CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
28 November - 4 December
Monday 28 November
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Foreign Affairs' Council. *Development: – Revision of the EU development policy on the basis of the Commission communication presented before the session. – Future of EU/ACP relations after the expiry of the Cotonou agreement in 2020. – Migration and development (situation report and initiatives in progress).
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Competitiveness' Council (and 29/11). – Seeking an agreement on the end of the geo-blocking of products and services in order to stimulate electronic commerce. – Discussions on a new space strategy for the EU (new commercial outlets offered by space data combined with various technologies). – Support for young scientists and researchers and making careers in science more attractive.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 01/12). – INTA: hearings of the participants in the framework of the monitoring of the youth initiative EYE 2016. – ECON: monetary dialogue with the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi (economic and monetary situation, consequences of Brexit for the Eurozone). – LIBE: examination, with members of the national parliaments, of the new Europol regulation, to enter into force in May 2017. – EMIS: hearing of the former Danish environment minister, Ida Auken, and debate with former rapporteurs of the EP on emissions from motor vehicles. ITRE: structured dialogue with the competent Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, on the Commission's initiatives for the digital single market.
Tuesday 29 November
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. IMCO, JURI: examination of the report on contracts for the provision of digital content (directive under preparation). – JURI: vote on the portability of digital content online; workshop on the implementation of the 'Mediation' directive. – REGI: vote on the European aid programme for national governments tackling institutional and administrative reforms; workshop on the ex-ante conditionality of the cohesion policies - ITRE, LIBE: hearings of the participants in the framework of the monitoring of the youth initiative EYE 2016. – ECON: economic dialogue with the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijesselbloem (European Semester 2017 and developments following the US elections); hearing on the theme "FinTech: the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector". – DEVE: Public hearing on good governance and the implementation of sustainable development goal no. 16 (peace, justice, rule of law and inclusive and responsible institutions). – ITRE: vote on the proposal to cap wholesale roaming charges. Hearing: "The future of the European research policy: taking stock and looking forward".
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. Conclusions: - C-544/15 (Fahimian – Rejection of a study application based on fears that an Iranian student may use skills acquired in the EU for abusive purposes in Iran); - C-598/14 P (EUIPO/Szajner – application for invalidity of the mark LAGUIOLE brought by the company Forges de Laguiole); - C-668/15 (Jyske Finans – is a bank asking a person born outside the country to provide an additional proof of identity as well as a driving licence discriminatory?).
Wednesday 30 November
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – European Defence Action plan including the European Defence Funds. – Digital Single Market: VAT package (VAT on e-commerce, e-publications and e-books). – 'Energy Union' package (energy efficiency, renewables, bioenergy sustainability, market design and governance). Second report on the State of the Energy Union. – Communication on the EFSI: state of play and evaluation.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (and 01/12). *Debates: - Draft common budgetary procedure 2017 (BUDE – Geier, Tarand). – Revision of the MFF (declaration of the Council and Commission). – Stage agreement towards EU/Ghana EPA (INTA – Fjellner). – EU/USA agreement on the protection of personal data (LIBE – Albrecht). – Transfer of management of IANA to the global Internet community (declaration by the Commission). – Common discussion on the Solidarity Fund (evaluation, situation in Italy following the earthquakes). – Guidelines on the declarations of interest of the Commissioners (JURI – Durant). – Presentation: Responsibility, compensation and guarantees for offshore oil and gas operations (JURI - Chrysogonos). – On the sidelines of the session: - Conference of the Presidents: meeting with Michel Barnier, negotiator for the Commission on Brexit.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgement: C-486/15 P (Commission/France and Orange – cancellation of the Commission's decision ruling against a shareholder loan of the French state to France Télécom as a legal State aid). *General Court of the EU: #Judgement: T-720/14 (Rotenberg/Council – cancellation of the freezing of assets of Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg).
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Thursday 1 December
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Transport, Telecommunications and Energy' Council (and 02/12). *Transport: - adoption of a common position on the revision of the security rules in civil aviation and a revised mandate for the European Aviation Safety Agency; - adoption of a common position on two legislative proposals: the safety of ro-ro passenger ferries (directive) and inspection regime for high-speed passenger crafts.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: Tackling racism and other forms of intolerance (declaration by the Council and Commission). – Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Declaration by High Representative Mogherini). *Formal session: speech by the Tunisian President, Béji Caïd Essebsi. *Votes: - Customs: goods temporarily leaving the EU by sea or air (IMCO – Grapini). – Information documents on retail packaged investment products (ECON-Berès). – Visa agreements with various countries (LIBE – Gabriel). – Evaluation of the Solidarity Fund (REGI – Cicu). Mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund for the payment of advances for 2017 (BUDG – Sulin). - Mobilisation of the contingency margin and draft amending budgets nos. 4, 5 and 6/2016 (BUDG – Fernandes) – Reports presented the day before (see above)
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgement: C-395/15 (Daouidi – Can temporary unfitness for work following an occupational accident be considered a disability, thereby making redundancy tantamount to discrimination based on disability?).
Friday 2 December
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Transport, Telecommunications and Energy' Council. *Telecommunications: - definition of a common position on the regulation of wholesale roaming market: - adoption of a partial common position on the proposed promotion of high-speed broadband Internet in local communities (Wifi4EU).
