Council Meetings

The 42nd session of the EMS Council was scheduled for 24/25 March in Reading, UK. However, because of the restrictions on travel and social distancing associated with COVID-19, a video meeting was held on the afternoon of the 24th. Reducing the length of the meeting meant that the emphasis was placed on dealing with urgent matters. Other matters will be dealt with by correspondence, delegation to the Bureau (President, Vice President and Treasurer) or postponement to the September Council meeting. The minutes of this meeting are available below.

An extra-ordinary 43rd Council Session (C43) was held on 12 May 2020, as online meeting, with the main objective to decide on how to go ahead with the EMS2020.
The next regular Council Meeting (C44) in September, originally planned to take place in Bratislava on 5 and 6 September 2020, will either be held again as a virtual meeting, or – if travel is feasible – as a combined onsite/online meeting in Berlin; planned dates are at the start of the week of 7 September 2020.

• Rules of Procedure for Council Sessions (last revised 2018)

Past Council Meetings – minutes

• 43rd Council Session, 12 May 2020, online meeting (video-conference)
• 42nd Council Session, 24 March 2020, online meeting (video-conference)
• 41st Council Session, 8 September 2019, Lyngby, Denmark
• 40th Council Session, 27-28 March 2019, Lyngby, Denmark
• 39th Council Session, 2 September 2018, Budapest, Hungary
• 38th Council Session, 10-11 April 2018, Norrköping, Sweden
• 37th Council Session, 3 September 2017, Dublin, Ireland
• 36th Council Session, 16-17 March 2017, Paris, France
• 35th Council Session, 11 September 2016, Trieste, Italy
• 34th Council Session, 17-18 March 2016, Berlin, Germany
• 33rd Council Meeting, 6 September 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria
• 32nd Council Meeting, 5-6 March 2015, Lisbon, Portugal
• 31st Council Meeting, 5 October 2014, Prague, Czech Republic
• 30th Council Meeting, 13-14 March 2014, Göttingen, Germany
• 29th Council Meeting, 8 September 2013, Reading, UK
• 28th Council Meeting, 14-15 March 2013, Risø/Roskilde, Denmark
• 27th Council Meeting, 9 September 2012, ?ód?, Poland
• 26th Council Meeting, 15-16 March 2012, Brussels, Belgium
• 25th Council Meeting, 11 September 2011, Berlin, Germany
• 24th Council Meeting, 17–18 March 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 23rd Council Meeting, 12 September 2010, Zürich, Switzerland
• 22nd Council Meeting, 18–19 March 2010, Budapest, Hungary
• 21st Council Meeting, 27 September 2009, Toulouse, France
• 20th Council Meeting, 12–13 March 2009, Vienna, Austria
• 19th Council Meeting, 28 September 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 18th Council Meeting, 6–7 March 2008, Reading, UK
• 17th Council Meeting, 30 September 2007, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
• 16th Council Meeting, 17–18 April 2007, Belgrade, Serbia
• 15th Council Meeting, 2–3 September 2006, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 14th Council Meeting, 8–9 March 2006, Helsinki, Finland
• 13th Council Meeting, 11 September 2005, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• 12th Council Meeting, 21–22 April 2005, Athens, Greece
• 11th Council Meeting, 26 September 2004, Nice, France
• 10th Council Meeting, 22 March 2004, Bucharest, Romania
• 9th Council Meeting, 17 September 2003, Rome, Italy
• 8th Council Meeting, 28–29 March 2003, Berlin, Germany
• 7th Council Meeting, 12 November 2002, Brussels, Belgium
• 6th Council Meeting, 26–27 April 2002, Paris, France
• 5th Council Meeting, 27 September 2001, Budapest, Hungary
• 4th Council Meeting, 16–17 March 2001, Prague, Czech Republic
• 3rd Council Meeting, 10 July 2000, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2nd Council Meeting, 3 March 2000, Vienna, Austria
• First Council Meeting, 14 September 1999, Norrköping, Sweden