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Justice Minister Athanasiou: Progress achieved, but efforts will continue

01 Apr, 2014

The progress achieved so far by the Greek Presidency of the Council of the EU in the field of Justice was presented on 1 April by the Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Charalampos Athanasiou to the JURI (Legal Affairs) and LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Committees of the European Parliament (EP). “The Greek Presidency coincides with the European elections. However, we will not reduce our efforts on the proposed legislative measures”, Mr. Athanasiou underlined.

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  • AGRIAgriculture & Fisheries (AGRI)

Council, EP and Commission on the homestretch for the adoption of a regulation concerning information and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries

01 Apr, 2014

Minister for Rural Development and Food, Athanasios Tsaftaris, in his capacity as chairman of the Council of EU Ministers for Agriculture, will participate today (1.4.2014) in a trilogue with the European Parliament and the European Commission aiming at reaching agreement on a regulation proposal concerning information and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries.
  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Informal ECOFIN - Joint ECOFIN/FEMIP Meeting: Discussions on key economic and financial issues

28 Mar, 2014

The agenda of the informal Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) meeting on 1-2 April in Athens includes discussions on key issues of pan-European importance, such as the state of play of Banking Union, especially after the approval by COREPER of the compromise agreement reached by the Greek Presidency in its negotiations with the European Parliament on the Single Resolution Mechanism, the social aspects of growth and financial stability in Europe, the long term financing of the economy, especially the enhancement of SME financing, as well as the preparation of the IMF/World Bank Spring a

  • EUThe Presidency (EU)

Culture: Opening of the joint Greek-Italian exhibition in Rome

28 Mar, 2014

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias, and his Italian counterpart, Giorgio Napolitano, opened the “Classicism and Europe: The European destiny of Greece and Italy” exhibition at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, on Friday, 28 March.
  • ECOFINEconomic & Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)

Greek Presidency closes deal on Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM)

27 Mar, 2014

The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU (COREPER) today approved the provisional agreement reached between the Presidency and the Parliament on the Regulation on a Single Resolution Mechanism.
  • COMPETCompetitiveness (COMPET)

New rules to facilitate damage claims for antitrust law violations

27 Mar, 2014

The Committee of Permanent Representatives endorsed (26 March) an agreement between the Greek Presidency of the Council and European Parliament representatives laying down new rules aimed at facilitating damage claims by victims of antitrust violations. The new directive will harmonise and ensure the effective enforcement of antitrust damages rules within the EU, thereby allowing the victims of a cartel to receive full compensation for both the actual loss suffered and for lost profits.
  • TTETransport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE)

Building up clean fuel infrastructure across the EU

26 Mar, 2014

The member states' permanent representatives today endorsed the compromise reached between the Council and the European Parliament concerning a directive on building up minimum infrastructure for alternative fuels across the EU. 
 
  • AGRIAgriculture & Fisheries (AGRI)

AGRIFISH Council, Brussels, 24.03.2014

25 Mar, 2014

Agreement on agri-food promotion and information tools reached at AGRIFISH Council meeting held in Brussels, on 24.03.2014. The Council of Ministers gave the Greek Presidency the mandate for trilogue negotiations with the European Parliament.
  • EYCSEducation, Youth, Culture & Sport (EYCS)

A step towards adoption of Treaty to ensure equal access to books for visually impaired and print disabled persons

24 Mar, 2014

The Coreper I, at a meeting on 19.03.2014, approved a compromise proposal by the Greek Presidency on ''a proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Treaty of Marrakesh which facilitates access to published works by persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled'' [a proposal submitted by the Commission on 20.12.13, COM (2013 926)].

  • AGRIAgriculture & Fisheries (AGRI)

Organic production and labelling, the functioning of fruit/veg sector, the management of sandeel and mackerel, top the agenda of the AGRIFISH Council (Brussels, 24.03.2014)

21 Mar, 2014

The Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting will take place in Brussels, on Monday 24 March 2014, starting at 10:00 (CET).  It will address both agricultural and fisheries matters. The Council will be chaired by Greek Minister for Rural Development and Food, Athanasios Tsaftaris.

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