EPSCO COUNCIL 07.12.2015

PARTICIPANTS

Belgium: Mr Kris PEETERS Deputy Prime and Minister for Employment, the Economy and Consumers, with responsibility for External Trade Mr Bart TOMMELEIN State Secretary for the Prevention of Social Security Fraud, the Protection of Privacy and the North Sea, attached to the Minister for Social Affairs and Public HealthService Mr Olivier BELLE Deputy Permanent Representative Bulgaria: Mr Ivaylo KALFIN for Demographic and Social Policy, Minister for Labour and Social Policy Ms Petia VASSILEVA Deputy Permanent Representative Czech Republic: Mr M. Martin KUČERA for Labour and Social Affairs Ms Lenka PTÁČKOVÁ MELICHAROVÁ Deputy Minister for Health Denmark: Mr Jørn Neergaard LARSEN Minister for Employment Ms Ellen TRANE NØRBY Minister for Children, Education and Gender Equality

Germany: Mr Jörg ASMUSSEN State Secretary, Federal and Social Affairs Mr Ralf KLEINDIEK State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Estonia: Mr Jevgeni OSSINOVSKI Minister of Health and Labour

Ireland: Mr Gerald NASH with special responsibility for Business and Employment (Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation)

Greece: Mr George KATROUGALOS Minister of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity Spain: Mr Juan ARISTEGUI Deputy Permanent Representative France: Ms Myriam EL KHOMRI Minister of State with responsibility for Urban Policy Mr Alexis DUTERTRE Deputy Permanent Representative

Croatia: Mr Mirando MRSIĆ Minister for Labour and the Pension System Mr Marijan CESARIK Deputy Minister for Health

Italy: Mr Giuliano POLETTI Minister for Labour and Social Policy Mr Giovanni PUGLIESE Deputy Permanent Representative Cyprus: Ms Maria HADJITHEODOSIOU Deputy Permanent Representative Latvia: Mr Uldis AUGULIS Minister for Welfare Mr Juris ŠTĀLMEISTARS Deputy Permanent Representative

Lithuania: Ms Algimanta PABEDINSKIENĖ Minister for Social Security and Labour Mr Albinas ZANANAVIČIUS Deputy Permanent Representative Luxembourg: Mr Nicolas SCHMIT Minister for Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy Ms Lydia MUTSCH Minister for Health, Minister for Equal Opportunities Ms Corinne CAHEN Minister for Family Affairs and Integration, Minister for the Greater Region Mr Romain SCHNEIDER Minister for Social Security, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Minister for Sport

Hungary: Mr Tibor STELBACZKY Deputy Permanent Representative Malta: Ms Helena DALLI Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties Netherlands: Mr Lodewijk ASSCHER Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Employment Ms Edith SCHIPPERS Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Austria: Mr Rudolf HUNDSTORFER Federal Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection Mr Thomas OBERREITER Deputy Permanent Representative

Poland: Mr Stanisław SZWED Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy Portugal: Mr José VIEIRA DA SILVA Minister of Labour, Solidarit and Social Security Ms Catarina MARCELINO of Citizenship and Equality Ms Rosa BATORÉU Deputy Permanent Representative Romania: Ms Claudia-Ana COSTEA Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly Mr Cristian BĂDESCU Deputy Permanent Representative Slovenia: Ms Anja KOPAČ MRAK Minister for Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Slovakia: Mr Branislav ONDRUŠ State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Mr Mario MIKLOŠI State Secretary at the Ministry of Health Mr Alexander MICOVČIN Deputy Permanent Representative Finland: Ms Hanna MÄNTYLÄ Minister for Social Affairs and Health Ms Marianne HUUSKO-LAMPONEN Deputy Permanent Representative Sweden: Ms Ylva JOHANSSON Minister for Employment Ms Åsa REGNÉR Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality Mr Gabriel WIKSTRÖM Minister for Public Health, Health Care and Sport Mme Pernilla BARALT State Secretary to the Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality

United Kingdom: Ms Lucy NEVILLE-ROLFE Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Intellectual Property, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department of Culture, Media and Sport, and Intellectual Property Office Ms Jane ELLISON Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Department of Health

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