EU Coreper backs energy, climate and legislative items

The Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union reviewed and prepared multiple legislative, foreign affairs, energy, climate, transport, health, and social policy items on 14 October 2026.

• The Committee agreed on a revised mandate for the Roadworthiness Package trilogue on 20 October and gave guidance on a regulation to simplify rules on medical and in vitro diagnostic medical devices.
• It also prepared Council action on housing exclusion, equality and competitiveness, carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work, and several external relations and energy items, including EU positions at ICAO, North Seas Energy Cooperation conclusions, the 2026 Climate Club Statement at COP31, and the Antalya Green Industrialisation Compact.
• Other approved or adopted items included a sustainable fisheries partnership agreement with Madagascar, a Strategic Partnership on sustainable raw materials value chains with New Caledonia, an EPF assistance measure for Nigeria, and measures related to Ukraine, Schengen, and nuclear damage compensation.