Media advisory – Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 12 and 13 June 2023

Indicative programme

All times are approximate and subject to change

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Employment and social policy (Monday 12 June)

Chair:
Paulina Brandberg, Minister for Gender Equality and Working Life (morning session)
Johan Pehrson, Minister for Employment and Integration (afternoon session)

from 08.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

08.40
Joint doorstep by Paulina Brandberg and Johan Pehrson (live streaming)

09.30
Beginning of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Employment and Social Policy)

Adoption of the agenda

Approval of A items:

• Non-legislative list
• Legislative deliberations (public session)

+/- 09.40
Directive on standards for equality bodies (Article 19) (public session)

+/- 9.50
Directive on standards for equality bodies (Article 157) (public session)

+/- 10.00
Directive on equal treatment (public session)

+/- 11.20
Conclusions on mainstreaming a gender equality perspective in policies, programmes, and budgets (public session)

+/- 11.30
Directive on improving working conditions in platform work (public session)

+/- 12.30
Directive amending Directives 98/24/EC and 2004/37/EC as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates (public session)

+/- 12.50
Council Recommendation on strengthening social dialogue in the European Union (public session)

+/- 13.15
Lunch on Occupational Health and Safety

+/- 14.45
European Semester 2023 (public session)

a) Contribution on employment and social policies aspects of the country-specific recommendations: Recommendations on the 2023 national reform programmes to each Member State
b) Assessment of the country-specific recommendations for 2023 and implementation of the country-specific recommendations for 2022: Opinion of the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee

+/- 16.30 Any other business

Current legislative proposals (public session)

i) Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work
ii) Revision of the Regulations on the coordination of social security systems

Presidency conferences (public session)

Work programme of the incoming presidency

+/- 17.15
Press conference in live streaming.

 

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Health (Tuesday 13 June)

Chair: Jakob FORSSMED, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health

from 09.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

09.15
Jakob FORSSMED, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health (live streaming)

10.00
Beginning of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Health)

+/- 10.05
Council Recommendation on stepping up EU actions to combat antimicrobial resistance in a One Health Approach (public session)

+/- 10.20
Regulation on fees and charges payable to EMA (public session)

+/- 10.30
Regulation on the European Health Data Space (public session)

+/- 10.40
Regulation on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application (public session)

+/-10.50
Strengthening the pharmaceutical ecosystem in support of competitiveness and equitable access to medicines (public session)

+/- 12.40 Any other business:

Applying a needs-driven approach to pharmaceutical innovation (public session)

Unmet medical needs (public session)

Creation of a “European Day in remembrance of the victims of the Covid-19 Pandemic (public session)

Negotiations for an international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, as well as complementary amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (public session)

Communication on a comprehensive approach to mental health (public session)

Presidency conferences (public session)

Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 13.45 Informal lunch

+/- 15.45
Press conference in live streaming.

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Arrangements for the press conferences

The press conference will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either remotely or in person at the ECC Luxembourg press room.

If you haven’t registered for one of the previous Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council press events, please use this link to do so and have the possibility to ask questions remotely.

• Deadline for registration: Monday, 12 June 2023, 16.15

Further instructions will be sent to all registered participants shortly after the deadline.

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