Monday 12 May
Brussels. Foreign Affairs Council (from 9.30am and on 13/05) attended by HR Catherine Ashton and OSCE president, Didier BurKhalter. Main points to be examined: - the crisis in Ukraine; - Middle East peace process; - neighbourhood policy in eastern and southern Europe. Other points: human rights, Myanmar, security and development, Arctic region policy, Georgia. - EU-Albania Association and Stabilisation Council (5.00pm); - EU-Algeria Association Council (13/05 at 9.30am)
Athens (and on 13/05). Informal Competitiveness Council. - Industry (12/05): - follow-up to European Council last March; implementation of innovation and technologies; competitiveness of high energy consuming industries. - Research (13/05): R&D partnership in the Mediterranean area; innovation in maritime activities; European innovation partnerships
Tuesday 13 May
Brussels. General Affairs Council (from 10.00am): Preparation of the European Council on 26 and 27/06: examination of points on the agenda: - freedom, security and justice; - growth, competitiveness and employment (European semester, climate, energy); external relations (international situation)
Brussels. European Commission: adoption of the communication on the private sector's role in development: Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries.
Brussels. Visit of the Ukrainian prime minister and energy minister to the Commission
Luxembourg. EU Court of Justice: Judgments: C-131/12 (Google Spain and Google - storage of information indexed by search engines - Protection of natural persons); C-184/11 (Commission/Spain - non-recovery of state aid in the form of tax deductions in the Basque country). EU General Court: Judgment T-198/12 (Germany/Commission - Non-approval by the Commission of German provisions maintaining certain limited values for certain substances in toys). For further information: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/
Wednesday 14 March
Brussels. Council of Ministers of the EU. Coreper I
Luxembourg. EU Court of Justice: Opinions: C-205/13 (Hauck - Marques - Refusal to register a trademark); C-219/13 K (Finland - Application of reduced VAT rates exclusively for printed books). For further information: http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/j_6/