COUNCIL OF Brussels, 4 March 2014 THE EUROPEAN UNION - Press office - EU-US Summit Brussels, 26 March 2014 Justus Lipsius building Media accreditation All media representatives wishing to attend the Summit and/or access the Justus Lipsius building 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 LEX building, 145 rue de la Loi, 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. ________________ 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. .