Monday 8 September
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings: - Budgetary Control (CONT): discussion with representatives of the bodies responsible for procedural guarantees for OLAF investigations; opinion on the EU's budget for 2015. - Internal market and consumer protection (IMCO): choice of issues from previous parliament to be carried forward into this parliament; opinion on the EU's budget for 2015. - Foreign Affairs (AFET): vote on the recommendation on signing an EU-Ukraine association agreement.
Tuesday 9 September
Milan. Council of Ministers. Meeting of EU28 defence ministers (also on 10/09).
Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. - General Court: # Rulings: T-494/12 (Biscuit Poult/OHIM - Bankertbakkerij Merba - Appeal against the annulment of the lodging of a Community trademark).
Wednesday 10 September
Brussels. Meeting of the European Commission: - Adoption of draft legislation on veterinary medicines and medical feed for animals.
Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. # Rulings: - C-491/13 (Ben Alaya - the civil service's discretionary powers to refuse to grant a visa to a student meeting all the criteria); - C-34/13 (Kusionova - Obligation on a judge in a member state to check whether clauses in a contract are abusive).
Thursday 11 September
Brussels. European Commission. Presentation by Industry Commissioner Nelli Feroci of a report on European competitiveness and a report on competitiveness in the member states, along with main conclusions about the reports.
Milan. ASEM. Meeting of the finance ministers of the 49 ASEM member countries, convened by the Italian Presidency of the Council of the EU (also on 12/09): - global economic situation; - prospects for economic cooperation between Asia and Europe.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings.
Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. # Rulings: C-382/12 P (MasterCard/Commission -Confirmation or rejection of the ban on the multilateral interchange fees levied by MasterCard); - C-67/13 P (CB/Commission -Appeal against the decision to bank tariff measures applied by the Groupement Français des Cartes Bancaires that the Commission says are restrictive); - C-117/13 (Technische Universität Darmstadt - conditions under which an e-book provided by the university can be printed or downloaded to a digital device); - C-204, 205, 206, 207 and 208/12 (Essent Belgium - possibility for member states to encourage electricity suppliers to buy green electricity from suppliers in their country); - C-88/13 (Gruslin - obligation on a OPCVM in a different member state from that where the funds are sold to issue named fund certificates in that country). # Opinions: - C-449/13 (CA Consumer Finance - Obligation on a lender to provide pre-contractual information to a borrower - Burden of proof and methods of proof); - C-419/13 (Art & Allposters International - Possibility for the same person or company to reproduce copyright-protected work in various forms (paper and canvas) under the same authorisation): # Hearings: C-482, 483, 484, 485, 487/13 (Unicaia Banco and Caixabank - Possibility for a judge in a member state to cancel or adjust abusive interest rate for late payment charges in a loan contract. General Court): # Hearings: - T-135/12 (France/Commission) and T-385/12 (Orange/Commission) (state aid - compatibility of the financing of the pensions scheme for French civil servants working for France/Télécom).
Friday 12 September
Milan. Council of Ministers. Meeting of Eurogroup: Economic situation in the eurozone; - situation in Greece; - early repayment of IMF loans by Ireland.
Saturday 13 September
Milan. Council of Ministers. Meeting of EU28 finance ministers:
- investment and structural reforms; - growth prospects and economic stability;
- preparing for meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors and the International Monetary Fund AGMs; - international cooperation in financial services; - roadmap for financing growth; - Banking Union; - European unemployment insurance schemes.