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The Environment Council adopted the council conclusion on COP 27
At the Environment Council on 24 October, 2022 in Luxemburg ministers adopted Council conclusions on the EU mandate for the upcoming meetings of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and on Convention on Biological Diversitiy.
GAC of October 2022 – the session of the European Council, the future of Poland and Europe and the electoral law are on the agenda
On 18 October the General Affairs Council met again in Luxembourg where Hungary was represented by minister of justice Judit Varga.
Agrimarkets-trade were in the main focus at the Agrifish Council in October
Agriculture ministers exchanged views on maintaining phytosanitary and veterinary control systems, agrimarket and agritrade on the 17th of October in Luxembourg.
EU Finance and Economy Ministers have met again
At the Ecofin meeting on October 4, ministers reached a general approach on the Commission's REPowerEU proposal, which provides the opportunity to finance investments and reforms that help diversify the energy supply and reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Based on the accepted proposal, Hungary can receive 3.5% of EUR 20 billion, which represents EUR 700 million in grant.
Without trust the European Health Dataspace will not be operational
In cooperation with Sciensano (Belgium) and the Health Data Hub (France) a workshop on citizens’ engagement in digital health was held the at the Hungarian Permanent Representation on 11 October 2022. The hybrid event was attended by 60 participants while another 100 participants followed it online.