Regulatory Cooperation Forum: Stakeholders debrief meeting

The seventh annual meeting of the Regulatory Cooperation Forum (RCF) will take place in Brussels on Wednesday 14 May 2025. Established under the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the RCF facilitates and promotes regulatory cooperation between Canada and the EU. 

Following this meeting, the EU and Canadian Co-chairs will provide a debrief to stakeholders on all active work plan items and items of interest. This stakeholder debrief meeting will be an opportunity to learn about the RCF’s active work plans and items of interest, raise concerns, and participate in a Q&A period.

For more information about the annual meeting, please see the meeting agenda.

Event information 

Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025

Time: 16:30 – 18:00 (Brussels) / 10:30 a.m.-12:00 a.m. (Ottawa) 

Location: Hybrid meeting, with two options to participate

• In-person, in Brussels
• Virtually

The method of participation will need to be indicated by participants at the time of registration. Due to limited space, registration for the in-person options is on a first come, first served basis. Access to the venue (in Brussels) will only be possible for registered participants. 

Who should attend this event? 

Anyone interested in learning about the RCF’s current regulatory cooperation efforts between Canada and the EU.

Participants can be from non-governmental organisations, consumers associations, workers/trade unions, professional organisations, industry and business associations, companies, be regional/local representatives or from any other stakeholder groups from either Canada or the EU.

How to register

To register for this event, please visit the registration portal.

Once you have submitted your request to attend the meeting, your application will be reviewed, and an invite will be sent as soon as it is approved. If you are planning to attend the meeting in person, please do not book any travel arrangements until you have received a confirmation of your registration.

The deadline to register is 5 May 2025. We will be unable to accommodate any registrations received after this date.

Disclaimer

In line with point 6. “International Data Transfers” of European Commission Data Protection Record DPR-1063 , the information collected will be shared with the Canadian government on the basis of an adequacy decision according to article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 with the sole purpose of organising the meeting well. The information will not be given to any other third party, except to the extent and for the purpose we may be required to do so by law.