European Council

The EU issued a declaration on the occasion of the visit of 1 December President Omar Al-Bashir visited Chad, regretting that Chad, a State party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), did not surrender President Al-Bashir to the Court.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

The Permanent Representatives Committee agreed on the Council's position for negotiations on the Commission proposal for a mandatory transparency register.

The Council adopted conclusions on the implementation of the Joint Declaration by the President President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The Council approved and published an EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in taxation matters, aimed at promoting good governance worldwide

The Council closed the excessive deficit procedure for the United Kingdom, with its government deficit below the EU’s 3% of GDP reference value.

The Council found that Romania has failed to take effective action to correct a significant budgetary .

Council adopted conclusions on the Mid-term Evaluation of the Galileo and EGNOS programmes and of the performance of the European GNSS Agency.

Council adopted conclusions on the digitalisation of transport.

Council adopted conclusions on the progress of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) implementation and the Connecting Europe Facility for transport.