Monday 14 April
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session: Main points on the agenda: - 14/04: Debates: food, animal and plant health; infrastructure for substitute fuels; weight and size of lorries, inter-institutional agreement on the transparency register.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Committee meetings: - AFET: debate on maritime safety in the Mediterranean attended by Greek Foreign Minister E. Venizelos (14/04); - INTA: vote on EP-Council agreement on settling disputes between investors and countries (14/04); - ENVI: hearing of new EFSA director Bernhard Url (14/04).
Luxembourg. Foreign Affairs Council (also 15/04): - Bosnia; - Syria; - Ukraine (14/04); - EDA Management Committee; - Defence: maritime security, EUFOR RCA, Ukraine. On fringes of Council meeting: EU-Turkey Association Council
Luxembourg. Agriculture and Fisheries Council (also 15/04): - Horticulture since the 2007 farm reforms; - dairy quotas; - drought in Cyprus; - winter crops in Latvia
Tuesday 15 April
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session: voting: directive on bank recovery and resolution (BRRD); overhaul of savings guarantee systems directive (SGD); regulation on the bank resolution mechanism (SRM); noise pollution at airports; EMIR regulation on over-the-counter derivatives; European Culture Capitals 2020-2033; OPCVM V; basic bank accounts; pressurised equipment; good application of customs and agriculture rules; public employment services networks; posting of workers; additional pension rights.
Wednesday 16 April
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session: - 16/04: - Voting: European Parliament's right of enquiry; GMO pollen in honey; tackling fraud against the interests of the EU; fisheries; invasive exotic species; various framework-agreements (South Korea, Montenegro, Georgia); making it easier to export motor vehicles; - Debates: own resources; publication of non-financial information by big companies and groups; European long-term investment funds; tax system for parent and subsidiary companies in different member states.
Brussels. European Commission: - Adoption of monthly infringement package.
Brussels. Coreper I and II.