Indicative programme – Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Transport) of 3 December 2018

Place:
Europa building, Brussels

Chair:
Norbert Hofer, Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology of Austria

All times are approximate and subject to change

from 07:45
Arrivals

+/- 08:00
Doorstep by Minister Hofer

09.30
Beginning of Council meeting (Roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Approval of non-legislative legislative A items

Land

+/- 9:40
Mobility package I (public session)
Access to the profession and access to the haulage market
Rest time periods and tachographs
Enforcement and lex specialis for posting of drivers

+/- 11:40
Mobility package II – Combined transport (public session)

+/- 12:00
Mobility package III – Road infrastructure safety management (public session)

+/- 12:30
Lunch debate on Airspace capacity in Europe

+/- 15:00
Discontinuing seasonal changes of time (public session)

+/- 15:20
Rail passengers’ rights and obligations (public session)

Shipping

+/- 15:30
Inland waterway transport

+/- 15:45
Minimum training of seafarers (public session)

+/- 16:05
Mobility package III – European Maritime Single Window environment (public session)

Horizontal

+/- 16:45
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) (public session)
Mobility package III – Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) (public session)
Mobility package II – Clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (public session)
Mobility package III – Electronic freight transport information (eFTI) (public session)

Other business:

+/- 18:15
Electronic road tolling and exchange of information (EETS) (public session)

+/- 18:20
Safeguarding competition in air transport (public session)

+/- 18:25
Wet-Lease (public session)

+/- 18:30
ASEAN Negotiations

+/- 18:35
Social Agenda in Aviation

+/- 18:55
Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Charging and Internalisation of Transport Externalities

+/- 19:10
Space programme of the Union (public session)

+/- 19:20
Informal Meeting of Transport and Environment Ministers in Graz

+/- 19:30
Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 19.45
Press conference (live streaming)

In the margins of the Council

+/- 14:15
Signing ceremony of “Danube Declaration” (TV/Photo opportunity)

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