Informal video conference of internal market and industry ministers, 25 February 2021

Summary:

EU Ministers responsible for matters relating to the Internal Market and Industry held a videoconference on 25 February 2021. The agenda included the following items:

• Policy debate on how national Recovery and Resilience Plans (RRPs) can best be used as an instrument for delivering on industrial policy goals - strengthening single market, twin transitions and open strategic autonomy;
• Policy debate on the Commission's New Consumer Agenda, following up on conclusions adopted by the Council;
• Exchange of views on how to take forward a proposed Directive on Public Country-By-Country Reporting (CBCR);
• Briefing from the European Commission on work accomplished by Task Force for industrial scale-up of the production of COVID-19 vaccines within the European Union (EU);
• Briefing from the Finnish delegation on the latest meeting of the D9+ group.

• Primary Source

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for Informal video conference of internal market and industry ministers, 25 February 2021 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/48566/background-brief-internal-market-vtc-25-2-21.pdf

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