CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
02/10 - 08/10
Monday 2 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 05/10). *Debates: - Management, conservation and control measures applicable to the ICCAT convention area (Mato – PECH). *Presentation of reports: - in the public and private sectors in the EU (Hedh – FEMM). - Shrinking civil society space in the DCs (Jiménez-Becerril Barrio – DEVE). - Tackling cyber-crime (Vozemberg-Vrionidi – LIBE). – EU/ASEAN political relations (Bütikofer – AFET).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 05/10). – ITRE: vote on the legislative report on the electronic communications code, BEREC and the joint undertaking in the organic industries; - adoption of the opinion on the protection of privacy and electronic communications; debate with Commissioner Bienkowska on her communication on industrial policy. – JURI: vote on the report on the protection of whistleblowers; vote on the report on the application of the directive on environmental responsibility; adoption of the opinion on the protection of personal data in electronic communications. – AFET, DEVE, DROI: presentation of nominations for the Sakharov Prize 2017.
Tuesday 3 October
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College Commissioners. – ‘Fair Taxation’ package, including the proposal for a directive of the Council on a definitive VAT system for cross-border trade in the single market (Dombrovskis). – ‘Public Procurement’ package (Katainen). – Proposed recommendation of the Council on a quality framework for apprenticeships (Dombrovskis).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - State of progress in negotiations with the United Kingdom (Commission – and vote). *Votes and voting explanations: - Limitation of the use of hazardous substances in electronic and electrical equipment (Valean – ENVI) + reports debated on 03/10 (see above). *Debates: - Situation in Moldova (HR Mogherini). – COP23 0 Bonn (Council, Commission-ENVI). – Putting an end to child marriages (Commission-FEMM). - Ryanair’s thousands of cancelled flights (Council and Commission). – Safety of passenger vessels: safety rules and standards (Aiuto – TRAN). Passenger registration (Bilbao Barandica – TRAN). Safety inspections on roll-on/roll-off vessels or high-speed engines (Riquet – TRAN).
Wednesday 4 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: Preparations for the European Council of 19-20/10 (Council and Commission). *Votes and explanations: – agreement instituting the EU-LAC Foundation (Couso Permuy – AFET). – Schengen acquis on visa information systems in Bulgaria and Romania (Diaz de Mera Garcia Consuegra – LIBE). – Automated exchange of vehicle registration systems in the Czech Republic (Grapini – LIBE). – Automated exchange of fingerprint data in Portugal (Stetina – LIBE). - Automated exchange of fingerprint data in Greece (Moraes – LIBE). – Resolution on EU/Turkey relations. + Reports discussed the day before (see above). + Objections under article 106 (draft regulation of the Commission authorising the sale of genetically modified soya). + Proposed resolutions presented the day before (see above). *Topical debates: - Budgetary pact and its integration into the legal framework of the EU. – Presentation of the 2016 report of the Court of Auditors (to be attended by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President of the Court of Auditors). – Enhanced cooperation on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Matera – LIBE – vote on 05/10). – Interpol arrest warrants (Council and Commission). – Oral question Safety on Europe’s roads.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Thursday 5 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: – penitentiary systems and conditions in prisons (Bergeron – LIBE – and vote). – Cases of violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (and vote). *Debates: European action plan on the social economy (Commission).
Tallinn. Council of the EU. Second ministerial meeting of the Eastern Partnership on the digital economy ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit l (24/11).
Luxembourg. *General Court of the EU: #judgment: joined cases T-149/15 (Ben Ali) and T-175/15 (Mabrouk – Justification for keeping Mrs Sirine Ben Ali and Mr Mohamed Mabrouk on the Council’s list of restricted measures on the basis of the situation in Tunisia).
Friday 6 October
New Delhi. Council of the EU. EU/India summit. Meeting between Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Tusk and Federica Mogherini and the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and Coreper (Art.50).
