COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 29 June 2012
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NOTE
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General Secretariat of the Council
Delegations
Provisional agendas for Council meetings, during the second semester of 2012
(Cyprus Presidency)
In accordance with Article 2 (7) of the Council's Rules of Procedure, delegations will
find attached the indicative provisional agendas
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for Council meetings for the period
from 1 July 2012 up to 31 December 2012. These have been drawn up by the Cyprus
Presidency and the External Action Service as regards the Foreign Affairs Council
(FAC).
In accordance with Article 3 (6) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, items for which
approval by the Council is possible without discussion are entered as ‘A’ items
consequently. As a general rule, A items do not appear on the attached Council
agendas without exception. Furthermore, co-decision files in second reading and files
where a first reading agreement with the European Parliament will have been
achieved are not shown on the Council agendas, except in certain instances as an
AOB point with the indication of "Information from the Presidency".
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In accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon, on all agendas for the various
Council configurations a distinction has to be made between legislative and
non-legislative acts, in the case of both "A" items and "B" items.
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