Main events of the European institutions on 5-11 September
Monday 5 September
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings (until 08/09). – EMIS: hearing of former Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik and and former Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani. – LIBE: voting on opening of interinstitutional negotiations on visa facilitation for citizens of Georgia and Kosovo. – CONT: hearing of Cypriot, Maltese and Portuguese members of the Court of Auditors at start of their tem of office. – IMCO: debate with the Commission about preliminary outcome of REFIT for better marketing and consumer protection legislation (extending guarantees for consumers for remote and online purchases and direct sales in shops). – JURI: voting on draft non-legislative report on monitoring application of EU law for 2014; examining results of REFIT vis-à-vis proposal on remote product sales and online contracts. – SEDE: debate with representatives of NATO and EEAS on outcome of July NATO summit in Warsaw.
Hangzhou (China). G20 summit.
Tuesday 6 September
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice . #Ruling C-160/15 (member states' duty to grant EU citizens travelling within them the same protection as their own natoinals)
Brusselss. Council of Ministers. Policy and Security Committee (PSC)
Wednesday 7 September
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Conference on financing of EU over next few years. To be attended by national parliamentarians from the 28 member states, MEPs and Juncker (European Commission), Schulz (EP) and Monti (chair of the high-level group on own resources)
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Rulings: - C-101/15 (Pilkington Group et al/Commission – Cancellation of a €357 million fine on Pilkington for involvement in automobile glass cartel). – C-310/15 (Deroo-Blanquart – Is selling computers with preinstalled software unfair competition?). – C-584/14 (Commission/Greece – fines on Greece for late implementation of EU waste legislation). – C-121/15 (ANODE – Whether French natural gas tariff rules comply with EU law).
Thursday 8 September
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Ruling: - C-160/15 (GS Media – Does putting a hyperlink without authorisation to site with photos violate copyright?). #Conclusions: - Opinion/15 (Compatibility of PNR deal with Canada with EU fundamental rights). – C-339/15 (Vanderborght – legality of absolute ban on advertising for mouth and dental care). – C-398/15 (Manni – right to be removed for personal data from the company register). – C-133/15 (Chavez-Vilchez et al – refusal to grant right to remain to a non-EU relative looking after an EU citizen minor and duty for that relative to prove that the EU parent cannot look after the child). – C-390/15 (RPO – extending VAT rate for paper books to e-books). *European General Court: - T-460-467-469-470-471-472/13 (various pharma companies/Commission – cancellation of fines on a number of companies involved in a cartel to delay sale of generic form of citalopram anti-depressant). – T-54/14 (Goldfish et al/Commission – cancellation of fine on Heiploeg company for its involvement in cartel on various North Sea grey shrimp markets).
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COPS.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee meetings. – LIBE: debate with chair of International Rescue Committee (IRC), David Miliband, about IRC’s humanitarian rescue operations and refugee resettlement programmes; discussion about plans to implement an EU resettlement programme.
Friday 9 September
Bratislava (Slovakia). Council of Ministers. Eurogroup. – General economic situation; - Greece: progress in meeting criteria laid down in financial aid agreement; - Discussion about growth and employment: how governments can improve the quality of public finances based on an annual assessment of national public expenditure. – 2016 budget; - Preparing for the assessment of national budget plans for 2017; - Stability and Growth Pact: simplifying application of the rules: - Spain and Portugal: update on situation following excess deficit decisions for the two countries; - Update on exchange rate fluctuations in recent months.
Bratislava (Slovakia). Council of Ministers. Eurogroup.- General economic situation; - Greece ; - Budget 2016
Bratislava (Slovakia) (also 10/09). Council of Ministers. Meeting of economic and monetary affairs ministers. – Future of economic polices in the EU; - Deepening EMU: budget pillar; - Taxation: current affairs; - Investment Plan for Europe.
