Media advisory - Agriculture and Fisheries Council of 17 November 2025 17:15 Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities. Council of the EU

Indicative programme

All times are approximate and subject to change

Place:
Europa building, Brussels

Chair:
Jacob Jensen, Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

from 08.30
Arrivals and doorsteps (live streaming)

08.30
Doorstep by Minister Jensen (live streaming)

10.00
Beginning of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting
Adoption of the agenda
Approval of 'A' items:

• Non-legislative list
• Legislative items (+/- 10.10 public session)

+/- 10.15 (public session)
- Common Agricultural Policy thematic discussion: targeting of direct support
- Any other business (Italy): CAP

+/- 11.45
Trade related agricultural issues
- Any other business: meeting rice producing countries
- Any other business: Chinese restrictions on pork exports

+/- 13.15
- Any other business: Agricultural statistics on pesticide use (public session)

+/- 15.05
Total allowable catches: Main + Mediterranean + Black Seas

+/- 16.35
Any other business: Simplification of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund

+/- 16.55
Any other business (Spain): Common Fisheries Policy (public session)

+/- 17.25
Any other business:
- support for aquaculture (public session)
- financing fisheries (public session)

+/- 18.00
Any other business:
Annual progress report (Plants, animal, food and feed) (public session)

+/- 18.20
Any other business:
International standards food chain (public session)

+/- 18.40
Any other business:
- Plant health / grapevine (public session)
- Glasswing cicadas (public session)
- Use of plant protection products in the EU (public session)

+/- 19.10
Any other business:
One health conference (public session)

At the end of the meeting (+/- 19.45) press conference in the Europa building press room in live streaming.

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