Monday 13 October
Luxembourg. Council of Ministers. Agriculture and Fisheries Council (and 14/10): # Agriculture: - measures to offset Russian ban on imports; - African swine fever epidemic; - international trade in agricultural products; - contribution to the mid-term review of the EUROPE 2020 strategy; - taking stock of negotiations with the International Olive Council. # Fisheries: - agreement on 2015 quotas in the Baltic Sea; - consultations for annual bilateral EU/Norway agreement; - annual meeting of ICCAT; - consequences of Russian ban and blockage of Lithuanian vessels by Russia.
Luxembourg. Eurogroup. Discussions on: - countries under programmes (Cyprus, Greece); - economic situation and budget policy; - low investment levels; - banking union.
Brussels. European Parliament. Meetings of the committees: - ENVI: new foods, GMOs, biocides; - ECON: 2014 priorities of European Semester, ECB's powers of sanction, money market funds; - JURI: protection of commercial secrets from illegal acquisition; - SEDE: research in field of CSDP; - BUDG: mobilisation of Globalisation Adjustment Fund in Belgium and France.
Tuesday 14 October
Luxembourg. Council of Ministers. Economy-Finance Council: - proposed directive on automatic exchange of information in field of taxation (political agreement); - BEPS project; - proposed directive on tax on energy (guideline debate); - discussions on: measures for investment; “Research and innovation as sources of renewed growth” communication; - follow-up of meetings of G20 and IMF; - banks' contribution to the Single Resolution Fund; - funding the fight against climate change (informal).
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of EU: # Rulings: C-611/12 P and related cases C-12/13 P and C-13/13 (compensation for French fishermen who were unable to fish for bluefin tuna right up to the expiry of their fishing permits)
Wednesday 15 October
Milan. Council of Ministers. Informal Foreign Affairs Council (trade): EU/USA TTIP agreement; - Russia/Ukraine; - state of play with Doha negotiations at the WTO and on trade defence instruments.
Thursday 16 October
Milan. ASEM - EU-Asia summit (and 17/10). Discussions will include all aspects of relations between the parties
Brussels. European Commission. Adoption of monthly package of infringements
Luxembourg. Council of Ministers. Employment, Social Policy, Health, Consumers Council: - mid-term review of EUROPE 2020strategy; - general orientation to establish a platform to prevent and discourage undeclared work
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU: # Conclusions: related cases C-226/13, C-245/13, C-247/13 and C-578/13 (Judge cancelling or reducing abusive default interest rate in a loan contract). General Court of the EU: ruling: related cases T-208/11 and T508/11 (removal from the list of terrorist organisations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)
Friday 17 October
Brussels. European Commission. Eurostat. First publication of GDP figures of EU-28 on the basis of the revised European national and regional accounting system (SEC 2010)