Monday 29 September

Brussels. EU Council of Ministers. General Affairs Council: - Preparing for the European Summit on 23 and 24 October; - Following up the June European Summit on growth in the EU's strategic programme; - Communication on the EU Strategy for the Adriatic region and the Ionian Sea.

Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings: - Hearings of candidate Commissioners (until 7/10): - ENVI-PECH: Karmenu Vella (Malta); INTA: Cecilia Malmström (Sweden); DEVE: Neven Mimica (Croatia); ITRE-CULT: Günter Oettinger. - BUDG: Vote on amendments to 2015 budget (until 1/10) - Vote on draft resolution on 7/10;

Tuesday 30 September

Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings: - Hearings of candidate Commissioners: ITRE: Carlos Moedas (Portugal); ENVI Vytenis Andriukaitis (Lithuania); LIBE: Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greece); AFET: Johannes Hahn (Austria); DEVE: Christos Stylianides (Cyprus); TRAN: Maros Sefcovic (Slovakia). - EMPL: Implementation of 2014 European Semester priorities for economic policy coordination.

Wednesday 1 October

Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings: - Hearings of candidate Commissioners: REGI: Corina Cretu (Romania); EMPL: Marianne Thyssen (Belgium); ECON: Jonathan Hill (United Kingdom); - IMCO/JURI/LIBE/FEMM: Vera Jourova (Czech Republic); CULT: Tibor Navracsics (Hungary); ITRE/ENVI: Miguel Arias Cañete (Spain).

Thursday 2 October

Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings: - Hearings of candidate Commissioners: ECON: Pierre Moscovici (France); AGRI: Phil Hogan (Ireland); BUDG/CONT/JURI: Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria); ITRE/IMCO: Elzbieta Beinkowska (Poland); ECON: Margarethe Vestager (Denmark)

Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. Rulings: - C-101/13 (U - Personal data on a passport); - C-446/13 (Fonderie 2A - Country where VAT is to be reimbursed for a cross-border transaction).