A notice of meeting and provisional agenda published by the EU Council schedules a meeting of the Working Party on Civil Law Matters (General Questions) for 9 September 2026 in Brussels. The meeting will address EU civil law coordination with international bodies and a nuclear compensation decision affecting Lithuania and Poland.
The agenda includes a proposal for a Council Decision authorising Lithuania and Poland to become parties to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and its amendment, as well as to make a declaration on the application of relevant internal EU rules. The Commission will present the proposal (document 12026/26) and an exchange of views is scheduled. This decision would allow the two member states to join the international nuclear liability framework, which sets supplementary compensation beyond national schemes.
Other agenda items cover relations with the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), including a Commission report on the Fourth meeting of the Experts' Group on Carbon Markets (15-19 June 2026); relations with UNCITRAL's Working Group IV on Electronic Commerce (71st session, 5-9 October 2026, Vienna) and a draft coordinated position on data provision contracts; and relations with the Council of Europe, with a Commission state of play on the Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. The Commission will also present new training materials (e-Capsules).
The meeting is set to begin at 10:00 in Brussels. No prior coverage of this specific meeting or the nuclear compensation proposal exists in recent records.