Monday 17 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Foreign Affairs Council (and 18/11): - report of the EU coordinator for Ebola; - situation in Bosnia & Herzegovina; - HR's report on the situation in the Middle East.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. First EU/Georgia Association Council.
Brussels. European Parliament. Meetings of the committees (to 20/11): * 17/11: - ECON: monetary dialogue with the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi. - DEVE: meeting with Commissioner Stylianides (humanitarian aid and crisis management) on the situation in the countries hit by the Ebola epidemic. - ITRE: votes on the cooperation agreement with Ukraine in the field of science and technology and on the cooperation agreement with Morocco on the GNSS, situation report with the Commission on the SME competitiveness programme (COSME) and Horizon 2020. - AFET: vote on the EU-EAEC/Georgia agreement. - IMCO: debate on checking the state of integration and the reinforcement of the governance of the single market in the framework of the European Semester 2015. * 20/11: - COCOBU: hearing of the Commissioners ahead of the discharge for the 2013 budget (vote in April)
Tuesday 18 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Foreign Affairs Council (Defence Ministers): - cooperation in the field of military capability; - situation regarding the military operations of the EU and the security situation in the extended neighbourhood of the EU; - CSDP perspectives.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. General Affairs Council (and 19/11): * 18/11: - preparations for the European Council of December (measures to stimulate growth, employment and competitiveness; external relations; - strategic programme on energy and the climate; - Commission initiative to protect the rule of law; - preparations for the end of the post-Lisbon transition period (United Kingdom to leave certain JHA measures); - reinforcement of the annual and multi-annual inter-institutional programming. *19/11: - conclusions on the sixth cohesion report and exchange of opinions on a Presidency note on the contribution of the cohesion policy to the mid-term review of the strategy EUROPE 2020.
Brussels. European Commission. Adoption of a regulation improving train accessibility for people with reduced ability.
Wednesday 19 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. # Conclusions: C-147/13 (Spain/Council - cancellation of regulations on the single European patent).
Thursday 20 November
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. #Verdicts: C-404/13 (ClientEarth - Obligation to ask for a grace period to comply with CO2 emissions limits, presenting an air quality plan).
Friday 21 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Foreign Affairs Council (Trade): - examination of the draft regulation on trade defence instruments and the regulation on public procurement; - stock-take on negotiations of the Doha Round at the WTO (package and protocol on trade facilitation); - negotiations with the United States on the TTIP; - conclusions on the EU's trade priorities; - progress in negotiations for an EU-Japan and EU-Vietnam free-trade area.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU: # Verdicts: joint cases C-581/13 P and C-582/13 P (Intra Presse - registration of the sign “GOLDEN BALLS”). # Conclusions: C-507/13 (United Kingdom/TP and Council - Cancellation of EU measures to limit “traders' bonuses”); C-170/13 (Huawei Technologies - can an infringement action brought by the holder of a patent which is “vital to an established standard” against a manufacturer of products which use this standard be equated to an abuse of dominant position?)