Participants to the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTE) of the Council of EU

You can find here ministers who have reached a political agreement on Telecoms_Package on November 27 2008 (source: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=PRES/08/345&format=HTML&aged=0&lg=en&guiLanguage=en). Also in italics ministers who have discussed Telecoms Package on June 12-13 2008 (source: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/trans/101093.pdf).

PARTICIPANTS The governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows:

Belgium

 * Mr Didier SEEUWS                                   Deputy Permanent Representative


 * Mr Vincent VAN QUICKENBORNE                        Minister for Enterprise and Simplification
 * Mr Etienne SCHOUPPE                                Secretary of State for Mobility

Bulgaria

 * Mr Plamen VATCHKOV                                 Chairman of the National Agency for information technologies and communications


 * Ms Galina TOSHEVA                                  Deputy Minister for the Economy and Energy
 * Ms Vessela Borissova GOSPODINOVA                   Deputy Minister for Transport

Czech Republic

 * Mr Martin ŘÍMAN                                    Minister for Industry and Trade


 * Ms Daniela KOVALČÍKOVÁ                             Deputy Minister for Transport, Legislation Section
 * Mr Martin TLAPA                                    Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade, European Union Section

Denmark

 * Mr Helge SANDER                                    Minister for Science, Technology and Development


 * Mr Helge SANDER                                    Minister for Science, Technology and Development

Germany

 * Mr Bernd PFAFFENBACH                               State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology


 * Mr Wolfgang TIEFENSEE                              Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development
 * Mr Bernd PFAFFENBACH                               State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology

Estonia

 * Mr Juhan PARTS                                     Minister for Economic Affairs and Communications


 * Mr Juhan PARTS                                   Minister for Economic Affairs and Communications

Ireland

 * Mr Eamon RYAN                                      Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources


 * Mr Noel DEMPSEY                                  Minister for Transport and the Marine

Greece

 * Mr Konstantinos HADJIDAKIS                         Minister for Transport and Communications


 * Mr Konstantinos HADJIDAKIS                         Minister for Transport and Communications

Spain

 * Mr Francisco ROS PERÁN                             State Secretary for Telecommunications and the Information Society


 * Mr Francisco ROS PERÁN                             State Secretary for Telecommunications and the Information Society

France

 * Mr Luc CHATEL                                      Minister of State with responsibility for Industry and Consumer Affairs, Government Spokesperson
 * Mr Eric BESSON                                     Minister of State with responsibility for Forward Planning, Assessment of Public Policies and the Development of the Digital Economy


 * Mr Dominique BUSSEREAU                             Minister of State with responsibility for Transport
 * Mr Luc CHATEL                                      Minister of State with responsibility for Industry and Consumer Affairs, Government Spokesperson
 * Mr Eric BESSON                                     Minister of State with responsibility for Forward Planning, Assessment of Public Policies and the Development of the Digital Economy

Italy

 * Mr Paolo ROMANI                                    State Secretary for Economic Development


 * Mr Altero MATTEOLI                                 Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
 * Mr Paolo ROMANI                                    State Secretary for Economic Development

Cyprus

 * Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES                                Minister for Communications and Works


 * Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES                                Minister for Communications and Works

Latvia

 * Mr Ainārs ŠLESERS                                  Minister for Transport


 * Mr Ainārs ŠLESERS                                  Minister for Transport

Lithuania

 * Mr Alminas MAČIULIS                                State Secretary, Ministry for Transport and Communications


 * Mr Algirdas BUTKEVIČIUS                            Minister for Transport and Communications

Luxembourg

 * Mr Jean-Louis SCHILTZ                              Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Minister for Communications, Minister for Defence


 * Mr Jean-Louis SCHILTZ                              Minister for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Minister for Communications, Minister for Defence
 * Mr Lucien LUX                                      Minister for the Environment, Minister for Transport

Hungary

 * Mr Lajos CSEPI                                     State Secretary for Transport


 * Mr Ákos BÓNA                                       State Secretary for Telecommunication
 * Mr. Lajos CSEPI                                    State Secretary for Transport

Malta

 * Mr Austin GATT                                     Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications


 * Mr Austin GATT                                     Minister for Communications and National Projects

Netherlands

 * Mr Frank HEEMSKERK                                 Minister for Foreign Trade


 * Mr Frank HEEMSKERK                                 Minister for Foreign Trade
 * Mr Camiel EURLINGS                                 Minister for Transport, Public Works and Water Management

Austria

 * Mr Walter GRAHAMMER                                Permanent Representative


 * Mr Werner FAYMANN                                  Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology

Poland

 * Mr Andrzej PANASIUK                                Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Infrastructure


 * Mr Cezary GRABARCZYK                               Minister for Infrastructure

Portugal

 * Mr Hugo SOBRAL                                     Member of Mertens Group


 * Mr Pedro Nuno BARTOLO                              Deputy Permanent Representative

Romania

 * Mr Marius HIRTE                                    Deputy Permanent Representative


 * Mr Barna TÁNCZOS                                   State Secretary, Ministry of Transport

Slovenia

 * Ms Mary Veronica TOVSAK PLETERSKI                  Deputy Permanent Representative


 * Mr Radovan ŽERJAV                                  Minister for Transport
 * Mr Andrej VIZJAK                                   Minister for the Economy
 * Ms Mojca KUCLER DOLINAR                            Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology
 * Mr Peter VERLIČ                                    State Secretary at the Ministry of Transport

Slovakia

 * Mr Ľubomír VÁŽNY                                   Minister for Transport, Post and Telecommunications


 * Mr Ľubomír VÁŽNY                                   Minister for Transport, Post and Telecommunications

Finland

 * Ms Suvi LINDÉN                                     Minister for Communications


 * Ms Suvi LINDÉN                                     Minister for Communications

Sweden

 * Mr Leif ZETTERBERG                                 State Secretary, Ministry for Infrastructure


 * Ms Åsa TORSTENSSON                                 Minister for Infrastructure

United Kingdom

 * Mr Stephen CARTER                                  Minister for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting


 * Ms Rosie WINTERTON                                 Minister of State for Transport
 * Baroness VADERA                                    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business and Competitiveness

Commission

 * Ms Viviane REDING                                  Member


 * Ms Viviane REDING                                  Member