My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has made the following statement.

The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will take place in Luxembourg on 18 October 2013. Lord Green will represent the UK on all the issues on the agenda.

The substantive items on 18 October will be:

One Legislative item:

State of Play on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party.

Non-legislative items:

State of play on the Preparations for the Eastern Partnership Summit (Vilnius, 28-29 November 2013) - Trade aspects:

- EU-Ukraine, DCFTA part of the Association Agreement- EU-Republic of Moldova, DCFTA part of the Association Agreement- EU-Georgia, DCFTA part of the Association Agreement- EU-Republic of Armenia, DCFTA part of the Association Agreement

Items on which a vote may be requested are: adoption of the EU-China Negotiations on investment, and adoption of the EU-ASEAN negotiations on investment. A vote might be requested on the declassification of the TTIP mandate.

Other items not subject to a vote are: the state of play on preparations for the IX World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference (Bali, 3-6 December 2013) and the state of play on China - antidumping/anti-subsidy measures on wine.