| 9/1 - | Brussels: - European Parliament - Meetings of the following committees: - economic and monetary affairs (common system of taxation of financial transactions, enhancement of economic and budgetary monitoring of member states experiencing or threatened by severe difficulty with their financial stability in the eurozone, follow-up and assessment of draft budget plans and correction of excessive deficits in eurozone member states); - internal market and consumer protection (amendment of Directive 2005/36/CE on recognition of professional qualifications) |
| 10/1 - | Brussels: - Meeting of EP President Jerzy Buzek and Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos |
| - | COREPER II |
| - | Brussels: - Commissioner John Dalli will present the initial conclusions of the “Sweep” investigation on how businesses are applying the directive relative to consumer credit |
| 11/01 - | Brussels: - Press conference by Diana Wallis (ALDE, UK) on the campaign for the presidency of the EP |
| - | Copenhagen: - European Commission visit to Denmark |
| - | Brussels: - Press conference by European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes, Commissioner Michel Barnier and Commissioner John Dalli on the electronic trade and mobile payments directive |
| 12/01 - | Brussels: - European Parliament - Meetings of the following committees: - foreign affairs (process of Serbia's integration into the EU, 2011 follow-up report on Turkey, exchange of views on the European approach towards Belarus); - budgetary control (exchange of views on the discharge of the EU budget for 2010); industry, research and energy (energy efficiency, report back by the European Parliament delegation to the Durban climate change conference); - civil liberties, justice and home affairs (Schengen, passenger information (EU PNR), asylum); - petitions (European Year of Citizens 2013, nuclear energy in France, Spain, Finland and Estonia); - ASEAN Delegation debate on Burma/Myanmar |
| - | Copenhagen: - Commission visit to Denmark |
| - | Frankfurt: Meeting of the European Central Bank Governing Council |
| 13/01 - | Brussels: COREPER I |