Monday 27 March

• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Justice and Home Affairs Advisers. - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Mertens Group.
• European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - ITRE: presentation by Commissioner Kadri Simson (Energy) of the Electricity Market Design package (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61p ). - IMCO: structured dialogue with Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager (Digital Europe); exchange of views on the implementation of the DSA (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61q ). - PECH-ENVI-PETI: Public hearing on the ECI “Stop Finning - Stop the trade” (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60c ). - CULT: exchange of views with Commissioner Elisa Ferreira (Culture) on the exploitation of talent in the regions (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61r ). - COVI: exchange of views with Commissioner Stella Kyriadikes (Health and Food Safety) and Emer Cooke, Director of the EMA (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60f ). - ECON: public hearing on energy derivatives markets, challenges and risks (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60g ). - BUDG: examination of the draft opinion on the financial activities of the EIB (rapp. D. Cormand) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60h ).
• EU Council, European Parliament, European Commission. Inter-institutional negotiations (Brussels). - Trilogue on the draft regulation establishing an instrument to deter and counteract coercive actions by third countries (anti-coercive instrument). - Trilogue on the draft regulation on an alternative fuels infrastructure. - Trilogue on the draft regulation on digitalization of cross-border judicial cooperation and access to justice.
• European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg). Publication of a special report on the EU action to support intermodal freight transport.

Tuesday 28 March

• EU Council. ‘Transport, Telecommunications and Energy’ Council (Brussels). * Energy: - Gas and hydrogen: general approach on the gas and hydrogen package (facilitating the substitution of renewable and low carbon gas for natural gas). - Gas demand reduction: political agreement sought on the extension until March 2024 of the regulation on the voluntary 15% reduction in gas demand in the run-up to winter - Electricity Market Design: policy debate on the revision of the electricity market to make it more resilient and stable (limiting price volatility and investing in renewables). - Miscellaneous: update on winter preparedness (Commission); information on the nature restoration regulation (Denmark)
• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Mertens Group. - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Antici Group. - Security Committee (Information Reliability - Qualified Assessment Authorities, Experts). - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF). - Justice/Home Affairs Advisers.
• European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - ITRE: structured dialogue with Commissioner Thierry Breton (Internal Market) on, among other things, the Critical Raw Materials Act and the Net Zero Industry Act (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61s ). - IMCO: approval of pilot projects and preparatory actions in the 2024 budget (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61t ). - PECH: hearing on marine pollution (in particular plastic pollution) and its impact on fisheries; presentation by the Committee on the UN High Seas Treaty (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61u ). - CULT: adoption of the report on a common framework for media services (media freedom) (rapp. S. Verheyen); adoption of the report on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (rapp. P. Kammerevert) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61y ). - COVI: review of the report on lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic (rapp. D. Montserrat) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60f ). - ECON: consideration of the report on the modification of Regulations (EU) No 260/2012 and (EU) 2021/1230 as regards instant transfers in euro (rapp. Hoogeveen) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61v ). – BUDG: public hearing on “EU external action and crisis response: is the EU budget fit for purpose?” (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60h ). - PEGA: exchanges of views with Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis (Trade) and Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61w ). - ECON-LIBE: votes on the negotiation position of 3 reports composing the 'anti-money laundering' package, respectively on the prevention of the use of the financial system for money laundering purposes and the establishment of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority and mechanisms to this end in the Member States (EUROPE 13149/3) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/61x ).
• EU Council, European Parliament, European Commission. Inter-institutional negotiations (Brussels). - Trilogue on the legislative proposal for a new Generalized System of Preferences. - Trilogue on the draft regulation to strengthen the European Union Drugs Agency.

Wednesday 29 March

• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Coreper II. - European Union Military Committee (EUMC). - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Trade Policy Committee (Experts - Services and Investment). - Financial Services Officers. - Justice/Home Affairs Advisers. - Security Committee (Security Accreditation Board) (SAB). - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF).
• European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (Brussels). - Directive to further expand and upgrade the use of digital tools and processes in company law (Jourová).
• European Parliament. Plenary session (Brussels - and 30/03): - ceremony on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement; - conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 March 2023; - joint debate on the report on the proposals for regulations on fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances; - debate on the report on the proposal for a regulation on general product safety. Agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/608.
• EU Council, European Parliament, European Commission. Inter-institutional negotiations (Brussels). - Trilogue on the proposed Data Act regulation. - Trilogue on the draft Renewable Energy Directive . - Trilogue on the modification of the regulation on the Statute and Financing of European Political Parties and Foundations.
• General Court of the EU (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - T-142/21(Wizz Air Hungary v Commission - Blue Air; Covid-19 and rescue aid - should the action against the Commission’s decision approving Romanian aid to the airline Blue Air in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic be upheld?)

Thursday 30 March

• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Employment Committee. - Trade Policy Committee (alternate members). - Financial Services Officers. - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF). - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG).
• European Parliament. Plenary session (Brussels): - debate on the proposal for a directive on the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work, or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency; - Commission statement and debate on the 2022 EU Rule of Law Report (and vote). - votes on: the proposal for a regulation on a platform for joint investigation teams; the report on the proposal for a decision on the European Year of Skills 2023; the report on the appointment of Mr Martin Klus as a member of the Court of Auditors of the EU; - the motion for a resolution on the 2022 report on the Rule of law in the EU. Agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/608.
• European Parliament. Committee activities (Brussels): - AFET: exchange of views in camera with David O’Sullivan, International Special Envoy for the Implementation of EU Sanctions (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60k ). - ING2: examination of the report on the recommendations on the European Parliament rules on transparency, integrity and the fight against corruption (V. Bilčík and N. Loiseau) (agenda: https://aeur.eu/f/60l ).
• EU Council, European Parliament, European Commission. Interinstitutional negotiations. - Trilogue on the proposal for additional rules to prevent abusive political advertising, both online and offline. - Trilogue on the European Chips Act.
• Court of Justice of the EU (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - C-34/21 (Hauptpersonalrat der Lehrerinnen und Lehrer - does the live video conferencing of public education courses fall under the GDPR?) - C-5/22 (Green Network - order for reimbursement of costs - can national energy regulators have the power to impose on electricity companies the return of sums collected in breach of consumer protection requirements?). #Conclusions: - C-27/22(Volkswagen Group Italia and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - does the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union preclude national legislation which permits the imposition of an administrative financial penalty of a criminal nature on a legal person for unfair commercial practices which have already been the subject of a final criminal conviction in another Member State?) - C-106/22 (Xella Magyarország - is national legislation empowering the executive to prohibit transactions connected with foreign investments which are contrary to the interests of the State, in particular because they jeopardise security of supply in strategic sectors, compatible with Union law?) - C-143/22 (ADDE and others - when a Member State decides to introduce internal border controls, is it obligated to apply the provisions of the Return Directive or can it use the provisions of the Schengen Borders Code to adopt a decision to refuse entry to a third country national?).

Friday 31 March

• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Coreper I. - Working Party on the United Kingdom. - Financial Services Officers. - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF).