Monday 12 October
Luxembourg. Council of Ministers. 'Foreign Affairs' Council: - Syria: taking stock of the situation and EU's support to the UN special envoy. - Situation in Libya following the agreement on the government of national accord. - Migration: conclusions on migration policy; follow-up of the conference on the Western Mediterranean and the Balkans routes and preparations for the summit of Valletta of 11-12/11.- Africa: the situation in South Sudan. - EU/ACP partnership post-2020.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 15/10). - EMPL: hearing of the Greek employment minister on the employment situation in Greece and on the Commission's proposals on this subject (12/10). - JURI: hearings on: reform of the regulation Brussels II (competence, recognition and execution of matrimonial and parental responsibility decisions) and on the inter-institutional “better regulation” agreement (12/10). - TRAN: inter-parliamentary meeting with experts on the implementation and financing of projects of the trans-European transport network (13/10). - PETI: hearing of experts on the role of the PETI committee in the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (15/10). - REGI: public hearing on administrative simplification within the cohesion policy (15/10).
Tuesday 13 October
Luxembourg. Council of Ministers. 'General Affairs' Council. Preparations for the European Council of 15-16/10. - Priorities of the Commission for 2016. - State of play with negotiations on the inter-institutional agreement on better regulation.
Brussels. European Parliament. Conciliation committee.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Political and Security Committee (COPS).
Wednesday 14 October
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session. Debates: - preparations for the European Council; - state of preparation for COP 21 (Pargneux report - debate and vote); - situation in Ukraine; - anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia and hate speech in the EU . Votes, access to the VIS system (Kirkhope report); draft amending budgets 6/2015 and 7/2015 and immediate budgetary resources to manage the migration crisis.
Brussels. European Commission. Meeting of the College of Commissioners.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I.
Thursday 15 October
Brussels. European Council (and 16/10): - Debate on immigration. - Preparations for the Valletta summit and follow-up of the high-level conference on the Western Balkans route. - Completion of the EMU and Banking Union. - State of play regarding the referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the EU.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-167/14 (Commission/Greece - financial sanctions for Greece due to delays in applying the directive on the treatment of urban wastewater); - C-168/14 (Grupo Itevelesa e.a. - Prior authorisation to private technical control operators laying down minimum distance conditions and maximum market share); - C-216/14 (Covaci - obligations on persons wishing to challenge a penal order in another member state to proceed in the language of that state and appoint representatives in it). #Conclusions: joined cases C-247-248-267-268/14 (various cement producers/Commission - Conditions and limits on information which the Commission may request from companies suspected of infringing competition law).