COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL Brussels, 29-30 May 2017 PARTICIPANTS - (Internal market, Industry, Research, Space)

Belgium: Mr Kris PEETERS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, the Economy and Consumers, with responsibility for External Trade Ms Zuhar DEMIR Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, People with Disabilities, Urban Policy and Scientific Policy Mr Jan HOOGMARTENS Deputy Permanent Representative Bulgaria: Mr Аlexander MANOLEV Deputy Minister of Economy Mr Krasimir VALCHEV Minister of Education and Science Ms Maria KOLEVA Deputy Permanent Representative Czech : Mr Vladimír BÄRTL Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade Ms Lucie ORGONÍKOVÁ Deputy Vice Prime minister Mr Jaroslav ZAJÍČEK Deputy Permanent Representative : Mr Brian MIKKELSEN Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs Mr Søren PIND Minister for Higher Education and Science Germany: Mr Matthias MACHNIG State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Georg SCHÜTTE State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research Estonia: Ms Kadri SIMSON Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Ms Urve PALO Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Mr Clyde KULL Deputy Permanent Representative

Ireland: Mr John HALLIGAN Minister of State for Training and Skills Mr Joe HACKETT Deputy Permanent Representative

Greece: Mr Alexandros CHARITSIS Alternate Minister of Economy & Development Mr Vassilios MAGLARAS Secretary General Ms Matrona KYPRIANIDOU Secretary General Spain: Ms Begoña CRISTETO Secretary General of Industry for Small and Medium Enterprises Mr Juan Maria VAZQUEZ ROJAS Secretary General of Sciencies and Innovation France: Mr Bruno LE MAIRE Minister of Economy Ms Frédérique VIDAL Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation Croatia: Mr Mario ANTONIĆ State Secretary, Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Mr Matko GLUNČIĆ State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Education Italy: Mr Sandro GOZI State Secretary, Prime Minister's Office Mr Giovanni PUGLIESE Deputy Permanent Representative Cyprus: Ms Olympia NEOCLEOUS Deputy Permanent Representative Mr George GEORGHIOU Permanent Secretary, Directorate General for European Programmes, Coordination and Development Mr Adrianos KYRIAKIDIS Mertens Latvia: Ms Mme Līga LEJIŅA State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Science Mr Juris ŠTĀLMEISTARS Deputy Permanent Representative Lithuania: Ms Lina SABAITIENĖ Deputy Minister for the Economy Mr Giedrius VILIŪNAS Deputy Minister for Education and Science Luxembourg: Mr Étienne SCHNEIDER Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister for Internal Security, Minister for Defence Mr Marc HANSEN Minister for Housing, Minister Delegate for Higher Education and Research Hungary: Mr Krisztián KECSMÁR State Secretary, Minister of State for European and International Judicial Cooperation Mr István LEPSÉNYI Minister of State for Economic Regulation, Ministry of the National Economy Mr József PÁLINKÁS President, National Research, Development and Innovation Office Mr Tibor STELBACZKY Deputy Permanent Representative

Malta: Mr Christian CARDONA Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business Mr Chris AGIUS Parliamentary Secretary for Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport within the Ministry for Education and Employment Netherlands: Mr Henk KAMP Minister for Economic Affairs Mr Sander Dekker Secretary of State Mr Wepke KINGMA Deputy Permanent Representative Austria: Mr Thomas OBERREITER Deputy Permanent Representative Poland: Mr Mateusz MORAWIECKI Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Development Mr Jerzy KWIECIŃSKI State Secretary, Ministry of Development Mr Sebastian BARKOWSKI Deputy Permanent Representative Portugal: Mr Paulo Alexandre FERREIRA State Secretary attached to the Minister for the Economy, with responsibility for Trade Mr Pedro LOURTIE Deputy Permanent Representative Romania: Ms Stana Simona ȚEIGHIU-JURJ State secretary, Ministry of Economy Mr Lucian GEORGESCU State Secretary, Ministry of Research and Innovation Mr Cosmin BOIANGIU Deputy Permanent Representative Slovenia: Mr Tomaž BOH State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Ms Metka IPAVIC Deputy Permanent Representative Slovakia: Mr Rastislav CHOVANEC State Secretary at the Ministry of the Economy Mr Alexander MICOVČIN Deputy Permanent Representative Finland: Mr Samuli VIRTANEN State Secretary Ms Minna KIVIMÄKI Deputy Permanent Representative Sweden: Mr Oscar STENSTRÖM State Secretary to the Minister for EU Affairs and Trade Ms Helene HELLMARK KNUTSSON Minister for Higher Education and Research United Kingdom: Mr David PRIOR Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Ms Katrina WILLIAMS Deputy Permanent Representative

Commission: Mr Andrus ANSIP Vice-President Ms Věra JOUROVÁ Member Ms Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA Member Ms Member Mr Carlos MOEDAS Member