23/04 - 29/04

Monday 23 April

Sofia (Bulgaria). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the health ministers. – Healthy diets for children. – effectiveness, availability and accessibility of medicines, taking account of the need to keep healthcare systems viable from a financial point of view. – The future of healthcare in the EU.
Toronto (Canada). Council of the EU and Commission. Attendance of the meeting of the foreign affairs and security ministers of the G7, meeting to discuss the theme “Building a more peaceful and secure world”.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 26/04). – BUDG-CONT: vote on the results of the inter-institutional negotiations on the revision of the financial regulation. – ITRE: structured dialogue with Vice-President Katainen on the negotiations underway on the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, industrial policy activities and preparations for the post-2020 programmes. – PETI: examination of petitions (air quality and pollution).
Luxembourg. *General Court of the EU: #Judgment T-561/14 (One of Us – Cancellation of the Commission’s decisions to decline the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘One of Us’).

Tuesday 24 April

Brussels. Council of the EU and Commission. Second conference on aid for the future of Syria and the countries of the region (and 25/04) co-chaired by the EU and the UN. – Mobilisation of humanitarian aid for the region and political support for the UN-led process: dialogue with NGOs working in Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan to collect information. – On the sidelines of the conference: event on the EU trust fund in response to the Syrian crisis and various events.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. - IMCO: examination of the amendments to the draft report on the free movement of non-personal data. – PETI: examination of petitions (vote of British citizens before and after Brexit). – TERR: public hearing with experts on the prevention of radicalisation and tackling the phenomenon. – AFET-INTA: public hearing with experts on strategies for EU-China relations. – BUDG-ENVI: hearing experts on the subject “The EU budget and the Paris Climate Agreement”. ECON: public hearing on the future system of VAT in the EU. – JURI: public hearing on the ‘Judgements Project’ of The Hague in the framework of negotiations for a global Convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: *General Court of the EU: #Judgments: - C-353/16 (MP – Can a non-EU citizen enjoy subsidiary protection if, in the event of a return to his or her country, he or she runs a risk of serious physical or psychological consequences resulting from torture or inhuman treatment he or she has suffered there?). *General Court of the EU: ~Judgment: joined cases T-133/16 T-136/16 (Regional mutual agricultural credit associations Alpes Provence, Nord Midi-Pyrénées, Charente-Maritime Deux-Sèvres and Brie Picardie/ECB – Appeal against the ECB’s decision not to recognise the status of “effective director” for members of the management teams of the above-mentioned banks due to the absence of separation between executive and non-executive duties).

Wednesday 25 April

Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Guideline debate on the multiannual financial framework (Juncker and Oettinger). – Digital single market (including an initiative to meet the challenges concerning the distribution of false information, an initiative supporting equity and transparency for users of online intermediation services and search engines and a revision of the Commission’s guidelines on market analysis and the assessment of market power in the electronic communications sector) (Ansip). - Completing the digital single market - third package of data (including a REFIT initiative on public sector information, a REFIT initiative on the domain name ‘.eu’, a Communication on online health and an initiative on artificial and robot intelligence) (Ansip). - ‘Company law’ package (Timmermans). – Proposed recommendation of the Council concerning reinforced cooperation to combat diseases that can be avoided through vaccination (Katainen).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II and ‘Article 50’.
Brussels. Council of the EU. 13th meeting of the ASEM (Europe/Asia) finance ministers (to 27/04). – Taxation and digitalisation of the economy. – New risks in the financial system.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – ITRE-IMCO: organisation of a high-level conference on the theme “Shaping our digital future” (investments, innovation, opportunities for citizens). – DROI: hearing on human rights and legislation that discriminates against women, particularly concerning sexual violence. – TRAN: hearing on the impact of Brexit on tourism.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: *General Court of the EU: #Conclusions: C-121/17 (Teva UK et al – Supplementary protection certificate for an anti-aids drug covered by a basic patent – criteria to determine whether this drug is actually covered).

Thursday 26 April

Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – TAX3: hearing on tackling money laundering in the EU banking system.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: *General Court of the EU: #Judgments: C-34/17 (Donnellan – Refusal of a person to pay an administrative fine demanded by a member state 10 years after the fact). – Joined cases C-233/16 and C-237/16 (ANGED – Compatibility with the freedom of establishment of certain taxes imposed on major retailers by certain Spanish autonomous communities). #Conclusions: C-17/17 (Grenville Hampshire – Must a member state ensure that each employee receives at least 50% of the value of his or her acquired pension rights in the event that the employer becomes insolvent?).

Friday 27 April

Sofia (Bulgaria). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the Eurogroup. – Greece: Greek bailout programme (debt reimbursement mechanism). – Deepening Economic and Monetary Union.
Sofia (Bulgaria). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the finance ministers (and 28/04). – Convergence in the EU inside and outside the Eurozone. – Reducing fragmentation in the Capital Markets Union (competition/cooperation between financial centres).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I.

Saturday 28 April

Sofia (Bulgaria). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the finance ministers. – A common agenda for the tax administrations (improving tax collection and tackling tax fraud in the single market). – A new approach to corporate taxation in relation to the digitalisation of the economy.

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