Monday 16 December
Brussels (and on 17/12). Agriculture and Fisheries Council.
Brussels. Foreign Affairs Council.
Brussels. European Parliament. Week of parliamentary committee meetings. Main items on agenda: banking union/taxpayer-funded bank rescues (Tuesday); EU aid for the most deprived (Tuesday); tobacco directive (Monday); NSA/Data protection (Tuesday and Wednesday); air passenger rights (Tuesday); 4th railway package (Tuesday); confiscation of criminal assets (Tuesday). Detailed agenda of parliamentary committee meetings can be consulted at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/agenda .
Tuesday 17 December
Brussels. General Affairs Council.
Wednesday 18 December
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of College of Commissioners. Agenda: 1) state aid: adoption of a new system on de minimis aid, of a new system of exception by category and of a new de minimis regulation on the agricultural and forestry sectors; 2) adoption of a legislative package on animal cloning and novel foods; 3) presentation of a series of measures on air quality - revised version of the directive on national emissions ceilings with a view to implementing reductions until 2030, ratification of the Göteborg protocol and a legislative proposal to reduce emissions from combustion installations.
Brussels. Coreper I.
Thursday 19 December
Brussels (and on 20/12). European Council.
Frankfurt. European Central Bank. Meeting of Governing Council.
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. Judgments and opinions:
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo1_6581/?dateDebut=19/12/2013&dateFin=19/12/2013 .
Friday 20 December
Brussels (and on 20/12). Continuation of European Council work.