COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs), Luxembourg - Main contents

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date	October 24, 2019
city	Luxembourg, Luxembourg
location	Luxembourg
attending	M.L.P. (Marianne) Thyssen i, V. (Vĕra) Jourová i et al.
organisation	Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) i

Council of the European Union

Brussels, 21 October 2019 (OR. en)

12864/19 OJ CONS 56

SOC 660 EMPL 501

SAN 422 CONSOM 267

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs)

ECCL, Luxembourg

24 October 2019 (9.30)

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda

• 2. 

  Approval of "A" items

  • a) 

    Non-legislative list 12953/19

  • b) 

    Legislative list (Public deliberation in accordance with

Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union) 12954/19

Non-legislative activities

• 3. 

  Conclusions on the Economy of Wellbeing 13171/19

  Adoption

• 4. 

  Enhancing anti-discrimination in the European Union 12907/19

  Policy debate

• 5. 

  Communication on more efficient decision-making in social 8799/19 + ADD 1

  policy: Identification of areas for an enhanced move to qualified majority voting Presentation by the Commission

• 6. 

  Conclusions on "The Future of Work: the European Union 12765/19 promoting the ILO Centenary Declaration"

  Adoption

• 7. 

  Matching skills and labour market needs in the changing world 12766/19

  of work - strategic approach on continuous lifelong learning Policy debate

• 8. 

  European Semester 12589/19

  • a) 

    Key Employment Challenges: Key messages from the + ADD 1-2 EMCO based on the Annual Employment Performance 12590/19

    Report and the Employment Performance Monitor + ADD 1-3 b) Key Social Challenges: Key messages from the SPC

    based on the Annual Review of the Social Protection Performance Monitor

  Endorsement

Any other business

• 9. 

  a) Conference on Advancing LGBTI Equality in the EU 13238/19

  (Brussels, 23-24 September 2019) Information from the Commission

  • b) 

    Tripartite Social Summit (Brussels, 16 October 2019) Information from the Presidency and the Commission

  Public debate proposed by the Presidency (Article 8(2) of the Council's Rules of Procedure)

The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) consists of the Ministers (or State Secretaries) of Employment, Social Affairs, Health and/or Consumer Affairs of the Member States of the European Union.

In the Council of the European Union, the ministers from the EU Member States take a joint decision on the policy to be implemented within the EU. The Council is supported by the Committee of Permanent Representatives, which prepares decisions and guards the implementation and adherence of the decisions monitored by the Council.