EU-Ukraine Summit

Brussels, Monday 25 February 2013 – Justus Lipsius building

21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — INFORMATION FOR THE MEDIA

Registration:
Media representatives wishing to attend the EU-Ukraine Summit, and who do not have a permanent inter-institutional EU press card, should register by e-mail to presse.accreditation@consilium.europa.eu or fax (+32(0)2 281 8541), using the attached form, before

Friday 22 February, 12.00

Access to the Summit:
At the security control (security desk at the entrance of the Press Centre in the Justus Lipsius building) you must produce:

– Journalists and technicians already accredited to the European Institutions:
the interinstitutional press card (yellow badge), and an identity document.

– Other cases:

= your 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),
= your 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) from the editor of your media organisation, signed by the editor-in-chief, specifying your professional status).

Please note that no access will be possible if you cannot produce these documents.

Provisional media programme:

10.55 — Arrival of Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine Welcome by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy (VIP entrance – level 02 – photo/TV opportunity)

11.00 — “Tour de table” at the beginning of the meeting (*)
(Photo/TV opportunity)

13.30  — Press conference

* Regarding the “roundtable”, TV cameramen and photographers should register by email (press.centre@consilium.europa.eu) before Friday 22 February, 12.00. Space is limited.

The press conference will be 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.

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