Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Treaty of Lisbon implementation 

including the European External Action Service

The Council reached broad agreement on guidelines for the establishment of a European External
Action Service (EEAS), as presented in a report by the presidency, and took note of progress in
preparatory work on implementation with a view to entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon.

The EEAS guidelines will be submitted to the European Council for approval at its October meeting.

http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/110776.pdf