EPSCO Council Brussels, 7-8 December 2017 Participants

Belgium: Mr Kris PEETERS Deputy Prime and Minister for Employment, the Economy and Consumers, with responsibility for External Trade Ms Maggie DE BLOCK Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Bulgaria: Mr Biser PETKOV Minister of Labour and Social policy Mr Kiril ANANIEV for Finance Czech Republic: Mr Jaroslav ZAJÍČEK Ambassador to COREPER I, Deputy Permanent Representative Mr Radek POLICAR Deputy Minister for Health Denmark: Mr Troels LUND POULSEN Minister for Employment Mrs Ellen TRANE NØRBY Minister for Health

Germany: Mr Peter RÖSGEN Deputy Permanent Representative Ms Annette WIDMANN-MAUZ Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Health Estonia: Mr Jevgeni OSSINOVSKI Minister for Health and Labour Ms Kaia IVA Minister for Social Protection Ireland: Mr Joe Hackett Deputy Permanent Representative Greece: Ms Eftychia ACHTSIOGLOU Minister for Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity Mr Andreas XANTHOS Minister for Health Spain: Mr José Javier CASTRODEZA SANZ Secretary-General Mr Juan ARISTEGUI Deputy Permanent Representative France: Ms Sophie CLUZEL to the Prime Minister, with responsibility for Persons with Disabilities Ms Agnès BUZYN Minister for Solidarity and Health Croatia: Mr Goran ŠTEFANIĆ Deputy Permanent Representative Mr. Milan KUJUNDŽIĆ Minister for Health Italy: Mr Giovanni PUGLIESE Deputy Permanent Representative Cyprus: Ms Olympia NEOCLEOUS Deputy Permanent Representative Latvia: Mr Jānis REIRS Minister for Welfare Mr Aivars LAPIŅŠ State Secretary of Ministry of Health of Latvia

Lithuania: Mr Linas KUKURAITIS Minister for Social Security and Labour Mrs. Kristina GARUOLIENĖ Vice-minister of Health Luxembourg: Mr Nicolas SCHMIT Minister for Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy Mr Mike HENTGES Deputy Permanent Representative Hungary: Mr Zoltán BALOG Minister of Human Capacities Mr. Tibor STELBACZKY COREPER I Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative Malta: Mr Evarist BARTOLO Minister for Education and Employment Mr Chris FEARNE Minister for Health Netherlands: Mr Wouter KOOLMEES Minister for Social Affairs and Employment Mr Bruno BRUINS Minister for Medical Care Austria: M. Alois STÖGER Minister Federal , Social Affairs and Consumer Protection M. Thomas OBERREITER Deputy Permanent Representative Poland: Mr Marcin ZIELENIECKI Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of the Family, Labour and Social Policy Mr Marcin CZECH Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Health Portugal: Mr Miguel CABRITA for Employment Mr Adalberto CAMPOS FERNANDES Minister for Health Romania: Mr Cosmin BOIANGIU Deputy Permanent Representative Mr Florian- Dorel BODOG Minister of Health Slovenia: Mr Peter POGAČAR State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Mrs Metka IPAVIC Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia Slovakia: Mr Ivan ŠVEJNA State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Mr Stanislav ŠPÁNIK State Secretary at the Ministry of Health Finland: Ms Minna KIVIMÄKI Deputy Permanent Representative Mr Jari PARTANEN State Secretary,Centre Party's group of ministers Sweden: Ms Åsa WEBBER Deputy Permanent Representative United Kingdom: Mr Damian HINDS Minister of State for Employment Lord James O’SHAUGHNESY Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health

Commission: Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS Vice President Ms Marianne THYSSEN Member Ms Vera JUROVA Member Mr Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS Member