June 30, 2021

PT PRES on Statistics launches final newsletter
(Newsletter)

We invite you to read the final Newsletter of our Presidency. This past semester has been busy and demanding, but also joyful, and it has turned into a very rewarding learning experience. We hope you enjoy our recollection of the key moments of this journey.

June 29, 2021

Handover to Slovenia

On 28 June, the Portuguese presidency organised the "Handover – PT to SI" event, passing the baton to its Slovenian colleagues.

The Trio Partners (DE-PT-SI), Eurostat and the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) took part in this hybrid event, as well as representatives from the Perm Rep and from the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. The current presidency presented an overview of its main achievements and the forthcoming SI PRES shared the plans for their term. Participants had the opportunity to discuss on lessons learnt during the past twelve months of the Trio presidencies.

A traditional cabbage-shaped bowl was delivered to the Slovenian colleagues, handing over the agri-statistical files.

We thank our Trio partners for their cooperation and support, and we wish the utmost success to our Slovenian colleagues!

Vso srečo! (Good luck!)

June 21, 2021

Adoption of a Council negotiating mandate for the EAA amendment proposal

In its meeting of 21 June, the Special Committee on Agriculture adopted the mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament pertaining to the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 as regards regional economic accounts for agriculture.

This mandate follows the agreement reached on 14 June at Working Party level, through an informal written procedure with the Presidency’s compromise proposal for the EAA amendment file (see the mandate for the act and annexes ).

Presidency Trio Programme

Germany, Portugal and Slovenia form the Presidency Trio covering the period from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021. Portugal takes over the Presidency from Germany on the 1st of January 2021 and will be followed by Slovenia in the 2nd half of 2021.

The Trio Presidency Programme builds upon the work done by the previous presidencies, aiming at the provision of high quality and relevant European statistics in accordance with Regulation (EC) 223/2009 on European statistics and guided by the European Statistics Code of Practice.

EAAEconomic Accounts
for Agriculture

EUR-Lex | EP's Legislative Observatory | Progress Report (last updated on 25 June)

SAIOStatistics on agricultural
input and output

EUR-Lex | EP's Legislative Observatory | Progress Report (last updated on 25 June)

SMP-ESPSingle Market Programme
European Statistical Programme

2021-2027

EUR-Lex | EP's Legislative Observatory | Progress Report (last updated on 03 May)

Contact the Presidency Team

Email: eu2021@ine.pt

Phone: + 351 21 842 63 95

German Presidency of the Council Working Party on Statistics(second semester 2020)

Croatian Presidency of the Council Working Party on Statistics(first semester 2020)

Finnish Presidency of the Council Working Party on Statistics (second semester 2019)