Programme

Informal discussion – in person only

Report on Directive 24

Ben Swanton, Co-Director, Project 88

  1. Adoption of the draft agenda
  2. Approval of the minutes from the 8th EU DAG meeting, held on 10 November 2023
  3. Confirmation of the member organisations' status for the present meeting
  4. Report of the Chair
  5. Update on the EU-Vietnam FTA and on the implementation of the TSD-chapter 
    • Mariella Cantagalli, DG TRADE 
    • Benoît Lory, DG TRADE 
  6. Update on the space for civil society
    • Gaëlle Dusepulchre, FIDH 
  7. Cat and dog meat trade and consumption in Vietnam
    • Daniel Pérez Vega, Eurogroup for animals
    • James Ritchie, International Union of Food workers (IUF) 
  8. Further work on due diligence 

    • Comments from the working group&discussion on how to move forward 

      Elena Suárez, BusinessEurope; Romain Lasserre, FO

    • Reporting from the Business subgroup

      Nick Dornheim, Eurocommerce: An overview on the main challenges for companies related to the due diligence legislation

  9. Reflection on the DAG's priorities for this mandate
  10. Any other business.