Transcript Diapositiva 1

SPANISH PRESIDENCY OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
PROGRAMME
NEW INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
Implementation of the Lisbon
Treaty
Renewal of the Commission
New European Parliament: 7th
Legislative Term
TRIO PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES
Strategy EU 2020
Climate change, Energy and Biodiversity
Development of an Action Plan for the
Stockholm Programme JHA
Continuation of enlargement process, and
strive to improve effectiveness, coherence and
visibility of external action of EU
Implementation of Lisbon Treaty
SPANISH PRESIDENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES
1.
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4.
Climate change
Biodiversity
Water and marine environment
Environmental quality
Priority area 1: Climate change 1/2
Four main pillars:
Climate change-energy combination as a transversal
backbone
Debate about EU 2020 Strategy offers opportunity to promote
transformation of the current economic and energy model into
a low-carbon and sustainable model and as the appropriate way
to construct a global solution for the current financial and
economic crisis
Implementations and successful application of international
and EU agreements
Promote the implementation of the agreements reached in
Copenhagen and support the adoption of measures foreseen in
EU climate and energy package
Priority area 1: Climate change 2/2
 Regional cooperation on climate change and energy issues to strengthen the
role of the EU as a global actor;
Particular focus on financial flows and environmental technologies (Mitigating and
adapting to climate change and Improving energy efficiency and renewable
energy)
Major meetings:
EU - Latin America Summit (EU-LAC)
EU - United States Summit (EU-US)
Biannual Euro - Mediterranean Summit (EU-MED)
EU-Canada Summit
EU- Russia Summit
EU-Japan Summit
 Water management and adaptation to climate change
Sectoral priority for the EU, and a point of reference for development assistance
policy, particularly in the Mediterranean region and Latin America
Priority Area 2: Biodiversity
EU Post-2010 biodiversity target
High-level conference in Madrid, 26-27 January
Environment Council Conclusions
Adoption by Spring European Council
Convention Biological Diversity (CBD)-COP10 (18 - 29 October 2010)
Council Conclusions on the CBD Strategic Plan
Council Conclusions on an ABS Regime
 CITES-COP15 (13-25 March 2010)
Council Decision as “A” Point
 Forest protection
High Level Conference on Forest protection, biodiversity conservation
and fight against forest fires
Council Conclusions
Priority area 3 :Water and marine
environment
Adopt a Strategy for Water in the Mediterranean in the framework
of the Union for the Mediterranean (Barcelona Ministerial Conference)
Taking action in the fight against droughts and water scarcity
following the COM White Paper on adaptation to climate change
Support the Iberoamerican Water Programme (capacity building,
institutional relations, technological transfer)
Implement the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and promote
the establishement of environmental objectives to achieve the Good
Environmental Status of Marine Waters
Priority area 4: Environmental
Quality
Final Agreement on Industrial Emissions Directive
Advance to First Reading agreement on CO2 Emission Reduction Regulation
for light commercial vehicles
Agreement ??? on the Soil Framework Directive
Adopt mandate on Mercury International negotiations
Advance to First Reading agreement on RoHS Directive (Restriction of use of
certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment)
Advance to First Reading agreement on WEEEs Directive (waste electrical
and electronic equipment)
Advance to Political agreement on Biocides Regulation
Encourage initiatives for the management of Biowaste
Promote actions in the framework of International Conventions for
sustainable scrapping and recycling of ships
COUNCIL MEETINGS
Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers,
15-17 January, Sevilla
(back-to-back with Informal Meeting of Energy
Ministers)
Environment Council, 15 March, Brussels
Environment Council, 21 June, Luxembourg
European Council, 25-26 March
European Council, 17-18 June
LEGISLATIVE FILES
Existing:
Proposal for Directive Industrial Emissions Directive, IPPC
Proposal for a Regulation on reducing CO2 emissions from
commercial light vehicles
Proposal for a Soil Framework Directive
Proposal for Directive on the Restriction of the use of
certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment (RoHS)
Proposal for Directive on waste electrical and electronic
equipment (WEEE)
Proposal for a Regulation concerning the placing on the
market and use of biocidal products
Expected:
Proposal for a Directive on Biowaste
Environment Council, 15 Marchprovisional Agenda (1/2)
Legislative deliberations
Proposal for a Regulation to reduce CO2 emissions
from light commercial vehicles
Policy debate
Proposal for a Soil Framework Directive
(poss) Political Agreement
Environment Council, 15 Marchprovisional Agenda (2/2)
Non legislative activities
Climate change
Council conclusions
Biodiversity
Council conclusions
Commission Communication on the EU 2020 Strategy
Presentation by Commission and exchange of views
Report from the Commission on the Assessment of the links between the
Hong Kong Convention, the Basel Convention and the EU Regulation on
shipments of waste
Presentation by the Commission and exchange of views
Environment Council, 21 Juneprovisional Agenda (1/2)
Legislative deliberations
Proposal for a Regulation concerning the placing on the market and use of biocides
Progress Report/(poss) Political agreement
 Directive Restriction use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment (RoHS)
(poss) Political Agreement
 Directive waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
(poss) Political Agreement
 CO2 Emissions from Light Commercial Vehicles
Progress Report/(poss) Political agreement
 Proposal for a Directive on Biowaste
Presentation by the Commission/(poss) policy debate
Environment Council, 21 Juneprovisional Agenda (2/2)
Non legislative activities
Climate Change
Council conclusions
 (Poss) Biodiversity
Council conclusions
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Council Conclusions
Forest protection
Council conclusions
Water scarcity, droughts and adaptation to climate change
Council conclusions
Challenges for a Good Environmental Status of the Marine Environment
Information by the Presidency and exchange of views
HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS IN SPAIN
 Conference “Post-2010 Biodiversity Vision and Target
– The role of protected areas and Ecological Networks
in Europe” (Madrid, 26-27 January)
 International Conference on Water Scarcity and
Drought "The path to climate change adaptation”
(Madrid, 18 -19 February)
 Conference on forest protection, biodiversity
conservation and fight against forest fires (Segovia, 6-7
April)
 Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Water
(Barcelona, 13 April)
SOME KEY INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS
Extraordinary COP Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Bali, 2124 February
UNEP Governing Council, Bali, 24-26 February
CITES COP15, Doha, 13-25 March
CBD 9th WG-ABS, Cartagena (Colombia),18-24 March
Working Group Strategies and Review CLRTAP, Geneva, 12-16 April
PRTR MOP1, 19 April
18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18),
New York, 3-14 May
CBD SBSTTA-14, Nairobi, 10-28 May
CBD WGRI-3, Nairobi, 24-28 May
14th Meeting subsidiary bodies UNFCCC, Bonn, 31 May-11 June
Intergovernmental negotiation Committee, International Convention
Mercury, Stockholm, 7-11 June
G8 Environment Ministerial, Huntsville (Canada), 25-27 June
DRAFT AGENDA JANUARY
15-17 January- Informal Council
Environment
27 January- EP Hearing Minister of
Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs
Thank you for your attention!