25th ENVE meeting, Brussels - Main contents

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date	September 19, 2019 11:00 - 17:00
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Delors building (JDE) i
attending	K. (Karmenu) Vella i et al.
organisation	Committee of the Regions (CoR) i

25th ENVE Commission Meeting Agenda

Brussels, 17 September 2019

NOTICE OF MEETING

COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE

AND ENERGY (ENVE)

Please note that the ENVE Commission strives to use less paper

Should you need a printed version of the meeting documents, please order it while confirming your presence in the system before 9 September 2019

10.30-11.00 a.m. The political coordinators' meeting will be held in camera (JDE 70).

Draft agenda:

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  Adoption of the draft agenda (COR-2019-3176-00-03-CONVPOJ-TRA)

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  Election of the 2nd Vice-chair of the ENVE Commission

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  Approval of the minutes of the 24th meeting (COR-2019-01936-00-00-PV-TRA)

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  Statement by the chair

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  Organisation of future work

  For decision:

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  Opinions on the basis of consultations (Rule 41(a))

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    Appointment of rapporteurs

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  Own-initiative opinions (Rule 41b) i))

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    Decision to draw up an opinion

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    Appointment of rapporteurs

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  Own-initiative opinions (Rule 41b) ii))

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    Decision to request Bureau authorisation for an opinion
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    Provisional appointment of rapporteurs

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  Decisions not to draw up an opinion (COR-2019-3197-00-00-TCD-TRA)

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  Ongoing work programme and decision on attributions by the president

  (COR-2019-3196-00-TCD-TRA)

  For discussion:

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  Follow-up to opinions (COR-2019-03177-00-00-TCD-TRA)

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  Proposals for external events 2020; (COR-2019-03077-00-00-LET-TRA) + (COR-2019-03077-00-04-TCD-TRA)

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  Opinions - discussion and adoption

   

  	Title	Opinion on "Covenant of Mayors post 2020"
  	Rapporteur	Benedetta BRIGHENTI (IT/PES)
  	Document	COR-2019-01804-00-00-PA-TRA
  	Type of opinion	Own-initiative opinion (Rule 41(b)(ii) RoP)
  	Dossier	ENVE-VI/042
  	Statement by	Ms Claudia FUSCO, Head of Unit, DG ENV - Unit A3 (tbc) Ms Carme MELCION FONTBERNAT, Province of Barcelona
  	Adoption planned for the plenary session	4-5 December 2019

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  Opinions - exchange of views

   

  	Title	Opinion on "Towards sustainable neighbourhoods and small communities - Environment policy below municipal level"
  	Rapporteur	Gaetano ARMAO (IT/EPP)
  	Document	COR-2019-3195-00-00-DT-TRA
  	Type of opinion	Own-initiative opinion, Rule 41(b)(ii) RoP
  	Dossier Statement by	ENVE-VI/043 Policy officer DG ENV (TBC) Representative of EU level association (TBC)
  	Adoption in ENVE Commission (planned date) Adoption planned for the plenary session	21 November 2019 11-12-13 February 2020

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  Presentation of the IT tool KIKLOS, containing comprehensive information about the CoR political work

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  Opinions - exploratory debate under Rule 43 (4) RoP

   

  	Title	Opinion on "Smart cities: new challenges for a just transition toward climate neutrality: how to implement the SDGs in real life?"
  	Rapporteur-general	Andries GRYFFROY (BE/EA)
  	Document	COR-2019-02974-00-00-PAC-TRA
  	Type of opinion	Own-initiative opinion, (Rule 41(b)(i) RoP)
  	Dossier Statement by	ENVE-VI/044 Representative from the DG ENER, DG CONNECT (tbc) Representative from Finnish Presidency (tbc)
  	Adoption planned for the plenary session	8-9 October 2019

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  Any other business

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  Confirmation of the date of the next meeting: 21 November 2019 in Brussels

   

  Working languages:	23	BG/CS/DA/DE/ET/EL/EN/ES/FR/HR/IT/LV/LT/HU/MT/NL/PL/PT/RO/SK/SL/FI/SV
  Interpreting: (participants may speak in their own language)	19	FR/EN/DE/IT/NL/EL/ES/PT/FI/SV/ET/LV/LT/PL/SK/SL/ BG/RO/HR
  (participants may listen in)	13	FR/EN/DE/IT/NL/EL/ES/SV/SK/FI/ET/PL/HR

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  N.B.: Only members of this commission and alternates delegated to attend the meeting will be entitled to travel and subsistence payments.

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  COR-2019-03176-00-03-CONVPOJ-TRA (EN) 5/5

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