October 25, 2024 (press release) –
Overview of the main topics and events at the Council of EU and European Council for the coming fortnight.
Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 5 November 2024
The Council will seek a political agreement on the value added tax (VAT) in the digital age package. The package consists of three proposals that set out to tackle VAT fraud, support businesses and promote digitalisation.
Ministers will take stock of the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the Council will aim to adopt implementing decisions approving modified recovery and resilience plans, submitted by some member states.
Ministers will be informed of the state of play of the economic and financial impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
The Council will approve conclusions on the progress made on the EU’s statistical priorities, while providing guidance for further work. As a point without discussion, the Council will also adopt a regulation that aims to further improve the development, production and dissemination of European statistics.
The Presidency will present the state of play of legislative proposals in the field of financial services. As a point without discussion, the Council will adopt two pieces of legislation that change the Solvency II directive, the EU's main piece of legislation in the insurance area, and introduce new rules on insurance recovery and resolution (IRRD).
Other meetings
- Eurogroup, 4 November 2024
- Meeting of the European Political Community, 7 November 2024
- Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Budapest, 8 November 2024
- Indicative calendar of meetings under the Hungarian presidency (1 July - 31 December 2024)
- Hungarian presidency website
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