[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28291-28292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12870]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
International Energy Agency Meetings
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will meet on June 26-27, 2019, at the French Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, 27 rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France, in
connection with a joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on
Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil
Market (SOM) which is scheduled at the same time.
DATES: June 26-27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building (Centre de
Conf[eacute]rence Minist[eacute]riel), 27 rue de la Convention, 75015
Paris, France.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Reilly, Assistant General
Counsel for International and National Security Programs, Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, 202-586-
5000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i)
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i))
(EPCA), the following notice of meetings is provided:
A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Building (Centre de Conf[eacute]rence Minist[eacute]riel), 27
rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France, commencing at 9:15 a.m. on
June 27, 2019. The purpose of this notice is to permit attendance by
representatives of U.S. company members of the IAB at a meeting of the
IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ), which is scheduled
to be held at the same location and time. The IAB will also hold a
preparatory meeting among company representatives at the same location
at 9:30 a.m. on June 27. The agenda for this preparatory meeting is to
review the agenda for the SEQ meeting.
The agenda of the meeting is under the control of the SEQ and the
SOM. It is expected that the SEQ and the SOM will adopt the following
agenda:
Closed SEQ Session--IEA Member Countries Only
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 157th Meeting
3. Status of Compliance with IEP Agreement Stockholding Obligations
4. Update on the Ministerial Mandate
Open SEQ Session--open to Association Countries
5. Update on Contaminated Russian oil--Druzhba incident
6. Mid-term Review of the Netherlands
7. EU--Cybersecurity
8. Industry Advisory Board Update
9. Emergency Response Review--Estonia
10. Mid-term Review of France
11. Outreach
12. Oral Reports by Administrations
13. Any Other Business
Schedule of SEQ & SOM Meetings 2019 & 2020
--22-24 October 2019
--24-26 March 2020
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--23-25 June 2020
--17-19 November 20120
A meeting of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International
Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the French Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, 27 rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France, on June 26,
2019, commencing at 09:15 a.m. The purpose of this notice is to permit
attendance by representatives of U.S. company members of the IAB at a
joint meeting of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ)
and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM), which is
scheduled to be held at the same location and time. The agenda of the
SEQ meeting is under the control of the SEQ. It is expected that the
SEQ will adopt the following agenda:
Start meeting/Introduction
1. Adoption of the Agenda
2. Approval of Summary Record of 21 March 2019
3. Reports on Recent Oil Market and Policy Developments in IEA
Countries
4. Update on the Current Oil Market Situation: followed by Q&A
5. Special session: ``Focus on China''
--Secretariat presentation: ``Economic, technology and political
perspectives on Chinese oil demand''
-- Sinopec presentation: ``Medium-Term Outlook for Chinese demand''
6. Special session: ``Future of oil demand''
--Secretariat presentation on Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2019
--Secretariat presentation on vehicle efficiency improvements
--Member countries/IAB contributions: (TBC)
7. Presentation: ``World Energy Investment 2019'' followed by Q&A
8. Presentation: ``Gas 2019'' followed by Q&A
9. Other Business
--Tentative schedule of the next SOM meeting: 22-24 October 2019,
Location TBC
Concluding Remarks
As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), the meetings of the IAB
are open to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel;
representatives of members of the IEA's Standing Group on Emergency
Questions and the IEA's Standing Group on the Oil Markets;
representatives of the Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the
Federal Trade Commission, the General Accounting Office, Committees of
Congress, the IEA, and the European Commission; and invitees of the
IAB, the SEQ, the SOM, or the IEA.
Issued in Washington, DC, June 12, 2019.
Thomas Reilly,
Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2019-12870 Filed 6-17-19; 8:45 am]
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