CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
12/06 - 18/06
Monday 12 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Agriculture and Fisheries’ Council (and 13/06). – Progress report on the work on the proposal on organic production and the labelling of organic produce. – Market situation in the main agricultural sectors. #Any other business: - Preparation for the meeting of the agriculture ministers preceding the 5th EU-Africa summit. #Preparing for emergency food and plant health situations. State of play with work on the proposal on veterinary medicines. - EU position in agricultural negotiations at the WTO.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 15/06). *Debates: - EU participation in PRIMA partnership (Sakorata - ITRE). – Evaluation of the implementation of the Horizon 2020 programme (Cabezón Ruiz). – Cohesion policy: - Elements of a post-2020 cohesion policy (Westphal - REGI); - Commitment of the partners and visibility in the execution of the structural funds (Buda - REGI); - Supplementary aid measures to the member states affected by natural disasters (Mihaylova – REGI). – State of stocks and socio-economic situation in the Mediterranean (Affronte - PECH). – Presentation of reports: - Cost/effectiveness of the 7th research programme (Dlabajova, Sender – CONT); - EU strategy to iron out the gender pension gap (Le Grip – FEMM); - Statelessness in South Asia and Southeast Asia (Bashir – AFET).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 15/06). – JURI: adoption of the opinion on the legal basis for the ‘posted workers’ directive. – ENVI: structured dialogue with the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, on sustainable development questions.
Tuesday 13 June
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. * Debates: - Energy labelling (Tamburrano – ITRE). – QO – Compensation for mislabelled energy products. – Annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions (Gerbrandy – ENVI). *Commemorations of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus. *Votes: all above reports except Le Grip and Gerbrandy (votes on 14/06) + cross-border mergers and demergers (Gasbarra – JURI) and European Capitals of Culture 2020 to 2033 (Fisas Ayxelà – CULT. *Debates: - Deepening the EMU by 2025 (Commission statement). – Oral question – Glyphosate and administration procedures (Commission). – Statements by HR Mogherini on the situation in DRC (vote on 14/06), Yemen (vote 14/06) and EU orientations on the freedom of expression online. – 2016 report on Serbia (McAllister – AFET). – 2016 report on Kosovo (Lunacek – AFET).
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. -6th report on progress made in the implementation of the EU-Turkey declaration. 4th report on the partnership framework on migration. - 13th report on relocation and resettlement. – 4th report on initial operations of the European border guard and coastguard corps. - Legislative proposal on further amendments to the European market infrastructure regulation (EMIR).
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgment: C-591/15 (The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association – Application of the principle of freedom to provide services between Gibraltar and the United Kingdom).
Wednesday 14 June
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Priority debates: - Preparations for the European Council of 22-23/06 (Council and Commission statement). – Withdrawal of the United States from the COP 21 climate agreement (Council and Commission statement). Speech by the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Hilda Heine). *Formal session: speech by the President of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara. *Votes: report not voted on on 13/06 + Objection to delegated regulation (EU) no. 639/2014; 2016 report on FYROM (Vajgl – AFET); - Situation in DRC; - implementation of the sustainability pact on Bangladesh. *Debates: - a revision of a Europe based on values, Panama Papers and rule of law in Malta (Council and Commission statement). - Implementation of the EFSI (Fernandes - BUDG, Bullmann – ECON). - EU investments in strategic sectors (Council Commission statement); - child poverty (Council and Commission statement). – Digital economy: - Agenda for the sharing economy (Danti – IMCO). – Online platforms (Virkkunen – ITRE, Juvin – IMCO). – Port taxation (Commission). – Financing of political parties and European political foundations (Commission).
Bruxelles. Council of the EU and European Council. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-75/15 (Menini and Rampanelli – Compliance with EU law of national legislation providing an obligation to conduct mediation before recourse to litigation in cases involving consumers). – C-422/16 (TofuTown.com – Marketing of purely plant-based products using denominations reserved for essentially animal-based products, such as ‘milk’, ‘butter’, ‘yoghurt’, etc.). – C-610/15 (Stichting Brein – does the provision and management of an online platform to share protected works constitute a breach of copyright?).
Thursday 15 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Eurogroup. – Greece. – Country-by-country recommendations in the budgetary field.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Annual meeting of the Governing Council of the ESM. – Decision on whether to disburse the tranche of aid to Greece.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers’ Council (and 16/06). *Employment and Social Policy. #Legislative activity: – General orientation on amendments to the directive on posted workers in the services sector. – Progress in the work on harmonising legislation on accessibility requirements of products and services. – Progress with the work on amending the regulations on coordinating the social security systems and application measures. – General orientation on the revision of the directive on protecting workers from exposure to carcinogens and mutagens in the workplace. – Progress in the work on the directive on a better gender balance in senior positions within major listed companies. - Progress in the work on the directive for the implementation of the principle of equal treatment of persons. #Non-legislative activity: debates: - European Semester 2017 (country-by-country recommendations, integration of refugees in the employment market); - Progress report on European Social Rights Pillar. – Adoption of conclusions on strategies to make work attractive. – Adoption of conclusions on the report of the Court of Auditors on the effectiveness of EU policies to fight youth unemployment. #Any other business: - Progress report on the implementation of the European Social Fund. – Working programme of the Estonian Presidency.
Bruxelles. Council of the EU and European Council. Coreper II.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Oral question: creation of an EU industrial strategy. – Human rights and democracy violations: Azerbaijan, Pakistan. – Human rights situation in Indonesia. *Votes: reports not voted on on 14/06 + cases of human rights violations; - humanitarian situation in Yemen; - Financing of European political parties.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: - C-181/16 (Gnandi – legality of order for an asylum seeker to leave the territory when the rejection of the application in question has not yet been the subject of a definitive court decision).
Friday 16 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Economic and Financial Affairs’ Council. – Reduced rate of VAT on electronic publications (general orientation); - Amendment of the VAT directive to take account of the temporary application of the reverse-charge mechanism. – Reinforcing banking union: risk-reduction measures. – Any other business: current legislative proposals on financial services. A points: - non-performing loans. - Commission action plan to fight the financing of terrorism. – Adoption of the report of Ecofin to the European Council on taxation questions (possibly); Corporate taxation: Conclusions on the code of conduct (possibly). – Recommendations of the Council of country-by-country reforms under the European Semester 2017 to be submitted to the European Council of 22-23/06. - Adoption of decisions/recommendations of the Council on the application of the Stability and Growth Pact.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers’ Council. *Health: #Non-legislative activities: - Adoption of conclusions on measures to fight child obesity. – Adoption of conclusions to encourage the member states to establish voluntary cooperation between healthcare systems. – Exchange of views on the European Social Rights Pillar (health aspects and implications). #Any other business: Results of the workshop on vaccination action within the EU. – Symposium on health in August in Alpbach (Austria). – Roundtable of health ministers and representatives of pharmaceutical companies (Malta, 09/05). – Conference on the AIDS situation in the EU. – Dispersal of pharmaceutical products into the environment. – Traceability systems for tobacco products. – Programme of the Estonian Presidency.
St. Julian’s (Malta). International meeting. Meeting of the justice and home affairs ministers of the EU and the United States. – Fighting crime and terrorism; - Protection of personal data; - Cooperation in the field of justice and the exchange of information.
