Monday 31 August
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (and 03/09). - TRAN, INTA, AFET: votes on the opinions of the committees on the 2016 budget of the EU. - AFET: debate on the EU's role within the UN to achieve its foreign policy objectives, examination of the report on the energy union and exchange of views on the external dimension of migration crisis.
Tuesday 1 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and security committee (COPS)
Wednesday 2 September
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the defence ministers (and 03/09): - implementation of the conclusions of the European Council of June on the ESDP (hybrid threats, reinforcing logistical capacity, defence capacity, etc.); - taking stock on the six military operations underway (Mediterranean, Bosnia, Mali, Somalia, CAR and DRC), with the involvement of the deputy secretary general of the UN, H. Ladsous.
Luxembourg. Committee of the Regions. 162nd meeting of the executive bureau on cross-border cooperation.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II
Genval (B). European Commission. Seminar of the College (and 03/09) on the main challenges facing the EU and, in particular, the influx of migrants, to prepare for the address by President Juncker on the state of the union (on 09/09)
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-386/14 (Steria Group - differentiated taxation by France depending on the place of establishment of subsidiaries, dividends received by the parent company of an integrated tax group).
Thursday 3 September
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-398/13 P (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami e.a./Commission - validity of the implementing regulation on the trade in seal products); C- 8914 (A2A - Application by Italy of compound interest when recovering state aid on the basis of a regulation which entered into force after the Commission called for the aid to be recovered). #Conclusions: C-333/14 (The Scotch Whisky Association - possibility of a minimum retail sales price on the basis of the volume of alcohol in an alcoholic drink); C235/14 (Safe Interenvios - legality of the application by banks of anti-money laundering measures to payment agencies which are their customers and already subject to the same obligation of vigilance)
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. - DEVE: vote on the draft opinion on negotiations ahead of COP 21 on the climate in Paris in December; - ECON, AGRI, LIBE and ENVI: vote on opinions on the 2016 budget of the EU; - IMCO: vote on the opinion on the challenges and concepts to promote tourism in Europe; - LIBE: presentation and debate on the Frontex report on the surveillance of external maritime borders and collaboration with third countries
Friday 4 September
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Informal Gymnich meeting of foreign ministers (and 05/09). Management of migration flows (operation EUNAVFOR MED), relations with Russia, Eastern partnership, relations with Iran after the nuclear agreement and Middle Eastern peace process (implementation of a peace process support group)
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I
Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and security committee (COPS)