Environment Council, 22 December 2003

A meeting of the Environment Council was held on 22 December 2003, in Brussels. The agenda included the following topics:

+ Adoption of a regulation establishing a transitional transit system applicable to heavy good vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004;

+ Debate on the proposal for a Directive amending the Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community;

+ Adoption of conclusions regarding the seagoing ships emissions;

+ Adoption of conclusions concerning the Convention on Biological Diversity;

+ Adoption of conclusions on the 2003 Environmental Policy Review;

+ Presentation on the proposals for a Regulation and a Directive concerning the REACH system and of the Presidency's progress report;

+ Exchange of views on the EC proposal to extend Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE) for a two-year period, from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2006, and on future arrangements for the financing of the EU’s environmental policies;

+ Information by the EC on its report regarding the European Environment Agency (EEA).

European Commission: DG Communication: RAPID: MEMO/03/264, 19.12.03: Preparation Environment Council, 22 December 2003 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/03/264&format=HTML&rapid=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en&display=

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