Brussels. Council of Ministers. Agriculture and Fisheries Council. *Fisheries: - discussion of European Commission proposals for multiannual plan for small pelagic species in the Adriatic. – Information about ‘Our Ocean’ conference in Malta in October 2017. *Agriculture : - Future of the CAP post-2020. – Latest developments in establishment of animal welfare platform. – Questions about measures to prevent contagious lumpy skin disease. – Problems with food with the same name and label sold by the same manufacturer in different countries. – Means of ensuring a better functioning food chain. – Results of meeting of G20 agriculture ministers in Berlin. – Implementation of coupled voluntary support.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Foreign Affairs Council. – Joint sitting with defence ministers: adoption of conclusions document assessing progress in security and defence since last European Summit. – Migration: update on Malta summit and Valetta process. – EU-Egypt relations: discussion about political situation and economic reforms with Egyptian minister Sameh Shoukry. – Western Balkans: situation in loco and briefing on Mrs Mogherini’s visit to the region. – Middle East: latest development and recent contact with US government in this regard.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. EU-Kyrgyzstan Cooperation Council. – Progress in EU strategy for Central Asia. Implementation of status of beneficiary of SPG+. – Domestic situation ahead of elections. – Regional cooperation and international issues.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee work (until 09/03). – BUDG : voting on guidelines for EU budget for 2018. – IMCO : discussion about amendments to legislative report on geographical blocking. – PANA : hearing on role of bankers, legal advisors and accountants in Panama papers scandal.
Brussels. Tripartite summit of heads of state of France, Germany, Italy and Spain to discuss future of the European Union ahead of Rome Summit on 25/03.
Tuesday 7 March
Brussels. Council of Ministers. General Affairs Council. – Discussion about draft conclusions document for European Summit of 9-10/03. – Council’s contributions to European Semester 2017. – Examination of draft recommendation on Eurozone’s economic policy, to be submitted to the European Summit. – Progress in implementing interinstitutional agreement - Better Regulation.
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Rulings: - C-638/16 PPU (X and X – Obligation for member states to grant a humanitarian visa to people wishing to arrive in their country to seek asylum); - C-390/15 (RPO – Possibility of applying reduced-rate VAT to e-books and periodicals). #Conclusions: C-589/15 P (Anagnostakis/Commission – Commission’s refusal to register planned Citizens’ Initiative to allow cancellation of Greece’s public debt); - C-621/15 (W et al. – Can an illness be considered to have been caused by a vaccine simply on the basis of serious, detailed and concordant assumptions although medical research has not established a connection between the vaccine and the illness?). * European General Court: #Ruling T-194/13 (United Parce Service/Commission – Request for cancellation of Commission decision rejecting meger between UPS and TNT for for the delivery of newspapers and parcels).
Wednesday 8 March
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of College of Commissioners. Preparation for European Summit
Brussels. European Summit. European Tripartite Social Summit on The Future of Europe : tracing the path to growth, jobs and equity: making work financially beneficial in order to stimulate employment; new forms of work and the future of industry; social rights and the role of the social partners.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. COREPER I.
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Ruling: C-321/15 (ArcelorMittal Rodange and Schifflange – Can a member state demand the recovery without compensation of a company’s unused greenhouse gas emissions quotas?).
Thursday 9 March
Brussels. European Summit (also 10/03). – Economy: jobs, growth, competitiveness (situation in EU, trade policy, strategy for the Single Market and the European Semester 2017). – Migration: implementation of decisions on Mediterranean route. – Security and defence: progress in implementing conclusions on defence from the European Summit of December 2016. – discussion with the new president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani. – Foreign relations: situation in the Western Balkans. – Election of president of the European Council for period running from 1 June 2017 to 30 November 2019. – European Prosecutor: European Summit will note lack of consensus on this subject.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee work. – FEMM : interparliamentary meeting about best practices for making women economically autonomous
Luxembourg. * European Court of Justice. #Rulings: - C-398/15 (Manni – Right for personal data to be removed from company register); - Combined cases C-484/15 (Zulfikarpasic) and C-551/15 Pula Parking - Can Croatian notaries be given powers such that their implementation rulings must be recognised and carried out in other member states?); - C-615/15 P (Samsung SDI et al./Commission – Request to cancel fines in Samsung SDI and Samsung SDI (Malaysia) for involvement in cartel for tubes for televisions and computer screens).
Friday 10 March
Brussels. European Summit. Informal meeting of 27 heads of state (all bar the United Kingdom) to prepare for the sixtieth anniversary of the Treaties of Rome and a policy discussion on the EU’s future.
