CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
24-30 October
Monday 24 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 27/10): *Debates: - Legal framework on customs infringements and infringements (K. Kallas – IMCO); - EU strategy for Iran (Howitt – AFET). * Presentation of reports: - Fight against corruption (Ferrara – LIBE); - Human rights and migration in third countries (Vergiat – AFET); - Corporate responsibility in human rights violations in third countries (Corrao – AFET); - Improving employment in rural areas through the CAP (Andrieu – AGRI – vote on 27/10); - Standardising fishing controls in Europe (Thomas – PECH); - Increasing infrastructure networking transport in Central and Eastern Europe (Poreba – TRAN)
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 27/10). – AFET: vote on the non-legislative report on establishing a European Union of defence under the next multiannual financial framework and a non-legislative report on the implementation of the European security and defence policy. – BUDG: vote on the draft resolution on the mid-term revision of the multiannual financial framework (debate and vote in plenary on 26/10).
Tuesday 25 October
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – 2017 working programme of the Commission. – Taking stock of the implementation of the Schengen recommendation to protect the external borders under exceptional circumstances. – ‘Corporate taxation’ package (CCCTB, eliminating double taxation, hybrid mismatches with third countries). – Space strategy for Europe. – Eco-design: political discussion and list of products covered.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session: *Debates: - Accessibility of websites and apps of public bodies (Charanzova – IMCO – vote on 26/10); - Creation of an EU mechanism for democracy, the rule of law and the fundamental rights (in ‘t Veld – LIBE – and vote); - European semester for the coordination of economic policies (Sant – ECON - and vote); - 2017 working programme of the European Commission (Commission statement); - general budget of the EU 2017 (Geier, Tarand – BUDG – vote on 26/10); - Mid-term examination of the multiannual financial framework (Commission statement); Macro-financial assistance to Jordan (Maurel – INTA); - Statistics on rail transport: data collection (Cramer – TRAN); - Statistics on transport by navigable inland waterways (Eickhout – TRAN) – Protection from organisms harmful to plants (McIntyre – AGRI – vote on 26/10). *Votes: - Reports presented the day before (see above); - Automated exchange of DNA and fingerprint data in Denmark (Moraes – LIBE); - Member states in serious financial difficulties (Mihaylova – REGI); - Amending budget 3/2016 – security of the institutions (Fernandes, Deprez – BUDG); - EU/China agreement on short-stay visas for diplomats (Valero – LIBE); - Lifting the immunity of J. M. Le Pen (Regner – JURI); - Privileges and immunities: J. Collins and M. Borghezio (Zwiefka, Dzhambazki – JURI); – Trans fatty acids (oral questions)
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees: - IMCO: vote on the report on the legal framework on violations of EU customs legislation.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-641/15 (Verwertungsgesellschaft Rundfunk – obligation on a hotelier to pay a copyright fee for television sets installed in the bedrooms of his hotel).
Wednesday 26 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session: *Debates: - Assessment of the conclusions of the European Council of 20-21/10 (with Juncker and Tusk); - Presentation of the annual report of the Court of Auditors 2015; - Situation in northern Iraq and Mosul, situation in Belarus, situation for journalists in Turkey, nuclear safety and non-proliferation (statement by Federica Mogherini – votes on 27/10); - Joint discussion on discharge 2014 (Czarnecki, Marinescu – CONT – votes on 27/10). *Votes: reports debated the day before (Charazova, Geier, Tarand, McIntyre); - mid-term revision of the NyoMFF.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C211/15 P (Orange/Commission – Does the reform of the funding of pensions for civil servants seconded to France Télécom following its privatisation constitute state aid?); - C-590/14 P (DEI/Aluminion tis Ellados and Commission – Should the extension of the validity period of existing state aid be considered new aid?).
Thursday 27 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session: *Presentation of reports: EU youth strategy 2013-2015 (Bocskor – CULT – and vote); - the strategy for LNG and gas storage (Gyürk). *Debate: European voluntary service (CULT) and vote)
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Conference of Presidents to name winner of 2016 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.
Friday 28 October
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. * General Court of the EU: #Judgment: - T-7/16 (La tarte tropézienne/EUIPO – Registration of the mark “La tarte tropézienne” for products other than coffee, tea, ice cream and condiments).
