CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
20/02-26/02
Monday 20 February
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Eurogroup. – Stock-take on the second review of Greece's economic adjustment programme. – Business climate in the Eurozone (administrative burden, quality of public services, taxation) and investments. – Economic forecasts for 2017-2018.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Competitiveness' Council (and 21/02). – Agreement on the rules to reinforce cooperation in consumer protection matters, in the context of the development of the digital economy and of cross-border purchasing. – Automotive: progress report on the work to reform the type approval system for vehicles and surveillance of the motor vehicles market. – Initiative in favour of start-ups and scale-ups. – Competitiveness check-up: stock take on non-material investments of companies (skills, software, intellectual property, etc.).
Brussels. Council of Ministers and European Council. Visit of the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. – Reinforcement of transatlantic cooperation.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – PANA: mission of investigation to Malta. – LIBE: a delegation to visit Canada to find out about best practice in asylum policy (to 24/02). – ITRE: a delegation to visit Berlin and Warsaw to gather information on preparations for the implementation report of Horizon 2020 (to 22/02). – PETI: verification mission to Stockholm following the receipt of petitions on problems encountered by foreign citizens in obtaining a registration number to live in Sweden. – EMP: visit of a delegation to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFOUND) in Dublin (and 21/02). – IMCO: a delegation to visit Mumbai and New Delhi (India) to find out more about Indian regulatory policy for services, standardisation, customs and consumer protection (21-23/02). – INTA: a delegation to visit Mexico in the framework of negotiations for an update of the global EU/Mexico agreement (to 22/02).
Tuesday 21 February
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Economic and Financial Affairs' Council. – General orientation on amendments to the directive on the fight against tax evasion. – Stock-take of the work on the criteria and processes to be used to establish a list of non-cooperative countries and territories in taxation matters. – Mandate to the Economic and Financial Committee to complete preparations for the meeting of the finance ministers and governors of central banks of the countries of the G20 (17-18/03). – Approval of discharge for the EU budget 2015. – Adoption of orientations for the 2018 EU budget.
Wednesday 22 February
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners.
