Monday 10 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Agriculture and Fisheries Council (and on 11/11 if necessary): # Agriculture: - end of 2015 CAP budget crisis reserve; - authorisation of tax exemption for use of agricultural fuel by Cyprus; - organic production; - Russian embargo on fish and nectarines; - request from Austria and Hungary on corn root worm; - follow up on international apiculture conference. # Fisheries: - political agreement on total allowable catches (TAC) and quotas for 2015 and 2016 for North Atlantic deep sea stocks.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings (until 13/11): - ENVI: vote on legislative report on member states' possibility to cultivate GMOs (on 11/11) after a presentation on the subject by the Food and Veterinary Office and five EU agencies (on 10/11). - LIBE: debate with Commission and Presidency of the Council on draft PNR legislation. - JURI: hearing on developments in EU administrative law; discussion on China's possibility of influencing EU trade legislation; votes on 2005 Hague convention on choice of court agreements and other texts. - ECON: public hearing on legislative reform of global benchmarks (on 11/11). - DEVE: vote on report preparing EP position for negotiation on global development objectives post-2015 and on resolution on under-nourishment of children; discussion on European Year for Development in 2015 (on 11/11). - IMCO: workshop on possibility of completing single digital market for 2015 (on 13/11).
Tuesday 11 November
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of EU. # Judgments: - C-333/13 (Dano - Possibility of excluding economically inactive nationals from other countries from social aid); # Opinions: - C-472/13 (Shepherd - Possibility of attributing refugee status to an American soldier who refused to serve in Iraq due to the illegality of the conflict and the war crimes committed there).
Wednesday 12 November
West Africa. European Commission. Visit of commissioners Stylianides and Andriukaitis to countries struck by Ebola virus (au 16/11)
Brussels. European Commission. Meeting of college of commissioners.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (on 13/11): - statement commemorating 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall; - presentation of Court of Auditors annual report 2013; - debates (on 12/11) and resolutions (on 13/11) on the situation in Northern Ireland, the tension in the exclusive economic zone of Cyprus and the humanitarian situation in South Sudan; - amendment to protocol 31 of EEA agreement (cooperation of specific sectors) (on 12/11); - green light to EU-Moldova association agreement; - mobilisation of European Globalisation Fund for two companies.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. # Judgments: C-580/12 (Guardian Industries/Commission - reduction of Guardian's fine for participating in a cartel on flat glass).
Thursday 13 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers of eurozone (Eurogroup).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings:
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of EU. # Judgments: - C-443/13 (Reindl - limit of a retailer's responsibility when the fresh meat he sells is contaminated with salmonella); - C-416/13 (Vital Pérez - Justification of maximum age limit for participation in a public recruitment competition of local police). # Opinions: C -570/13 (Gruber - possibility for public to contest a decision concerning the non-evaluation of the environmental impact of a construction project). *General Court of EU: # Judgments: T-481/11 (Spain/Commission - Obligation for indication of use of preserving agents in labelling of citrus fruits).
Friday 14 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Economic and Financial Affairs Council: preparation of negotiations with EP on EU's 2015 budget
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I
Saturday 15 November
Brisbane (Australia). G20 summit (and on 16/11): - EU's request for an action plan for growth and jobs at world level; - economic situation; - investments; - optimisation, tax evasion and fraud; - financial regulation; - trade facilitation (Doha round); - development, fight against corruption; - energy.