CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
26/06 - 2/07
Monday 26 June
Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Transport, Telecommunications and Energy’ Council. *Energy: - Adoption of the regulation on the energy efficiency labelling of household electrical appliances. – Raft of measures on clean energy: general orientation on the directive on the energy performance of buildings and the energy efficiency directive. – Examination of the progress report on the work on the legislative dossiers under the raft of clean energy measures (single electricity market, governance and energy produced from renewable sources). – Discussion on the inter-connection situation: - Latest developments in external relations in the field of energy and examination of the request for a negotiation mandate between the EU and Russia concerning the gas pipeline North Stream 2.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 29/06). – CONT: examination of the non-legislative report on controls and expenditure and monitoring the cost-efficiency ratio of the Youth Guarantee programmes. – DEVE: discussion on the management of tropical forests and exports of wood following a recent visit of members of the committee to Cameroon; - examination of a non-legislative report on the reduction of space for civil society in the developing countries and on the EU’s positions at the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD. – IMCO: discussion of the working group on the digital single market on the question of Internet access providers and the limited liability regime of the directive on e-commerce. – FEMM: public hearing on gender equality in the media sector. – LIBE: examination of the draft report of the mission that visited Athens and the hotspots in Greece at the end of May; examination of the situation of the relocation of migrants and implementation of the EU/Turkey agreement.
Tuesday 27 June
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-74/16 (Congregación de Escuelas Pias Provincia Betania – Do the tax exemptions enjoyed by the Catholic Church in Spain constitute State aid prohibited by EU law?).
Wednesday 28 June
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Reflection document on the future of the EU’s finances up to 2025. – Framework for an EU personal pension product. – European security agenda: follow-up of the work of the high-level group on information systems and interoperability and revision of the EU-LISA framework; modified proposal for a European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). – Eighth progress report on the Security Union.
Brussels. Council of the EU and European Council. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-329/16 (National syndicate of the medical technologies industry and Philips France – possibility for a member state to prohibit the sale of medical prescription software bearing CE labelling if it has not been awarded national certification).
Thursday 29 June
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – REGI-COTER: hearing to take stock of the implementation of the Urban Agenda for the EU.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-579/15 (Poplawski – Possibilities for a member state to refuse to execute a European arrest warrant if this could lead to the impunity of the wanted person).
