Media advisory - Competitiveness Council (Internal market, industry, research and space) of 8 and 9 December 2025 17:30 Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions[...]

Indicative programme

All times are approximate and subject to change

Place:
Europa building, Brussels

Chairs:
- Morten Bødskov, Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs
- Christina Egelund, Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science

Internal market and industry, Monday 8 December

From 08.30
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Morten Bødskov (live streaming)

+/- 09.30
Beginning of the Competitiveness Council (Internal market and industry) (roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Approval of "A" items
- Non-legislative list
- Legislative list (+/- 09.45 public session)

+/- 09.50
Annual Overview Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement - Sustaining the momentum to reduce the burdens (public session)

+/- 11.20
Any other business:
- Current legislative proposals - European Competitiveness Fund (public session)
- Strengthening Europe's energy-intensive industries and securing our industrial future (+/- 12.00 public session)
- Berlin Declaration by the Friends of Industry (+/- 12.05 public session)
- Nexperia update and next steps (+/- 12.10 public session)
- Repeated disruptions of civil aviation caused by unmanned aircraft (drones) and smuggling balloons originating from third countries (+/- 12.15 public session)
- European preference concept throughout EU initiatives
- 28^th regime: A simplified way forward
- RESourceEU Action Plan

+/- 12.55
Working lunch discussion on "Unlocking the potential for investments in new innovative green technologies"

+/- 14.30
Any other business:
- Action Plan: Setting the course towards a Single Market driven by business data

+/- 15.00
Removal of internal market barriers

+/- 16.15
E-commerce: Challenges with product compliance and enforcement (public session)

+/- 17.15
Any other business:
- Current legislative proposals (public session)

• State of play of the Omnibus packages
• Package Travel Directive
• Regulation on a public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012
• Directive amending Directive 2014/32/EU on measuring instruments
• Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)

- 2025 Report of the Network of SME Envoys to the Competitiveness Council
- Work programme of the incoming Presidency

At the end of the meeting (+/- 18.15) press conference on internal market and industry in live streaming.

Research, Tuesday 9 December

From 09.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 09.30
Doorstep by Christina Egelund (live streaming)

+/- 10.00
Beginning of the Competitiveness Council (Research) (roundtable)

+/- 10.05
Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 as regards EuroHPC (public session)

+/- 11.05
Horizon Europe Package: Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2028-2034 (public session)

+/- 12.35
Any other business :
- The European Universities Alliances: a key ecosystem for EU competitiveness
- Information on the scale-up Europe Fund (+/- 12.45 public session)
- Creating a European cooperation space for research security: updates on EU-level initiatives
- Work programme of the incoming Presidency

At the end of the meeting (+/- 13.30) press conference on research in live streaming.

Space, Tuesday 9 December

+/- 15.00
Continuation of the Competitiveness Council (Space) (roundtable)

+/- 15.05
Regulation on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union (EU Space Act) (public session)

+/- 17.00
Any other business :
- Space implementation dialogue - state of play and next steps (public session)
- Work programme of the incoming Presidency
- Presentation on ESA ministerial

At the end of the meeting (+/- 17.45) press conference on space in live streaming.

Videos and photos from the event
Meeting page - Competitiveness Council (Internal market and industry), 8 December 2025
Meeting page - Competitiveness Council (Research and space), 9 December 2025