Monday 2 March
Brussels. Council of Ministers. “Competitiveness” Council (and 03/03): debates on: - the single market and industrial competitiveness; - ways of creating a real digital market and its potential advantages; - bringing in simpler and more predictable rules to boost investment in the EU and the Commission's presentation of the investment plan for the EU (02/02); - the relationship between research and innovation and the digital economy; - mega-data and the EU's transition to the digital economy (03/03).
Brussels. European Parliament. Meetings of the committees. - IMCO: meeting of the working group on the single digital market on the problems and opportunities of the digital revolution; - DEVE: workshop on tax evasion in the developing countries; - BUDG and ECON: public hearing on the European Fund for Strategic Investments; - AFET: hearing on the examination of the European neighbourhood policy
Tuesday 3 March
Brussels. European Commission. Presentation of the report “The environment in Europe - state and prospects 2015”
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-681/13 (Diageo Brands - refusal by a national jurisdiction to recognise the verdict of the jurisdiction of another member state on the grounds of misinterpretation of EU law). *General Court of the EU. #Judgment: - joined cases T-492/13 and T-493/13 (Schmidt Spiele/OHMI - Registration of geographical signs representing the game “Les petits chevaux” as a trademark)
Wednesday 4 March
Brussels. European Commission. Launch of a guideline debate on migration and a consultation on the future of European neighbourhood policy
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-534/13 (Fipa Group - Compliance of Italian legislation with the “polluter pays” principle); - *General Court of the EU: #Judgment T-496/11 (United Kingdom/ECB - request for cancellation of the Eurosystem monitoring framework published by the ECB, which requires central counterparty clearinghouses to be located in the eurozone)
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II
Thursday 5 March
Brussels. Council of Ministers. “Transport, Telecommunications and Energy” Council: - discussions ahead of the European Council on the “Strategic Framework for the Energy Union”, presented by the Commission; - discussions on the priorities and developments of the energy infrastructures; - presentation by the Commission of the options to achieve the 10% electrical interconnection target by 2020.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper II
Brussels. European Parliament. Meetings of the committees.- DEVE: workshop on the role of the private sector in promoting sustainable development
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - joined cases C-503/13 and C-504/13 (Boston Scientific Medizintechnik - withdrawal of allegedly defective medical equipment and its replacement, at the costs of the manufacturer); - joined cases C-479/13 and C-502/13 (Commission/France and Luxembourg - legality of the reduced VAT rate on digital books in both countries); - C-463/12 (Copydan Bandkopi -compensation for the rights-owners for private copies made from the memory cards of mobile telephones); - C-585/13 P (Europäisch-Iransiche Handelsbank/Council - decision on whether to uphold the freezing of assets by the Council).
Friday 6 March
Brussels. Council of Ministers. “Environment” Council: - preparations for the Paris climate change conference; - debate on the post-2015 programme to define the new global partnership to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development to be adopted in September 2015; - debate on the Energy Union in the framework of the “Climate and Energy 2030” package