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EU Environment Ministers narrowly reached a political agreement on the recast of the Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, now renamed Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), earlier this month, during the last Environment Council of the Czech Presidency.

A progress report on the energy efficiency package has been published by the Council. The report covers proposals on energy labelling, tyre labelling and the energy efficiency of buildings.

Council Conclusions on the Commission’s White Paper: Towards a European Climate Change Adaptation Programme have been published.

The Swedish Presidency of the European Council, which begins on 1 July, has promised to begin negotiations with the European Parliament on a package of draft energy efficiency laws covering buildings, energy labelling and tyre labelling.