CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
3 - 9 October
Monday 3 October
Bratislava (Slovakia). Council of Ministers. Informal meeting of the Employment, Social Policy and Health Ministers (and 04/10). – Reinforcing best practice in the context of food reformulation. – Shortage of human medicinal products in the EU.
Strasbourg (France). European Parliament. Plenary session (to 06/10). *Debates: - Future of EU-ACP relations (Neuser); - EU commitments on nutrition and food safety (DEVE). *Presentations: - Human rights and migration in third countries (Vergiat); -The responsibility of businesses for human rights violations (Corrao); - How to make fishing controls in the EU standard (Thomas).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (06/10). – LIBE: vote on reports on: EU-China agreement and visa exemptions for diplomats; tackling corruption and monitoring the resolution of the CRIM special committee; a European mechanism on democracy, the primacy of law and the fundamental rights. – REGI/ECON: hearing of Commissioners Katainen and Cretu on possible suspension of the ESI funds for Spain and Portugal.
Tuesday 4 October
Brussels. Council Ministers and European Commission. International conference on Afghanistan organised jointly by the EU and the Afghan government, with the participation of 70 countries and 20 international organisations and agencies (and 05/10). – Effectiveness of aid and funds provided by the international community; - state of reforms underway in the country (economic, rule of law, tackling corruption, etc); - regional efforts to support the peace and economic cooperation process.
Bratislava (Slovakia). Council Ministers. Informal meeting of the Employment, Social Policy and Health Ministers. – Towards the end of tuberculosis. – Specific challenges in vaccinations.
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Energy Union: revision of the directives on energy efficiency and the energy efficiency of buildings; - Eco-design: second guideline debate.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. Debates: - jurisdictional support to suspects and persons under criminal proceedings (de Jong); - export ban on goods which may be used for the purposes of torture (Schaake); - Mobile telephone roaming, "reasonable use"; - Situations of migrants in Calais. *Votes: parliamentary immunity for J Collins (Zwiefka); - Draft amending budget 3/2006 (Fernandez, Deprez); - mobilisation of the EGF for Finland (Sarvamaaa), Sweden (Gonzalez Pons), Greece (Kyrsos); - Agreement on China-Europol strategic cooperation (Moraes). *Debates: #Statements of the Commission: - Macro-economic situation and reforms in Greece (Moscovici); - conflicts of interest between Commissioners; #Oral question: European Public Prosecutor's Office and Eurojust (Moraes).
Wednesday 5 October
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Priority debate: preparations for the European Council of 20-21/10 (commercial negotiations, progress on migration policy, future relations with Russia). *Votes: accession of Peru, Kazakhstan and Korea to Convention on civil aspects of child abduction (Dzhambazki); - Need for a re-industrialisation policy (proposed resolution). *Debates: - Situation in Syria and DRC and peace process in Colombia (statements by Federica Mogherini); - Inter-institutional agreement on the transparency register (Commission statement); - Implementation of the regulation on materials designed for food contact (Schaldemose – vote on 06/10); - Women's rights in Poland; #QO COP 22 in Marrakesh (various speakers).
Thursday 6 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session ( 06/10). *Debates: - 2014 report on the control of the application of Union law (Hautala and vote); - Cases of violation of human rights (Rwanda, Sudan, Thailand). *Votes: - Proposed resolutions: violation of human rights; international financial reporting standards (IFRS 9); Situation in Syria; COP 22. *Debate: Sustainable finances (Commission statement).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – AFET/DEVE/DROI: presentation of nominees for Sakharov Prize.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-274/15 (Commission/Luxembourg - Legality under EU law of Luxembourg regulation on autonomous groupings of persons).
