Monday 13 April
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee work (until 16/04): - INTA: Hearings of EU Employment, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commissioner J. Katainen (13/04) and the Chinese ambassador (14/04); debate about amendments to draft resolution on TTIP (13/04 - the opinions of the ENVI, AGRI, PETI, CULT, CONST and JURI committees in this connection will be published on 14 and 16 April); Voting on legislative report on blood ore (14/04). - PECH: Public hearing on improving selectivity in the banning of rejected fish (13/04). AFET: Public hearing on security issues in the Middle East and North Africa (13/04). - AFET and BUDG: Voting on the financing of the CFSP (14/04). - ECON: Economic dialogue and discussion about budget surveillance and European Semester documents with Euro Commissioner V. Dombrovskis and Economic and Taxation Commissioner P. Moscovici. - ENVI: Examination of legislative report on reducing national emissions of certain air pollutants (13/04); Voting on the outcome of talks with the Council about legislation to cap the production of traditional biofuels (14/04); - Voting on a draft resolution on better health and safety for hospital patients (14/04). - CONT: Public hearing on Bulgaria and Romania's respect of their commitments to judicial reform and tackling corruption (14/04). LIBE: Expert hearing on changes to the terror threat and the policy needed to tackle it (14/04). - TRAN: Public hearing on European tourism (14/04). - JURI: Voting on amendments to draft legislation on handling small cross-border disputes (16/04). - DROI: Hearing on tackling human trafficking (16/04).
Tuesday 14 April
Riga. Council of Ministers. Environment ministers: - Progress in implementing the EU's biodiversity strategy and mid-term review of said strategy; - Common EU position on the global agreement on climate change ahead of the Paris COP 21 Summit.
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Rulings: - C-76/14 (Manea - Compatibility of foreign car tax in Romania with EU law); - C-409/13 (Council/Commission - Extent of and justification for the Commission's ability to withdraw draft legislation); - C-527/13 (Cachaldora Fernandez - Discriminatory calculation method for part-time workers under the Spanish law on permanent disability pensions).
Wednesday 15 April
Riga. Council of Ministers. Joint meeting of environment and energy ministers: - Interaction between preservation of biodiversity and promotion of renewable energy.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session: - Debate and voting on a resolution commemorating the Armenian genocide; - Progress in the Bangladesh Sustainability Pact; - Debate and voting on amendment to regulation establishing the Multiannual Financial Framework to allow the transfer of €21.1 billion in unused commitment appropriations from 2014.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER I
Thursday 16 April
Riga. Council of Ministers. Meeting of energy ministers: - Discussion about regional cooperation aspects of the management of the climate and energy action framework for 2030; - Promoting energy efficiency in heating and cooling.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER II.
Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. #Rulings: - C-570/13 (Gruber - Whether neighbours of a building project can challenge a decision that there is no need for an impact assessment as they were not parties to the procedure); - Combined cases C-446-447-448-449/12 (Willems, Kooistra, Roest and van Luijk - Use of biometrical details contained in passports)
Friday 17 April
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER I.