COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (Agriculture and Fisheries), Brussels - Main contents

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date	January 30, 2023
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Brussels, Belgium
organisation	Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIPECHE) i, Swedish presidency of the EU i

Council of the European Union

Brussels, 26 January 2023 (OR. en)

5594/23 OJ CONS 3

AGRI 20 PECHE 23

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

(Agriculture and Fisheries)

Europa building, Brussels

30 January 2023 (10.00)

Format: 2+2 (+2 in listening room)

• 1. 

  Adoption of the agenda

• 2. 

  Approval of "A" items

  • a) 

    Non-legislative list 5610/23

  • b) 

    Legislative list (Public deliberation in accordance with 5611/23 Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)

Non-legislative activities

• 3. 

  Work programme of the Presidency

  Presentation by the Presidency

AGRICULTURE

• 4. 

  Market situation in particular following the invasion of Ukraine 5457/23

  Information from the Commission and the Member States Exchange of views

• 5. 

  Opportunities of the bioeconomy in the light of current 5658/23 challenges with special emphasis on rural areas

  Exchange of views

Any other business

Agriculture

• 6. 

  a) Revision of animal transport legislation - an essential part 5346/1/23 REV 1

  of the food production Information from the Portuguese delegation, on behalf of the Cyprus, French, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish delegations

  • b) 

    Problems with increasing agricultural imports from 5722/23 Ukraine

    Information from the Polish delegation, on behalf of the Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Slovak delegations

  • c) 

    Temporary derogation from the maximum threshold 5627/23 allocated for coupled income support measures for claim

    year 2023 Information from the Hungarian delegation, supported by the Bulgarian, Croatian, Cyprus, Finnish, Greek, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian delegations

  • d) 

    Current legislative proposals (Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)

Agricultural aspects of the revision of the Industrial 5669/23

Emission Directive Information from the Presidency

• e) 

  Labelling of honey blends and the revision of the Council 5657/23

  Directive on honey (2001/110/EC) Information from the Slovenian delegation, supported by the Austrian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Cyprus, Estonian, French, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak and Spanish delegations

• f) 

  Ensuring the EU’s resilience and global competitiveness: 5661/23

  The need for urgent support and a strategic approach to the agri-food sector Information from the Greek delegation, on behalf of the Austrian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Cyprus, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Maltese, Polish, Romanian and Slovenian delegations

• g) 

  Agriculture Ministers’ Conference 2023 in the context of 5651/23

  the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (Berlin, 21 January 2023) Information from the German delegation

First reading

Item based on a Commission proposal

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

Procedure)

The Council configuration on Agriculture and Fisheries (AGRIPECHE), consists of the Ministers of Agriculture and/or Fisheries of the Member States of the European Union. The Council formally presides a meeting once a month. The Council is free to preside several informal meetings as well.

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.