Estonia in EU

Coordination

Mr Karl Oskar VILLSAAR
Third Secretary

• Antici, Coreper II coordinator

 

Ms Maili ARRO
Assistant to the Permanent Representative

Phone +32 2 227 4312

Ms Sandra SAKS
Third Secretary

• Deputy Antici

Mr Artur TÄNNA
Attaché

• EU Development Cooperation and International Partnerships  (CODEV, Global Gateway), Reconstruction and Support for Ukraine (RESUA)

Phone +32 2 227 4357

Ms Mariliis TOOMISTE
Attaché, Legal Adviser

• EU law, infringement procedures, Court of Justice of the EU

Phone +32 2 227 4303

 

Relations with European Parliament

phone +32 2 227 4357

 Ms Ode Liis PINO
Third Secretary

• Relations with European Parliament and interinstitutional affairs (EESC, CoR), Working Party on General Affairs Group (GAG)

 

Foreign Economic Policy

Raili Lillemets
Secretary

phone +32 2 227 4357

Ms Siret SCHAER
Second Secretary

• Relations with the UK (WPUK), relations with the EEA and EFTA states (COEFTA) and Staff Regulation Working Party

 Mr Aap NELJAS
Counsellor

• Trade Policy Committee (Deputy Member), COTRA (Transatlantic relations), GSP (Generalized System of Preferences)

 

Justice and Home Affairs

Raili Lillemets
Secretary

phone +32 2 227 4357

Home Affairs

Mr Meelis KIVINURM

Counsellor for crisis management

• IPCR

 

Ms Birgit PAAL
Home Affairs Coordinator

• Asylum and Migration, Border and Schengen matters, Visa and Return Policy

 

Mr Rando KÄSPER
Counsellor for Home Affairs

• Internal security, counter-terrorism activities, police cooperation, fight against serious and organized crime, cybercrime, COSI, PNR, MFF

 

Justice

Ms Lesli HOMMIK-CALLEWAERT
Counsellor for Judicial Affairs

• Judicial cooperation in criminal matters (CATS, COPEN, JAIEX), substantive criminal law (DROIPEN), data protection and data retention (DAPIX), fundamental rights (FREMP), Rule of Law, artificial intelligence, cyber, EPPO, MFF (Justice, Rights and Values)
• Judicial cooperation in civil matters, e-Justice/ e-Law, Company Law, Intellectual Property Law (copyright and industrial property), competition law, legislative transparency (Info WP), artificial intelligence

 

Economic and Financial Affairs

Tiiu Noobel
Secretary

phone +32 2 227 4337

Mr Andres KUNINGAS
Head of Finance Section

• ECOFIN, EU Economic governance, Financial Counsellor´s Working Party, Statistics

Ms Karin KONDOR-TABUN
Counsellor on EU Budget

• EU annual budget and multi-annual financial framework, own resources

 Mr Jörgen TALKOP
Counsellor on EU Cohesion Policy

• EU cohesion policy, fight against fraud

Ms Maria PETERSON
Financial Services Policy Counsellor

• Financial services, Fight Against Money Laundering, Company Law (Accounting, Auditing), Public Procurement, State Aid, Gambling

Ms Gea RAISSAR-LEPPIK
Fiscal Counsellor

• Taxation

Mr Anton HEIFETS
Counsellor for Customs

• Customs