CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
23/10 - 29/10
Monday 23 October
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers’ Council. – ‘Posted workers’ directive. – Partial general orientation on the amendment of the regulation on the coordination of social security systems. – Inter-institutional declaration on the European pillar of social rights (equal opportunities and access to the employment market, fair working conditions, social protection and social inclusion). – European Semester: approval of the observations of the committees on employment and social protection.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 26/10). *Debates: - Infringements and sanctions in the field of drug trafficking (Jiménez-Becerril Barrio – LIBE). – Exchange of information, early warning and risk assessment for new psychoactive substances (Boni – LIBE). – Fertilisers bearing the CE label (Turcanu – IMCO). – Measures to protect whistleblowers acting in the public interest (Rozière – JURI). – Economic policies of the Eurozone (Hökmark – ECON). - Minimum wage policies (Agea – EMPL). - Controls on expenditure and cost-effectiveness of the youth guarantee systems (Vaughan – CONT).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 26/10). – ENVI: vote on the legislative proposal on promoting the use of renewable energies. – AFCO: examination of the report on the revision of the status and financing of European political parties and political foundations. – IMCO: debate and vote in plenary on the report on the regulation of fertilisers (and 24/10). – JURI: debate and vote in plenary on the non-legislative report on measures to protect whistleblowers acting in the public interest (and 24/10).
Luxembourg. *General Court of the EU: #Judgment: Judgment T-712/14 (CEHAR/Commission – Possible cartel or abuse of dominant position between various manufacturers of Swiss watches refusing to supply independent watch repairers with spare parts).
Tuesday 24 October
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Transport, Telecommunications and Energy’ Council. *Telecommunications: - Debate on the implementation of the digital single market: prioritisation and acceleration of the work. – Reforms in the field of cyber-security: reinforcing the cyber-security agency, EU cyber-security certification. - Online connectivity and administration: results of the debate on new-generation connectivity, ministerial declaration on online administration.
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Commission’s programme of work for 2018 (Timmermans).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Conclusions of the European Council (Commission and Council). *Votes: - EC-Morocco Euro-Mediterranean agreement on aviation services (Riquet – TRAN). - Authorisation for France to apply a reduced rate of certain indirect taxes on “traditional” run from Guadeloupe and Martinique (Mihaylova – REGI). - “Bio-industries” joint undertaking: financial contributions (Poche – ITRE). - Subjecting furanylfentanyl to controls (Boni – LIBE). - CFP: landing obligation (Cadec – PECH). - Amending budget no. 5/2017 Fund for Sustainable Development (Geier – BUDG). - Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument, financing of the European Fund for Sustainable Development (Geier – BUDG). - Reflection document on the future of EU finances. – Objections: renewal of the authorisation for glyphosate, authorisations for GMOs (maize, soya, rapeseed). – Reflection document on the future of EU finances. – Reports presented on 23/10 (see above). *Debates: - Commission working programme 2018. – EU general budget 2018 (Muresan, Ashworth – BUDG). – 2015 discharge budget of the Council and of the European Council (Staes – CONT). – Questions concerning foreign affairs (Malta) and tackling sexual harassment and abuse in the EU. – Integration of the Roma in the EU and tackling anti-Romanyism (Post – LIBE).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – BUDG: plenary vote on amendments to draft EU budget 2018 (and 25/10). – Texts on which the debate is closed).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: - joined cases C-316/16 and C-424/16 (B and Vomero – Requirement for an EU citizen to acquire permanent residence rights in order to qualify for reinforced protection against expulsion). – C-353/16 (MP – Possibility for an individual who has been tortured in the past to claim subsidiary protection in the EU due to the lack of appropriate psychological treatment in his or her country of origin). – C-210/16 Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein – can the authorities responsible for the protection of personal data order Facebook and fan page owners to take down such pages if they have not informed visitors to them that Facebook collects and processes their personal data using cookies?).
Wednesday 25 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - incoming/outgoing data registration system for third-country nationals (Diaz de Mera Garcia Consuegra – LIBE). – Modification of the Schengen border code (Diaz de Mera Garcia Consuegra – LIBE). – Protection for workers from the risks of exposure to carcinogenic and mutagenic agents (Ulvskog – EMPL). *Votes: – reports presented on 24/10 (Muresan-Ashworth, Post, Staes) and the morning of 25/10 (see above). *Debates: - Fight against illegal immigration and the trafficking of human beings in the Mediterranean. – Eurozone economic policies (Hökmark – ECON). – Framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation operations (Tang – ECON). – Prudential requirements for credit establishments (Karas – ECON). – Trade with Australia (Caspary – INTA). - Trade with New Zealand (Caspary – INTA). – Neutrality of airline booking systems (Commission). – Reaction to the forest fires in Spain and Portugal.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-106/16 (POLBUD-Wykonawstwo – Legality of member states imposing a liquidation obligation on companies wishing to transfer their registered office to a different member state). – C-201/16 (Shiri – does a member state that exceeds the deadline of six months to transfer an asylum seeker to the responsible member state, which has agreed to accept him or her, itself become responsible for processing the application for protection?).
Thursday 26 October
Brussels. Council of the EU.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Control on the application of EU law in 2015 (Chrysogonos – JURI). – Application of the directive on environmental responsibility (Ferrara – JURI). *Votes: - Reports presented on 25/10 (Tang, Karas, Caspary, Hökmark) and 26/10 (see above). – Major interpellations.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-90/16 (The English Bridge Union – can bridge be considered a sport for the purposes of EU VAT rules?). #Conclusions: C-550/16 A – Legality of the rejection of a request for family reunification with the parents of a third-country minor benefiting from asylum in another member state on the grounds that the person in question reached the age of majority after submitting the request).
