Monday 15 February
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Agriculture/Fisheries Council. - Dutch Presidency's priorities for agriculture and fisheries. #Fisheries: discussion about Commission proposals for sustainable external fishing fleet management (updating authorisation management). #Agriculture: debate about animal welfare and creation of EU animal welfare platform, state of play on questions relating to international trade in farm products (free-trade agreements with a number of non-EU countries, eliminating subsidises from international farm trade, etc.); presentation by the Commission of its long-term strategy for agricultural research; information for the Council on a conference on resistance to anti-microbial agents, the spread of African swine fever (Poland and Ukraine), the situation on the market (problems in the dairy, pork and horticulture sectors); working lunch on the situation facing agricultural markets.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Foreign Affairs Council. - Conclusions document on Belarus and discussion about the situation in Moldova and Syria; - address by Mogherini on the situation in Libya; - conclusions without debate on the situation in Burundi and Somalia; - conclusions on climate diplomacy following the international climate change deal in Paris in December 2015; - lunch with Lebanese foreign minister.
Brussels. European Parliament. Prominent activities and committee work this week. - ECON: meeting with ECB president Mario Draghi for an overview of economic and monetary activity. - LIBE: mini-hearing on controls on purchase and ownership of arms. - IMCO: round table on retail markets. - REGI: presentation of a study on the role of the ECB in cohesion policy.
Luxembourg. European Court of Justice. #Ruling: C-601/15 (PPU N. - whether asylum-seekers can be detained to protect national security or public order)
Tuesday 16 February
Brussels. Council of Ministers. General Affairs Council. - Preparation of the European Summit: analysis of draft conclusions document; - Recommendation to the Summit on eurozone economic policy in response to requests by the United Kingdom; - Migration: assessment of implementation of the European Summit's decisions
Brussels. European Parliament. Notable events this week and committee work (until 18/02). - United Kingdom: meeting between British prime minister David Cameron and EP parliament Martin Schulz and leaders of the political groups. - TRAN: hearing 'Towards a European road safety area.' - LIBE: heating on the fight against organised crime and corruption. - CONT: workshop on the use of funds allocated to joint undertakings. - ECON/EMPL/BUDG: European Parliamentary Week: MEPs to meet national parliamentarians to discuss situation vis-à-vis economic governance in the presence of presidents Schulz, Tusk and Juncker (also 17/02). - INTA/DROI: hearing on 'Trade preferences for sustainable development' in the framework of SPG. - TRAN: debate with Commissioner Bienkowska on priorities for European tourism industry.
Wednesday 17 February
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners: winter package (energy).
Brussels. European Parliament. Notable events of the week and committee work. - AFET: meeting with Iranian president, Javad Zarif. - ENVI: voting on legislation to combat resistance to anti-microbials in animals, debate with representatives of the WHO on the Zika virus epidemic (17/02). - INTA: workshop on measures for SMEs for the effective implementation of the EU's trade and investment strategy (17/02). PECH: public hearing on the harmonisation of controls of fishing in the EU. - JURI: workshop on new rules for contracts in the digital environment.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER I
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Rulings: C-429/14 (Air Baltic Corp - compensation for employers of people affected by late flights): C314/14 (Sanoma Media Finland/Nelonen Media - empty seconds between two adverts and whether they count as advertising time, and references to sponsors of future programmes) * European General Court: #Ruling
Thursday 18 February
Brussels. European Summit (also 19/02). - United Kingdom: seeking an agreement on the British referendum on the four concerns raised by the British government (competitiveness, economic governance, sovereignty and social security for immigrants from other EU member states) based on a document prepared by president Donald Tusk; - Migration: progress in implementing earlier decisions of heads of state for dealing with refugee crisis
Brussels. European Parliament. Notable events this week and committee work. - ECON: meeting with head of Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, to discuss the economic situation in the eurozone. - EMPL: public hearing on social inclusion and integrating refugees on the labour market. - ENVI: expert hearing on emissions quota trading system (ETS)
Luxembourg. *European Court of Justice. #Ruling: C-176/13 P (Council/Bank Mellat - Cancelling freezing of assets of Iranian bank Mellat introduced between 2010 and 2016). #Conclusions: C-526/14 (Kotnik - validity of certain measures in the Commission communication on the banking sector in the framework of bank bailout measures); C-19/15 (Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb - respect of EU rules on nutrition claims in advertising for professionals when such claims are relayed to the public as they are).
Friday 19 February
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER I.