gender Action Plan III Approval

13946/20 13947/20 DEVGEN Commission intervention before the Singaporean High Court 13948/20

WTO

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Delegated or Implementing Acts

Economic and Financial Affairs

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... of 20.11.2020

amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 as regards the time-limits for lodging entry summary declarations and pre-departure declarations in case of transport by sea from and to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

Delegated act - Intention not to raise objections Decision to use the written procedure

13883/20 13263/20 UD

Foreign Affairs

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/... amending Annexes I and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/125 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to take into account the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

Delegated act - Intention not to raise objections Decision to use the written procedure

13746/20 13744/20 COMER

Agriculture

Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for

fluxapyroxad, hymexazol, metamitron, penflufen and spirotetramat in or on certain products

Decision not to oppose adoption

13839/20 13169/20 + ADD 1- 2 AGRILEG

Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for aclonifen, boscalid, cow milk, etofenprox, ferric pyrophosphate, L-cysteine, lambda-cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide, mefentrifluconazole, sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate, sodium o-nitrophenolate, sodium p-nitrophenolate and triclopyr in or on certain products

Decision not to oppose adoption

13840/20 13170/20 + ADD 1-2 AGRILEG

Commission Regulation (EU) …/… of XXX amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for carbon tetrachloride, chlorothalonil, chlorpropham, dimethoate, ethoprophos, fenamidone, methiocarb, omethoate, propiconazole and pymetrozine

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Fisheries

Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2020/123 as regards fishing opportunities for Norway pout in 2020

Adoption 13800/20 13711/20 PECHE o o o The following item is withdrawn:

Culture/Audiovisual matters

Decision on European Capitals of Culture 2020 - 2033 Decision to use the written procedure for the adoption of the legislative act

13837/20 CULT

First reading

Silence procedure (Article 12(2) of the Council's Rules of Procedure)