Business, Innovation and Skills written statement – made am ar 15 Hydref 2013.
The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will take place in Luxembourg on
The substantive items on
One Legislative item:
State of play on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party.
Non-legislative items:
State of play on the preparations for the Eastern Partnership summit (Vilnius, 28-
EU-Ukraine, DCFTA(1) part of the association agreement.
EU-Republic of Moldova, DCFTA part of the association agreement.
EU-Georgia, DCFTA part of the association agreement.
EU-Republic of Armenia, DCFTA part of the association agreement.
Items on which a vote may be requested are: adoption of the EU-China negotiations on investment, and adoption of the EU-ASEAN negotiations on investment. A vote might be requested on the declassification of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) mandate.
Other items not subject to a vote are: the state of play on preparations for the IX World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference (Bali, 3-
(1)Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreements