Council of the
European Union
Brussels, 24 February 2016
(OR. en)
6356/16
OJ CONS 10
COMPET 68
IND 36
RECH 28
ESPACE 13
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Subject:
3451st meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space))
Date:
Time:
Venue:
29 February 2016
9.00
Brussels
1.
Adoption of the provisional agenda
Legislative deliberations
(Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)
2.
Approval of the list of "A" items
6357/16 PTS A 13
Non-legislative activities
3.
Approval of the list of "A" items
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4.
Competitiveness "check-up" - State of play of the real economy
–
Presentation by the Commission
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Exchange of views
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5.
Draft Council conclusions on Single Market Strategy for services and goods
–
Policy debate
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Adoption
6260/16 MI 88 COMPET 62 CONSOM 34 PI 19 IND 33 ECOFIN 116 MAP 9
TELECOM 20
13370/15 COMPET 472 MI 664 CONSOM 180 PI 81 IND 158 ECOFIN 816 (x)
+ REV 1 (et)
6.
Steel industry: Follow-up to the extraordinary Competitiveness Council of 9 November 2015
and the Conference on Energy-Intensive Industries on 15 February 2016
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Presentation by the Commission and the Presidency
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Exchange of views
5998/1/16 IND 27 COMPET 46 COMER 9 REV 1
7.
European Semester: Implementation of country specific and other recommendations to tackle
barriers to growth and investment in the services sector
–
Presentation by the Presidency
6009/16 COMPET 49 MI 73 IND 29
8.
Mainstreaming competitiveness: The circular economy package
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Policy debate
6008/2/16 ENV 60 COMPET 48 AGRI 58 TRANS 38 MI 72 IND 28
CONSOM 27 ECOFIN 88 ENER 20 RECH 16 SAN 46 REV 2
14972/15 ENV 768 COMPET 557 AGRI 642 TRANS 402 MI 779 IND 201
CONSOM 212 ECOFIN 954 ENER 417 RECH 305 SAN 424
+ ADD 1
(x)
Any other business
9.
a)
Current legislative proposal:
(Public deliberation in accordance with Article 16(8) of the Treaty on European Union)

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on
ensuring the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal
market (First reading)
Interinstitutional file: 2015/0284 (COD)
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Information from the Commission
6025/16 PI 15 COMPET 51 CODEC 153 RECH 18 SAN 48 AUDIO 9
CULT 11 DIGIT 7
15302/15 PI 103 CODEC 1727 RECH 309 EDUC 322 COMPET 565
SAN 438 AUDIO 36 CULT 91 DIGIT 112
+ ADD 1
+ ADD 2
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b)
Renewed framework for transatlantic transfers of personal data/EU-US Privacy Shield
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Information from the Commission on the state of play requested by the German
delegation
6031/16 COMPET 53 DATAPROTECT 12 USA 3 JAI 92 MI 75 DIGIT 8
FREMP 23 DAPIX 22
c)
Patents and plant breeders' rights
–
Information from the Presidency
6030/16 PI 17 AGRI 61 SEMENCES 2 COMPET 54
d)
Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
–
Information from the Presidency on the state of play
6029/16 COMPET 52 PI 16
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(x) Document not available in the meeting room
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