Monday 18 July
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Foreign Affairs' Council. Breakfast meeting with the American Secretary of State, John Kerry (EU/USA relations, Syria, Libya, etc.); - Latin America: EU/Cuba relations, peace process in Colombia, situation in Argentina and Venezuela, preparations for the EU/CELAC meeting (25-26/10); - China: new EU strategy for China and adoption of conclusions on results of EU/China summit; - Migration: actions and priorities of the EU in this area, also ahead of the high-level meeting prepared by the UN (19/09); - Review of the global strategy for the foreign and security policy of the EU.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Agriculture and Fisheries' Council. - Presentation of the working programme of the Presidency; - Developments on the main agricultural markets and possible support measures; - Commission's report on the re-examination of the greening of aid and simplification of the CAP in this area; - International trade in agricultural products and negotiations underway in this area; - Strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain.
Bratislava (SK). Council of Ministers. Informal meeting of the ministers responsible for Competitiveness (and 19/07): - Actions to encourage investments and develop a context conducive to the move to digital for enterprise and industry (new activities, new sectors, new competences, etc.)
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. - EMIS: visit of the members to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Ispra, which has been involved in developing emissions tests for vehicles (18-19/07). - LIBE: visit of a delegation of members of the committee to the European Asylum Support Office (Malta) to discuss its future mandate and priorities (and 19/07); another delegation will visit the European Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Lisbon). - SEDE: a delegation to visit Bamako (Mali) to visit the CSDP missions and MINUSMA (to 21/07).
Tuesday 19 July
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. - AGRI: debate with Commissioner Hogan on details of the new aid programme to dairy producers (19/07). - DEVE-INTA: dispatch of a joint mission to attend the 14th UN ministerial conference on trade and development (UNCTAD 14 - Nairobi - Kenya, 19-22/07
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-526/14 (Kotnik e.a. - Validity of the Commission's communication on aid to the banking sector). #Conclusions: joined cases C-203/15 (Tele2 Sverige) and C-698/15 (Davis e.a. - Compatibility with EU law of obligation to conserve data imposed by a member state on suppliers of electronic communication services)
Wednesday 20 July
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - Second guideline debate on market economy status for China. - Climate: decision on a shared effort for 2030, inclusion of LULUCF in the 2030 framework for the environment; - Decarbonisation of transport.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgement: C-341/15 (Maschek - Entitlement to financial compensation for a worker who resigned, but did not receive all or some annual paid leave).
Thursday 21 July
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgement: C-226/15 P Apple and Pear Australia and Star Fruits distribution/EUIPO - Obligation for the EU Intellectual Property Office to take account of definitive judgements returned by national courts on EU marks). #Conclusions: C-258/15 (Salaberria Sorondo - Maximum age limit to take part in recruitment competition for police officers who may carry out functions entrusted to State security forces)
Friday 22 July
Brussels. European Commission. Adoption of the monthly package of infringements.
Luxembourg. General Court of the EU: #Judgement:
Saturday 23 July
Chengdu (CHN). G-20. Meeting of the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the countries of the G-20 (and 24/07)