Input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, Luxembourg, 17 June 2025

In this letter, the EEB provided input to the EU Environment Council Meeting, taking place in Luxembourg on June 17th, 2025,  addressing all Environment Ministers of EU Member States, the Commission President, Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, and Commissioners for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Energy and Housing, Health and Animal Welfare, and the Chair of the European Parliament Environment Committee.

The EEB’s demands come structured according to our understanding of the 17 June Council Agenda, alongside our vision of what is needed for a sustainable and resilient Union, under the following headlines:

  1. Regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles (General Approach)
  2. COP 30 (and EU NDC)
  3. Danish Council Presidency Programme
  4. Water Resilience Strategy