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Europaudvalget 2009-10
Rådsmøde 3024 - transport, tele og energi
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COUNCIL OF

THE EUROPEAN UNION

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PRESSE 191

PR CO 6

PRESS RELEASE

3024th Council meeting

Transport, Telecommunications and Energy

Luxembourg, 24 June 2010

President

Mr José BLANCO LÓPEZ,

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport of Spain.

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Main results of the Council

The Council adopted a decision on the signature and provisional application of a protocol

amending the

EU-US "Open Skies"

agreement. The protocol was signed by the EU and the US in

the margins of the Council meeting.

The Council also adopted conclusions on an action plan designed to help local, regional and

national authorities attain the goal of sustainable, healthy and safe

urban mobility.

Moreover, ministers held a debate on the contribution the transport sector can make to the new

Europe 2020

strategy for jobs and growth.

Outside the field of transport, the Council adopted without discussion a directive strengthening the

social protection of

self-employed women

and of

"assisting spouses",

thereby reinforcing the

principle of equal treatment between men and women.

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CONTENTS

PARTICIPANTS................................................................................................................................ 5

ITEMS DEBATED

TAKING THE EU-US OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT TO A NEW LEVEL...................................... 7

EU RESPONSE TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD FOR AIR

TRANSPORT ...................................................................................................................................... 8

ACTION PLAN ON URBAN MOBILITY

- Council conclusions...................................................

THE ROLE OF TRANSPORT IN THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY............................................. 11

ANY OTHER BUSINESS................................................................................................................. 12

Security scanners................................................................................................................................ 12

EU- Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) summit and EU-LAC civil aviation summit .................. 12

Agreement with the US on interoperability between the EU and US air traffic management

systems ............................................................................................................................................... 12

Galileo applications action plan......................................................................................................... 13

TEN-T days 2010............................................................................................................................... 13

Meeting of Baltic Sea transport ministers (Haparanda, Sweden, 16-17 June 2010) ......................... 13

High-level meeting on road safety: "road safety culture" (Madrid, 29 April 2010) .......................... 13

Working time of mobile road transport workers................................................................................ 14

Work programme of the incoming presidency .................................................................................. 14

Where declarations, conclusions or resolutions have been formally adopted by the Council, this is indicated

in the heading for the item concerned and the text is placed between quotation marks.

Documents for which references are given in the text are available on the Council's Internet site

(http://www.consilium.europa.eu).

Acts adopted with statements for the Council minutes which may be released to the public are indicated by

an asterisk; these statements are available on the Council's Internet site or may be obtained from the Press

Office.

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OTHER ITEMS APPROVED

TRANSPORT

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Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network ............................................................ 15

Agreements on air services - Albania - Bosnia and Herzegovina.......................................................................... 15

ENERGY

–

Notification of investment projects in energy infrastructure ................................................................................. 15

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) .............................................................................................. 16

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

–

Europol-Colombia agreement on cooperation against criminality ........................................................................ 16

Drug trafficking - threat assessment of airfields and light aircraft

- Council conclusions.....................................

FISHERIES

–

South Pacific Ocean - Convention on the management of high seas resources..................................................... 19

SOCIAL POLICY

–

Better social protection for self-employed women and assisting spouses ............................................................. 19

ENVIRONMENT

–

Persistent organic pollutants.................................................................................................................................. 20

AGRICULTURE

–

EFSA management board - Appointment of seven members................................................................................ 20

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PARTICIPANTS

Belgium:

Mr Etienne SCHOUPPE

Bulgaria:

Mr Peter STEFANOV

Czech Republic:

Mr Gustáv SLAMEČKA

Denmark:

Mr Hans Christian SCHMIDT

Germany:

Mr Peter RAMSAUER

Estonia:

Mr Gert ANTSU

Ireland:

Mr Noel DEMPSEY

Greece:

Mr Leonidas C. ROKANAS

Spain:

Mr José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Ms Concepción GUTIÉRREZ DEL CASTILLO

France:

Mr Dominique BUSSEREAU

Italy:

Mr Roberto CASTELLI

Cyprus:

Ms Erato KOZAKOU-MARKOULLIS

Latvia:

Ms Lelde LICE-LICITE

Lithuania:

Mr Raimundas KAROBLIS

Luxembourg:

Ms Michèle EISENBARTH

Hungary:

Mr VÖLNER Pál

Malta:

Mr Austin GATT

Netherlands:

Mr Camiel EURLINGS

Austria:

Ms Doris BURES

Poland:

Mr Maciej JANKOWSKI

Portugal:

Mr Carlos CORREIRA DA FONSECA

State Secretary for Mobility, attached to the Prime

Minister

Deputy Permanent Representative

Minister for Transport

Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban

Development

Deputy Permanent Representative

Minister for Transport

Deputy Permanent Representative

Minister for Transport

State Secretary for Transport

Minister of State with responsibility for Transport,

attached to the Ministre d'État

State Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport

Minister for Transportation, Communication and Energy

Deputy Permanent Representative

State Secretary for Transport, Ministry of National

Development

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and

Communications

Minister for Transport, Public Works and Water

Management

Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and

Technology

Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure

State Secretary for Transport

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Romania:

Mr Constantin DASCALU

Slovenia:

Mr Uroš VAJGL

Slovakia:

Mr Lubomír VÁ�½NY

Finland:

Ms Marja RISLAKKI

Sweden:

Ms Åsa TORSTENSSON

United Kingdom:

Mr Philip HAMMOND

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State Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure

Deputy Permanent Representative

Minister for Transport

Deputy Permanent Representative

Minister for Communications at the Ministry of

Enterprise, Energy and Communications

Secretary of State for Transport

Commission:

Mr Siim KALLAS

Mr Antonio TAJANI

Vice-President

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ITEMS DEBATED

TAKING THE EU-US OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT TO A NEW LEVEL

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The Council adopted a decision on the signature and provisional application of a protocol to amend

the air transport agreement between the EU and the US (the "Open Skies" agreement), which was

signed in 2007 and has been provisionally applied since 2008 (Commission proposal:

9296/10).

Following the adoption of the decision, the EU and the US signed the protocol in the margins of the

Council.

The amendment to the agreement launches a process leading towards additional foreign investment

opportunities in the airline industry; it further opens market access and strengthens regulatory

cooperation in all fields of aviation policy, in particular with a view to limiting the environmental

impact of aviation. It also recognises the importance of high labour standards.

Further expansion of business opportunities will be based on mutual concessions. While the US is

asking the EU to give the Commission a stronger role in monitoring noise-based operating

restrictions at big airports so as to increase transparency in this respect, the EU is asking the US for

greater investment liberalisation, allowing majority ownership and control of US airlines by EU

nationals. Once those stipulations are met, the EU and the US will grant each other's airlines

additional rights to provide air services between their territories and third countries, and they will

also remove market access barriers for third-country airlines owned and controlled by each other's

nationals; in addition, the EU will reciprocate as regards majority ownership and control of EU

airlines by US nationals. If one side has fulfilled the conditions without the other side following

suit, the complying side has the right to freeze operations carried out by the other side's airlines

under the agreement.

The amending protocol, initialled by the negotiators in March this year, is the result of eight rounds

of negotiations launched in May 2008. A roadmap for such negotiations was already included in the

2007 agreement, which established a framework for regulatory cooperation with the US and

brought new commercial freedoms for airline operators, but failed to open access to the US

domestic market.

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EU RESPONSE TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD FOR AIR

TRANSPORT

After listening to a report by the Commission, the Council had an exchange of views on the

initiatives taken in response to the impact of the air traffic disruptions following the eruption of an

Icelandic volcano in mid-April.

Ministers invited the Commission to continue its efforts along the lines described in its report. Some

of them urged the Commission to speed up work, in particular with a view to rapidly establishing

common procedures and standards for risk management. The Commission was also asked by some

member states to look into further ways to improve the financial situation of the air industry, and to

strike a fair balance between passenger rights, which must be maintained, and the financial burden

on airlines when reviewing the EU legislation in this field. The presidency noted that there is

political resolve in all European institutions to deal with the consequences of the ash cloud

disruptions in a coordinated way.

At its extraordinary meeting on 4 May dedicated to the volcanic ash crisis, the Council had adopted

conclusions which determined the lines of the EU response (see press release

9280/10).

The

Commission reported that in order to implement the key elements of those conclusions, the

following actions have been undertaken so far:

–

As regards safety risk management, the EU's new approach is based on the three-zone

scheme established by transport ministers on 19 April, defining a no-fly zone, a zone with

possible flight restrictions and a zone without restrictions, according to the concentration

of ash. The authorities concerned continue to apply that scheme on the basis of scientific

assessments which are updated every six hours. In addition, the EU is preparing a

coordinated position on risk management in the event of volcanic eruptions for the general

assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in September.

Work is in progress to define binding

limit values

for the impact of volcanic ash on

aircraft engines.

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Implementation of the Single

European Sky

is being accelerated: a European Aviation

Crisis Coordination Cell was created, and a coordinator tasked with facilitating and

speeding up the establishment of functional airspace blocks between member states has

been designated. Work on the appointment of a European network manager is also

underway.

As for the Council's call for the development of an

interlinked European transport

system making it possible to switch to other transport modes in an emergency, the

Commission is assessing potential shortcomings in cooperation and intends to present a

report on possible improvements and the way towards a European mobility action plan in

the autumn.

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ACTION PLAN ON URBAN MOBILITY

- Council conclusions

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The Council adopted conclusions on an action plan designed to help local, regional and national

authorities attain the goal of sustainable, healthy and safe urban mobility.

The action plan (14030/09), adopted by the Commission in September 2009, consists of a support

package of twenty measures, which will be implemented through existing EU programmes and

instruments. The authorities concerned can draw on this support for their action on urban mobility

issues, as they see fit.

In its conclusions the Council welcomes the action plan and supports in particular the establishment

of an urban mobility observatory in the form of a virtual platform for the voluntary exchange of

information and experience. The Council underlines the fact that improvements in the field of urban

mobility can be most efficiently achieved through cooperation between competent public bodies.

The measures to be promoted cover areas such as environmental and health issues, clean and

energy-efficient technologies, infrastructure improvement, transport and town planning, goods

delivery logistics, innovation and research, road safety and awareness raising.

For the full text of the conclusions, see doc.

10603/10.

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THE ROLE OF TRANSPORT IN THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY

24.VI.2010

The Council held a debate on the contribution that transport policy can make to the new Europe

2020 strategy for jobs and growth adopted by the European Council on 17 June.

Ministers discussed the elements of the strategy which are of particular relevance for transport

policy. They stressed the importance of initiatives aimed at promoting the move to energy-efficient,

low-carbon transport, developing innovative transport technology, ensuring effective transport and

logistics networks throughout the Union, and addressing missing links and bottlenecks, for instance

as regards network interconnection. They also highlighted the key role of a well-functioning

transport sector for the whole of the European economy.

Several member states emphasised the need to improve the competitiveness of the transport sector.

A number of ministers, in particular from the new member states, called for increased investment,

including through the cohesion fund, so as to enable all EU countries to create modern transport

infrastructures.

The results of this debate will give input to the White Paper which the Commission intends to adopt

by the end of this year and which will set out a vision for the EU transport policy for the next

decade taking account of the targets in the Europe 2020 strategy.

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ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Security scanners

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The Council took note of a Commission communication on the use of security scanners at airports

(10865/10). Considering that this screening method can reinforce passenger security, the

Commission advocates common European standards to ensure detection performance and at the

same time the protection of health, personal data and privacy. The Council invited the Commission

to work on such harmonisation.

EU- Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) summit and EU-LAC civil aviation summit

The Council was informed by the presidency and the Commission about the results of the EU-Latin

America and Caribbean summit, held in Madrid on 18 May 2020, and of the EU-LAC civil aviation

summit, held in Rio de Janeiro on 24 and 25 May 2010.

The Madrid summit adopted an action plan for 2010 to 2012, focused on innovation and technology

for sustainable development and social inclusion. This will also include support for sustainable

transport, with the EU pledging financial help.

The summit in Rio de Janeiro, jointly organised by the Brazilian civil aviation authority, the Latin

America Civil Aviation Commission and the European Commission, was the first ever EU-Latin

America summit in the area of civil aviation. Several agreements and political declarations were

initialled or signed.

Agreement with the US on interoperability between the EU and US air traffic management

systems

The Council was briefed by the Commission on the successful conclusion of the negotiations with

the US Federal Aviation Administration on a memorandum of cooperation in civil aviation research

(11345/10). The agreement, initialled on 18 June, will constitute the basis for addressing any

research and development issues in civil aviation. One of the first steps will be to ensure

interoperability between the EU and US air traffic management modernisation programmes SESAR

and NextGen, so that aircraft will be able to fly in US and EU airspace with the same navigation,

communication and positioning equipment.

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Galileo applications action plan

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The Council took note of the Commission's action plan on global navigation satellite system

(GNSS) applications (11137/10), which aims at making full use of the possibilities offered by the

European EGNOS and Galileo satellite programmes. The plan identifies key areas for action and

describes the measures the Commission intends to take. Fostering the development of GNSS

applications will increase European industry's share in the global GNSS market and contribute to

the promotion of a knowledge-based society.

TEN-T days 2010

The Council took note of information from the presidency and the Commission on the outcome of

this year's annual ministerial conference on trans-European transport networks (TEN-T), which was

held in Zaragoza (Spain) from 8 to 9 June 2010 (11347/10). Discussions at the conference focused

on the methodology for drawing up the future TEN-T planning and implementation framework and

on how to mobilise funding more effectively. The participants at the conference agreed that a list of

criteria should be set up for choosing the projects that will constitute a "European core network".

Meeting of Baltic Sea transport ministers (Haparanda, Sweden, 16-17 June 2010)

The Swedish delegation briefed the Council on the results of a meeting in Sweden where transport

ministers from Baltic Sea countries as well as representatives from the European Commission and

China discussed the role of transport and infrastructure networks in optimising the resources of the

Baltic Sea region (11184/10). The participation of China highlighted the potential of that region as a

gateway between Asia and Europe.

High-level meeting on road safety: "road safety culture" (Madrid, 29 April 2010)

The presidency and the Commission informed the Council about the results of the recent high-level

meeting of EU member states' road safety experts in Madrid, who discussed among other things the

effects of alcohol, drugs and medication on drivers, and the prevention of accidents among

motorcyclists (11297/10). Such meetings take place twice a year to allow member states to

exchange experiences and best practice.

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Working time of mobile road transport workers

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The Commission informed the Council about the rejection by the European Parliament of the

proposal for a modified directive on the working time of mobile road transport workers (11411/10).

The Parliament did not accept the exclusion of self-employed workers from the scope of the

directive. Given this situation, the Commission announced that it would withdraw its proposal.

Consequently the current directive remains applicable.

Work programme of the incoming presidency

The Belgian delegation presented the incoming presidency's work programme in the transport

sector, with sustainable transport, safety and security in transport, and innovation as overall

priorities. Key topics include the "Eurovignette" proposal (that is, charging for infrastructure costs),

a data exchange system for road offences, the second Single European Sky package, safety and

security in air traffic, and the full integration of waterborne transport into the logistics chain.

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OTHER ITEMS APPROVED

TRANSPORT

Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network

24.VI.2010

The Council adopted a recast of a decision on guidelines for the development of the trans-European

transport network, originally adopted in 1996. The recast (PE-CONS

13/10

+ Addenda 1 to 7)

includes the various amendments made to the decision over time and incorporates new amendments

necessary to take account of the enlargement of the EU to 27 member states.

The guidelines constitute a general reference framework for projects of common interest which

contribute to the development of the trans-European transport network. The objective is to establish

such a network gradually by 2020, by integrating land, sea and air transport infrastructure networks

throughout the Union.

Agreements on air services - Albania - Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Council adopted decisions approving the conclusion of agreements with Albania and with

Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects of air services. Both agreements were signed on 5 May

2006.

ENERGY

Notification of investment projects in energy infrastructure

The Council adopted the regulation concerning the notification to the Commission of investment

projects in energy infrastructure within the European Community

(7524/10

COR 1).

The aim of the regulation is to establish a common framework for the notification by member states

of data and information on their projects regarding energy infrastructure in the oil, natural gas,

electricity (including electricity from renewable sources) and biofuel sectors, as well as on

investment projects related to the capture and storage of carbon dioxide.

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The Energy Council reached political agreement on this proposal on 12 March and on that

occasion the Commission presented a declaration concerning the templates for the notification by

member states of the required data and information, which will be inserted in the minutes of

Council

(8428/10).

International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

The Council adopted a decision on the conclusion of the Statute of the International Renewable

Energy Agency by the European Union and on the exercise of its rights and obligations

(8612/10).

Both the Union and its Member States have competences in the areas covered by the Statute which

stipulates that regional intergovernmental economic integration organisations that become

members will have to declare the extent of their competence.

The Council decision on the signing of the IRENA Statute was adopted in October 2009

(13687/09).

As twenty five countries have already ratified the Statute, it will enter into force on 8

July 2010.

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

Europol-Colombia agreement on cooperation against criminality

The Council authorised the Director of Europol, the European Police Office, to conclude an

operational cooperation agreement with Colombia in order to support the EU member states and

Colombia in the fight against serious forms of international crime, in particular through the

exchange of information.

Drug trafficking - threat assessment of airfields and light aircraft

Council conclusions

The Council adopted the following conclusions:

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"THE

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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Recalling that the Stockholm Programme

sets priorities for creating an area of freedom, security

and justice and states that organized crime, drug trafficking and other serious crimes, continue to

challenge the internal security of the European Union;

Mindful of the Internal Security Strategy of the European Union

in which it is emphasised that The

European Council is convinced that the enhancement of actions at European level, combined with

better coordination with actions at regional and national level, are essential to protection from trans-

national threats.;

Reaffirming that the fight against trans-national crime is the first target of law enforcement

cooperation and that Europol should be used as a hub for information exchange between the law

enforcement authorities of the Member States, a service provider and a platform for law

enforcement services;

Highlighting the European Strategy on Drugs (2005-2012)

, which considers that in the field of EU

judicial and law enforcement drugs policy focus should be, among other priorities, on strengthening

police and customs cooperation through the exchange of best practices, mainstreaming and strategic

and operative analysis of the drug crime phenomena

;

Considering the EU Drugs Action Plan for 2009-2012, which under priority 3 states that the EU

needs more effective law enforcement at EU level to counter drug production and trafficking,

making full use of the capacities of Europol and other EU structures

;

Stockholm Programme, an open and secure Europe serving and protecting citizens (EU

Official Journal 111 Published on 04.05.2010)

EU Internal Security Strategy integrated in the Stockholm Agenda

EU Drugs Strategy (2005-2012) (15074/04 CORDROGUE 77)

EU Drugs Action Plan for 2009-2012, (16116/08 CORDROGUE 85)

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Recalling the Council conclusions which set up the EU priorities regarding the fight against

organized crime

and establish eight specific counter-measures for the Member States to confront

drug trafficking using the West and Central African Route. Its eighth counter-measure mentions

that, on the basis of risk analysis studies, there is a need to enhance the level of security checks and

customs surveillance at small airports, which routinely escape the authorities’ control especially in

respect of small planes";

Recalling the second recommendation adopted by the VIII HONLEA Europe meeting, in which it

was agreed that due to the growing use of non-commercial aircraft to traffic drugs using routes from

North Africa to landing points in Europe, Governments must take immediate steps to strengthen

cooperation between law enforcement authorities and the general aviation sector and to support

authorities in gathering the information necessary and implementing the procedures required, in

order to enable those authorities to respond more effectively to the growing trafficking threat;

Taking note of the Report - assessment carried out by the Spanish presidency of the Council of the

European Union on the possible threat posed by airfields and medium, small size and light aircraft

in relation to drug trafficking

Agrees on the following:

To encourage Member States to carry out threat/risk assessments on the use of airfields and non-

commercial aviation for drug trafficking

To invite Member States to explore the possibility of establishing common minimum criteria to

achieving more effective monitoring of non-commercial aviation.

To encourage Member States to

consider

facilitating the access of law enforcement agencies to flight

plans and aircraft records

Draft Council conclusions setting the EU's priorities for the fight against organised crime

based on the OCTA 2009 and the ROCTA (8301/3/09 REV 3 CRIMORG 54).

9927/10 CORDROGUE 50 + COR 1

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To invite Member States to foster cooperation among the relevant bodies involved in the

investigation of drug trafficking in the field of civil aviation, in particular police, customs services

and the aviation communities.

To invite Europol, in cooperation with the European Commission, to promote the collection,

exchange and dissemination of best practices in this field.

To encourage Europol to continue their works on the analysis of the threats posed by the use of non

commercial aviation for drug trafficking, fostering information and intelligence sharing, in relation

with the competent bodies of UNODC and, if appropriate, Interpol and the Council of Europe

(Pompidou Group)."

FISHERIES

South Pacific Ocean - Convention on the management of high seas resources

The Council adopted a decision approving the signing of the Convention on the conservation and

management of high seas fishery resources in the South Pacific Ocean, subject to the conclusion of

the said Convention

(9825/10).

SOCIAL POLICY

Better social protection for self-employed women and assisting spouses

The Council adopted a directive strengthening the social protection of self-employed workers and

of "assisting spouses", thereby aiming to strengthen the principle of equal treatment between men

and women who want to establish or extend a self-employed activity (18/10

+ 10899/10 ADD 1).

The adoption of the directive follows an agreement with the European Parliament at second reading.

The new directive entitles self-employed women and assisting female spouses of self-employed

workers to maternity benefits for the first time and creates autonomous social protection rights for

the assisting spouses of self-employed workers.

For more details, see press release

11299/10.

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ENVIRONMENT

Persistent organic pollutants

24.VI.2010

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption by the Commission of a regulation updating

annexes I and III to regulation 850/2004, which implements the commitments set out in the

Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants in EU law.

AGRICULTURE

EFSA management board - Appointment of seven members

The Council adopted a decision appointing half of the members of the management board of the

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to replace the members who will finish their term on 30

June 2010. The seven members nominated are Diana Bánáti, Manuel Barreto Dias, Marianne

Elvander, Milan Kováč, Stella Michaelidou-Canna, Jan Mousing, and Pieter Vanthemsche.

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