Monday 8 December
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings (until 12/12). DEVE: Discussion of cooperation and development issues with Commissioner Mimica; Work of the ACP-EU Assembly; Annual Report 2013 on human rights and democracy and EU policy in this domain; Discharge of the EU budget for 2013; Opinion on the sustainable EU-Senegal fisheries agreement (on 8/12). CONT: Discussion of the report on discharge of the EU budget for 2013 (on 8/12 in the presence of Commissioner Corina Cretu and Court of Auditors representative Ladislav, also on 11/12). ECON: EIB's Annual Report for 2013, economic, social and environmental impact of its activity in the EU and non-EU countries in connection with the Commission's new investment plan; ECB's Annual Report for 2013, amendment of directives on shareholder commitment and corporate governance (on 8/12). ENVI: Participation of a parliamentary delegation at the UN conference on climate change in Lima (from 8 to 12/12).
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Eurogroup: Draft 2015 budget plans of 16 eurozone nations; - European Commission's action plan to support investment (the Juncker Plan); Banking Union, introduction of an FTT in 11 countries using the enhanced cooperation mechanism, compromise on the parent company-subsidiary directive.
Tuesday 9 December
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Economic and Monetary Affairs Council: - Agreement in principle on parent company-subsidiary directive; - Progress on directive to implement the 11-country FTT; - Exchange of views on Commission action plan for investment; - Follow-up debate on reassessment of EUROPE 2020 Strategy; - Assessment of report on the alert mechanism and Annual Growth Review; - Following up on the G20 Brisbane summit; - Exchange of views on the Court of Auditors report on implementation of the EU's budget for 2013.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council (Energy): - Debate on the new governance process for implementing the Energy-Climate Action Framework by 2030; - Conclusions document on completion of the Internal Market in Energy; - Policy debate on the mid-term review of the EUROPE 2020 Strategy; Presidency report on international developments in the field of energy (including Russian-Ukrainian gas agreement, South Stream.)
Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. #Ruling: C-261/13 P (Schönberger/Parliament - possibility of challenging at the European Court of Justice decisions taken by the EP's petitions committee); # Conclusions in combined cases C-226/13, C-245/13, C247/13, C-578/13 (application of new Regulation 1393/2007 for requests for compensation from Greece lodged by owners of Greek bonds)
Wednesday 10 December
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER I and II.
Luxembourg. *European Court of Justice. Signing in of the president and members of the new European Commission. *European General Court. Ruling T-90/11 (ONP/Commission - restriction of competition in domain of medical biological tests by the Ordre National des Pharmaciens of France).
Thursday 11 December
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Council (Employment): - General guidelines on: the EURES Regulation, the women on boards of management directive, revised directive on seafarers; - Exchange of views with the Presidency trio on youth employment (education and skills development); - Policy debate on the equal treatment directive; - Progress on the maternity leave directive; - Agreement in principle on adjusting the working week within the domestic navigation sector; Exchange of views on the Commission's Annual Growth Review for 2015 (reports on employment and the alert mechanism); Balance sheet of implementation of the Beijing Action Programme in the EU
Luxembourg. *European Court of Justice. #Rulings: C-212/13 (Rynes - potential application of personal data protection to images of the public arena taken by a camera located on a private property); - C-113/13 (San Lorenzo and Croce Verde Cogema - possibility of a volunteer ambulance service being awarded a contract without a call for tender); - C-249/13 (Boudjlida - content of the law allowing people without the regular papers to be heard); #Conclusions: - C-352/13 (CDC Hydrogen Peroxyde - possibility for victims of price-fixing to take all the participants in the price-fixing to court in the country where one of them is registered); - C-320/13 (Commission/Poland - Non-transposition by Poland of the renewable energy directive). *European General Court: Ruling T-251/11 (Austria/Commission - state aid for high energy-use companies)
Brussels (also 12/12). Plenary sitting of the consultancy forum of the European Bureau for Support on Asylum Matters (BEAA): issues relating to the main countries of origin of asylum-seekers (11/12); Plenary session and smaller meetings on products and services relating to BEAA (12/12)
Friday 12 December
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Foreign Affairs Council (Development Cooperation). - Examination of work in progress on the post-2015 framework for sustainable development; - Exchange of views on immigration; - The EU's response to the Ebola crisis; - Assessment of EU action plan on sexual equality;
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (Education and Youth).: *Education: - Conclusion document on education and entrepreneurship training; Public debate on economic arguments in favour of education and training in the framework of the mid-term review of the EUROPE 2020 Strategy; - Value-added in international programmes for mobility in degree courses in the EU; - Conclusions document on young people's access to rights; - Assessment of the transversal approach to policy in the youth domain
Luxembourg. European General Court: #Ruling T-487/11 (BPP-Banco Privado Portugues/Commission - legitimacy of European Commission decision that state aid for BPP is unlawful)