What is it?

COREPER is the permanent representation (Committee of Permanent Representatives) in Brussels for a country member state of the Union. See wikipedia for more information on their role. Because the Council and the Parliament did not agree on a set of amendments before the Parliament's Second Reading, COREPER I is now responsible for preparing the agenda for Ministers to vote on as the Directive goes into conciliation.

Finnish presidency

For second half of 2006, the EU has a Finnish presidency and thus Finnish COREPER is responsible for preparing passage of legislation.

Ms TALSI Tuija (Counsellor - Chemicals, nature conservation, fresh water, environmental information) is responsible for preparing the agenda for INSPIRE. We don't suggest contacting her directly - though helpful she is incredibly busy, and as a neutral bureaucrat cannot make policy statements. At this stage it makes more sense to Contact Your Minister for the Environment directly at a national level.

List of Coreper

  1. BE
  2. HU
  3. FR
  4. DK
  5. UK
  6. IE
  7. LU
  8. ES
  9. EE
  10. LV
  11. LT
  12. SE
  13. SI
  14. NL
  15. DE
  16. SK
  17. AT
  18. FI
  19. MT
  20. IT
  21. PT
  22. PL
  23. CZ
  24. GR
  25. CY