Antici Group

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Antici Group is an informal preparatory body within the Council of the European Union that coordinates and streamlines the work of EU ambassadors in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER II).

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Antici Group canonical 3
COREPER II Antici Group 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council working party
informal preparatory body
appliesToBody Committee of Permanent Representatives
surface form: Committee of Permanent Representatives II
associatedWith Council preparatory bodies
composition representatives of the Council Secretariat
senior diplomats from each EU member state
country European Union
decisionType no formal decision-making power
function coordination of negotiating tactics
information exchange among delegations
pre-negotiation of issues for ambassadors
technical and procedural preparation of Council work at ambassador level
hasMemberRole Antici counsellor
historicalNote named after an Italian diplomat in the early years of European integration
language multilingual
meetingFrequency regularly before COREPER II meetings
meetsAt Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
namedAfter Paolo Massimo Antici
parallelBody Mertens Group
parallelBodyRole Mertens Group
surface form: Mertens Group supports COREPER I as Antici Group supports COREPER II
partOf Council of the European Union
policyArea EU decision-making process
coordination of Council business
primaryWorkingLanguage English
reportsTo Committee of Permanent Representatives
surface form: COREPER II
role coordinates positions of member states before COREPER II meetings
coordinates work of EU ambassadors in COREPER II
ensures smooth conduct of COREPER II business
facilitates compromise-building among member states at ambassador level
handles procedural and organisational issues for COREPER II
organises the agenda of COREPER II
prepares COREPER II meetings
screens and filters items before they reach COREPER II
streamlines work of EU ambassadors in COREPER II
scope economic and financial affairs
foreign affairs
general affairs
justice and home affairs at ambassador level
secondaryWorkingLanguage French
shortName Antici Group self-linksurface differs
surface form: COREPER II Antici Group
status informal
usedBy permanent representations of EU member states
worksWith General Secretariat of the Council
European Union officials
surface form: Permanent Representatives of EU member states

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Antici Group shortName Antici Group self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: COREPER II Antici Group
Mertens Group relatedTo Antici Group
Mertens Group differsFrom Antici Group