Indicative programme – Economic and Financial Affairs Council of 7 November 2017

Press contacts

François Head
Press officer
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Place:        Justus Lipsius building, Brussels
Chair:        Toomas Tõniste, Minister for Finance of Estonia

All times are approximate and subject to change.

from 08.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 08:25 (ttbc)
Doorstep by Minister Tõniste

08.30
Ministerial dialogue with the EFTA countries (Roundtable)

09.30
Ministerial breakfast

10.30
Beginning of the Council meeting
 Adoption of the agenda
Approval of non-legislative A items

10.35
VAT e-commerce package (public session)
–   VAT obligations for supplies of services and distance sales of goods
–   implementing measures
–   administrative cooperation and combating fraud in the field of VAT

Review of the European system of financial supervision (public session)

Other business (public session)
–   Current financial services legislative proposals
–   Insolvency, restructuring and second chance

Follow-up to the Washington G20 and IMF meetings

ECA’s annual report on the 2016 budget

EU Statistics

Other business

At the end of the meeting
Press conference (live streaming)

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In the margins of the Council:

6 November

Macroeconomic dialogue

11.30  roundtable

Eurogroup meetings

15.00  roundtable (Eurogroup)

17.00  roundtable (Eurogroup in inclusive format)

At the end of the meeting
  press conference (live streaming)

7 November

Ministerial dialogue wit the EFTA countries

08.30  roundtable