Meetings of the High Level Group

Sixth and last meeting

The sixth meeting of the HLG was held on November 8, 2007. Issues addressed included: international action on climate change, better regulation and competitiveness.

• Agenda of the meeting [12 KB]
• The fifth report [46 KB]
• Minutes of the meeting [25 KB]

Fifth meeting

The fifth meeting of the HLG was held on June 11, 2007. Issues addressed included: furthering economic and environmental performance, access to natural resources, secondary materials and waste.

• Agenda [12 KB] of the fifth meeting
• Meetings planning [14 KB] - update
• The fourth report was adopted on 11 June 2007: "Ensuring future sustainability and competitiveness of European enterprises in a carbon and resource constrained world" [62 KB]
• Minutes of the fifth meeting [29 KB]

At the meeting of 11 June 2007, the HLG agreed to create two ad hoc groups:

• Ad hoc group 11 on "International action on climate change"
  Mandate [24 KB]
  List of experts of ad hoc group 11 of 11 September 2007 [10 KB]
  Agenda [9 KB]
  Chairman Issues Paper [62 KB]
• Ad hoc group 12 on "Better regulation and competitiveness"
  Mandate [26 KB]
  List of experts of ad hoc group 12 of 12 September 2007 [6 KB]
  Agenda [9 KB]
  Chairman Issues Paper [69 KB]

Fourth meeting

The fourth meeting of the HLG was held on February 27, 2007. Issues addressed included: incentives, innovation and technology policies helping energy intensive industries to adapt to the energy and climate change challenges.

• Agenda of the fourth meeting [12 KB]
• Work plan and agenda items for Year 2007 [16 KB]
• Conclusions of the meeting (27.02.2007) [15 KB]
• Third report of the HLG [55 KB]
• Minutes of meeting 27.02.2007 [59 KB]

At the meeting of 27 February 2007, the HLG agreed to create two ad hoc groups:

• Ad hoc group 9 on "Furthering economic and environmental performance of EU enterprises"
  Mandate [19 KB]
  List of experts of ad hoc group 9 [6 KB]
  Agenda - meeting of 26 March 2007 [9 KB]
  Chairman Issues Paper [72 KB]
• Ad hoc group 10 on "Natural resources, secondary raw materials and waste"
  Mandate [15 KB]
  List of experts of ad hoc group 10 [6 KB]
  Agenda - meeting of 27 March 2007 [9 KB]
  Chairman Issues Paper [66 KB]

Third meeting

A third meeting of the HLG was held on October 30, 2006. Issues addressed included: long term energy futures and investment in power generation and energy efficiency.

• Agenda of the third meeting [11 KB]
• Press release (30.10.2006): "High Level Group looks at Europe's long term energy future and related investment needs"
• Second report of the HLG [71 KB]
• Minutes of the meeting [45 KB]

At the meeting of 30 October 2006, the HLG agreed to create two ad hoc groups:

• Ad hoc group 7 on "Innovation and technology perspective in the energy intensive industries in Europe"
  Mandate [18 KB]
  List of experts [6 KB] (updated 01.12.2006)
  Agenda - meeting of 08 December 2006 [14 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [50 KB]
• Ad hoc group 8 on "Environmentally-harmful subsidies"
  Mandate [16 KB]
  List of experts [6 KB] (updated 01.12.2006)
  Agenda - meeting of 07 December 2006 [17 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [74 KB]

Second meeting

A second meeting of the HLG was held on June 2, 2006. Issues addressed included: electricity market, emissions trading scheme.

• Agenda of the second meeting [18 KB]
• Updated Workplan and list of agenda items [19 KB]
• Press release (02.06.2006): "High Level Group proposes urgent actions to promote a competitive and sustainable European energy system"
• First report of the HLG [89 KB]
• Minutes of the meeting [38 KB]

At the meeting of 2 June 2006, the HLG agreed to create two ad hoc groups:

• Ad hoc group 5 on "Long Term Energy Future for the European Union"
  Mandate [18 KB]
  List of experts [12 KB]
  Agenda - meeting of 12 July 2006 [13 KB]
  Agenda - meeting of 6 September 2006 [12 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [65 KB]
• Ad hoc group 6 on "Drivers for Investment in Innovative Technologies, in Power Generation and Energy Efficiency"
  Mandate [17 KB]
  List of experts [13 KB]
  Agenda - meeting of 11 July 2006 [19 KB]
  Agenda - meeting of 05 September 2006 [19 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [62 KB]

First meeting

The HLG met for the first time on 28 February 2006 in Brussels. The meeting was dedicated to energy issues:

• Press release (24.02.2006): "Energy, environment, competitiveness: Commission launches high level group"

• Agenda of the meeting [19 KB]
• Workplan and draft list of agenda items [24 KB]
• Meetings planning [14 KB]
• Minutes of the meeting [30 KB]

At the meeting of 28 February 2006, the HLG agreed to create four ad hoc groups:

• Ad hoc group 1 on "The functioning of the electricity and gas markets"
  More information on the agenda of the meeting of 29th March 2006 [18 KB] and mandate [25 KB]
  List of invited experts [8 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [43 KB]
• Ad hoc group 2 on "The EU Emissions Trading Scheme"
  More information on the agenda of the meeting of 30th March 2006 [18 KB] and mandate [23 KB]
  List of invited experts [8 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [59 KB]
• Ad hoc group 3 on "Competitiveness of and access to cost-effective energy inputs for energy intensive industries"
  More information on the agenda of the meeting of 31st March 2006 [17 KB] and mandate [22 KB]
  List of invited experts [7 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [39 KB]
• Ad hoc group 4 on "Energy Efficiency"
  More information on the agenda of the meeting of 27 March 2006 [19 KB] and mandate [22 KB]
  List of invited experts [8 KB]
  Chairman Issue Paper [35 KB]