COUNCIL OF , 4 March 2014 THE - Press office -

EU-US Summit Brussels, 26 March 2014 building

Media accreditation

All media representatives wishing to attend the Summit and/or access the on 26 March must hold:

- a valid "6-month badge" for European summits (from 1.1.2014 to 30.6.2014)

- or a special badge to be requested online:

http://www.european-council.europa.eu/media-accreditation

Application deadline: Wednesday 19 March, 12.00

NB/ No late accreditation foreseen

Collection of badges :

Accreditation badges, including 6-month badges, must be collected in person at the , 145 , Brussels on:

● Tuesday 25 March from 14.00 to 18.00 ● Wednesday 26 March from 8.00 until the end of the event

P R E S S

Rue de la Loi 175 B – 1048 BRUSSELS Tel.: +32 (0) 2 281 9000 [email protected] http://www.consilium.europa.eu/press www.european-council.europa.eu/summitswiththirdcountries

When you collect your identification badge, you must present the following documents :

- a valid passport (or if you are a national of a Member State of the European Union, an EFTA country or an EEA country, your valid national identity card),

- a valid press card (or if you are a media representative from a country which does not issue press cards, the ORIGINAL of a letter - faxes will not be accepted - signed by the editor-in-chief of your media organisation, confirming your status as a journalist and that you are covering the Summit);

No accreditation badge will be issued if you cannot produce all of these documents.

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The media programme will follow.

Press conference live on http://video.consilium.europa.eu and http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/ebs/schedule

Video coverage of the events will be available for preview and download in broadcast quality (MPEG4) on http://tvnewsroom.consilium.europa.eu

Photos of the event can be found in our photographic library: www.consilium.europa.eu/photo where they can be downloaded in high resolution.