Indicative programme - Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting of 12 March 2019

Source: Council of the European Union (Council) i, published on Monday, March 11 2019.

Place:

Europa building, Brussels

Chair:

Eugen Orlando Teodorovici, Minister for Finance of Romania

All times are approximate and subject to change

From +/- 08.00

Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 08.45

Doorstep by Minister Teodorovici

09.00

Ministerial breakfast (roundtable)

10.00

Beginning of the Ecofin Council meeting

Adoption of the agenda

Adoption of non-legislative A Items

+/- 10.10

Adoption of A Items (public session)

+/- 10.15

Excise duties (public session)

  • a) 
    General arrangements for excise duty (recast)
  • b) 
    Administrative cooperation of the content of electronic registers
  • c) 
    Structures of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages

+/- 10.55

Digital services tax (public session)

+/- 11.35

InvestEU - location of the Investment Committee Secretariat (public session)

+/- 11.55

Other business: Current financial services legislative proposals (public session)

+/- 12.05

European semester

  • a) 
    2019 country reports and in-depth reviews
  • b) 
    Implementation of country-specific recommendations focussing on investments

Conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes

Other business

+/- 14.00

Press conference (live streaming)

In the margins of the Council - Monday, 11 March

11.30

Macro-economic dialogue

Eurogroup meeting

From 13.30

Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 14.45

Doorstep of Eurogroup President Mario Centeno

15.00

Eurogroup (roundtable)

16.30

Arrivals (Inclusive EG)

17.00

Eurogroup in inclusive format (roundtable)

+/- 19.00

Press conference (live streaming)

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