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Appendix ANNEX I

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

List of Council configurations

  1. 1..

    General affairsf1;

  2. 2..

    Foreign affairsf2;

  3. 3..

    Economic and financial affairsf3;

  4. 4..

    Justice and home affairsf4;

  5. 5..

    Employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs;

  6. 6..

    F1Competitiveness (internal market, industry, research and space) f5 ;

  7. 7..

    Transport, telecommunications and energy;

  8. 8..

    Agriculture and fisheries;

  9. 9..

    Environment;

  10. 10..

    Education, youth, culture and sport f6 .

It is for each Member State to determine the way in which it is represented in the Council, in accordance with Article 16(2) of the TEU.

Several Ministers may participate as full members of the same Council configuration, with the agenda and the organisation of proceedings being adjusted accordinglyf7.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by European Council Decision of 16 September 2010 amending the list of Council configurations (2010/594/EU).

Footnotes

f1

This configuration is established by Article 16(6), second subparagraph, of the TEU.

f2

This configuration is established by Article 16(6), third subparagraph, of the TEU.

f3

Including budget.

f4

Including civil protection.

f5

Including tourism.

f6

Including audiovisual affairs.

f7

See statement (m) set out below:

  1. (m)

    Re Annex I, second paragraph:

    The Presidency will organise Council agendas by grouping together related agenda items, in order to facilitate attendance by the relevant national representatives, particularly where a given Council configuration has to deal with clearly distinguishable sets of topics.