Brussels. Council of Ministers. Meeting of agriculture ministers (11-13/09). – Strengthening agriculture’s position in the food chain
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary sitting (until 15/09). *Debates: - Energy: new organisation of the market (rapp. Langen); EU strategy for heating and cooling (Gierek). - Cohesion: boosting competitiveness of SMEs (D’Amato); research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (Valcarcel Siso); territorial cooperation (Mihalylova); EU strategy for the Alps region (Bresso); - Development: Special fund for Africa (Corrao); - Jobs: balancing private and professional life (Blinkeviciute) (voting on all these reports on 13/09)
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Committee meetings (until 15/09). - AFET: voting on two draft opinions on measures to ensure security of gas supplies for the EU and an energy information exchange mechanism. – EMIS: hearing of Commissioners Bienkowska (Industry and Internal Market) and Vella (Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries). – ENVI: examination of measures to speed up transition to a low-carbon emitting economy with Commissioner Cañete (Energy and Climate Action).
Tuesday 13 September
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary sitting (until 15/09). *Statement by Council, Commission and High Representative: - results of G20 summit; - recent changes in Poland (human rights – voting on a resolution on 14/09); – situation in Turkey after failed putsch and Turkey’s presence in Syria; - post-election situation in Gabon; - UN summit on managing migration; - presentation by Council of its position on draft general budget. *Debates: - Car emissions: provisional EMIS committee report on car emissions (rapp. Zalba Bidegain, Gebrandy – also voting). – Foreign relations: relations with Tunisia (Castaldo – voting on 14/09). – Jobs: social dumping in EU (Balas – voting on 14/09)). – Trade: EU-CDAA economic partnership agreements (Lambsdorff – voting on 14/09). *Voting: - parliamentary immunity for R.Crocetta (Hautala), S. Zarianopoulos (Lebreton); - updating trade deals following Croatia’s accession - EU/China (Winkler), EU/Uruguay (Zalba Bidegain); - appointment of members of the European Court of Auditors (Soltes); - Foreign trade figures (Lange); Gas and electricity price statistics (Kappel)
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Committee meetings Strasbourg. European Commission. Meeting of College of Commissioners. – Preparing for State of the Union speech 2016; - Preparing for EU27 summit of heads of state in Bratislava; - Mid-term review of Multiannual Financial Framework; - Regulation on EFSI 2.0; - Foreign investment plan; - Digital Internal Market: adjusting telecom rules
Luxembourg. *European Court of Justice: #Rulings: - C-165/14 (Rendón Marin – whether residence permit can be refused or a non-EU national deported who looks after a child with EU citizenship simply on grounds of the adult’s criminal record); #Conclusions: - C-104/16 P (Council/Front Polisario – appeal against General Court ruling cancelling EU-Morocco free trade agreement for Westen Sahara). * European General Court: #Ruling: T-408/15 (Globo Comunicação e Participações/EUIPO – whether an alarm bell sound in telephones can be registered as an EU trademark).
Wednesday 14 September
Strasbourg. European Commission. State of the Union speech by President Juncker at EP Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary sitting (until 15/09). *Statement by Commission: - State of the Union speech by President Juncker; - decisions on state aid for Apple. *Debates: - State of the Union speech by President Juncker; - JHA: travel documents for return of illegal immigrants (Halla-Aho); - Asylum, provisional measures for Italy and Greece (Keller); - Employment: guidelines for member states’ policies (Agea); - Internal market: application of directive on postal services (Ferber); - SME: accessing finance (Karas); - job creation (Krasnodebski); - Finance: prospectus to be published when offering securities to the public (Jezek) – Voting on all these reports on 15/09. *Voting: - Protocol to EU-Switzerland agreement (Jazlowiecka); - Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Jobs (Sogor); - Technical specifications for boats on inland waters (Belet). – Draft resolution on the situation in Poland (see above); implementation of convention on fisheries work; - Commission delegated regulation accompanying Regulation 1286/2014 (investment products). .
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Ruling: C-16/15 (Pérez López – whether a series of short-term contracts is possible to meet staff needs in healthcare sector (contracts described as temporary but that seem to be offered on a permanent basis).
Thursday 15 September
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary sitting (until 15/09). *Debates: - Social affairs: application of equality in employment directive (Weber), EGF action and impact (Harkin); -Foreign relations: human rights and democracy violations in the Philippines, Somalia and Zimbabwe; - Voting on reports submitted on 14/09 + Resolution on objectives of 17th CITES conference in Johannesburg..
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Committee meetings. – LIBE: hearing of Security Union Commissioner, Sir Julian King. – EMIS: heating of representatives of Bosch electrical and electronic parts suppliers
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. Ruling: C-484/14 (McFadden – liability of shop manager providing free wifi access for infringement of copyright by a wifi user). #Conclusions: C-219/15 (Schmitt – responsibility of a German company monitoring breast implants manufactured by the PIP company in terms of damage to women who have defective implants put into their bodies). * European General Court: #Rulings: - T-340/14, T-346/14 and T-348/14 (Various Ukranian /Council – cancelling asset freeze for these three individuals, including former president Yanukovych). – T-76/14 (Morningstar/Commission – cancellation of European Commission decision that Thomson/Reuters did not make sufficient commitments for remedying its abuse of its dominant position on the data flow market in consolidated real time).
Friday 16 September
Bratislava. European Summit. Meeting of EU27 heads of state. – Security; - Citizen protection; - Econoimc situation; - Future of the EU and post-Brexit development
