CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
11/06 - 17/06
Monday 11 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. *Energy: - Adoption of the general orientation on the regulation to revise the Agency for the Cooperation of the Energy Regulators (ACER). – State of progress in negotiations on the ‘clean energy’ package (‘governance’ regulation and ‘renewable energies’ and ‘energy efficiency’ directives; - Situation of external relations in the energy sector. – Working programme of the forthcoming Austrian Presidency in the field of energy.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 14/06). *Debates: - Compensation, declaration, risk attenuation and central references obligation (Langen – ECON). - Roles in civil aviation and establishing a European Air Security Agency (Marinescu – TRAN). - CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of new heavy goods vehicles (Zoffoli – ENVI). - Modernisation of education in EU (Łybacka – CULT). - Towards a sustainable and competitive European aquaculture (Iturgaiz - PECH). - Stock-take of leisure fishing in EU (Nicolai – PECH).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 14/06). – LIBE: vote on the resolution on the effectiveness of the protection offered by the ‘Privacy Shield’ between the EU and the United States and hearing of Commissioner Julian King on the progress report on the ‘Security’ package. – AGRI: examination of three legislative proposals on the reform of the CAP for the period 2021-2027, with Commissioner Phil Hogan. – PECH: vote on a resolution objecting to a delegated act on the conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment in the North Sea which permits electric fisheries. – IMCO: discussion and vote in plenary on the inter-institutional agreement on a proportionality review prior to the adoption of a new set of rules on the professions (13-14/06 see below).
Tuesday 12 June
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - Multiannual financial framework: sectorial legislative proposals for the following expenditure programmes: Migration (Asylum and Migration Fund), border management (integrated border management fund), European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (to be presented on 12/06); European defence fund, security (including the internal security fund, nuclear decommissioning (Lithuania) and safety and nuclear decommissioning (including for Bulgaria and Slovakia) (13/06); Neighbourhood and World (including neighbourhood development and international cooperation instrument, pre-accession aid; overseas countries and territories (including Greenland); European facility for peace) (Juncker and Oettinger). - Joint communication for the European Council on hybrid threats, 15th report of the Union for security and joint report on the implementation of the framework to tackle hybrid threats (Timmermans, Mogherini, Katainen). - Presentation of the second report of the European Fiscal Board (EFB) on the general orientation of the budgetary policy in the Eurozone (Mr Thygesen, chair of the EFB).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Preparations for the European Council of 28-29/06 (Council and Commission declaration). – Raft of measures concerning EMU (OQ Gualtieri – ECON). *Votes: reports debated the day before (see above). *Debates: - Agreement on Iranian nuclear (statement by HR Mogherini). - Negotiations on updating the EU-Chile association agreement (Tannock – AFET). - Presentation of the annual report on human rights and democracy in the world in 2017 and EU policy concerning the Georgian occupied territories 10 years after the Russian invasion (statement by HR Mogherini). - EU-NATO relations (Mircea Paşcu – AFET). - Additional micro-financial assistance to Ukraine (Wałęsa – INTA). - Cyber-defence (Paet – AFET). - Cohesion policy and circular economy (Škrlec – REGI).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-163/16 (Louboutin and Christian Loboutin – Refusal or cancellation of a trademark combining colour and shape on grounds set out by EU law and trademarks).
Wednesday 13 June
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debate: - Progress report on the first anniversary of the signature of the Istanbul convention (Council and Commission statement). –Debate on the future of Europe with the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte. *Votes: - Composition of Parliament (Hübner, Silva Pereira – AFCO). - Insolvency procedures: updating the annexes to the regulation (Zwiefka – JURI). - EU-Iceland and EU-Switzerland agreements establishing additional rules for the external borders and visas during the period 2014-2020 (Vistisen and Moraes – LIBE). – Application of the remaining provisions of the Schengen acquis concerning the SIS in Bulgaria and Romania (Macovei – LIBE). – Reports debated the day before (see above). *Debates: - Independence of the judiciary in Poland (Council and Commission statement). -Proportionality review prior to the adoption of a new set of rules on the professions (Schwab – IMCO). -Negotiations for a new EU-ACP partnership agreement (QO McAvan – DEVE/Council and Commission). Implementation and monitoring of the EU framework for national strategies for the integration of the Roma. Improving language-learning and the mutual recognition of language skills in the EU. – EU framework for the integration of the Roma (Council and Commission statement). – Language-learning and mutual recognition of language skills (OQ Wikström – PETI/Council and Commission). – Closing the European ivory market (Commission statement). – Obstacles limiting access to culture (Zdrojewski – CULT).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-213/17 (X - in the event of more than one application for asylum/international protection in two different member states, how should the rules to determine the member state responsible for processing the application be applied?).
Thursday 14 June
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Fight against corruption (AO Grässle – CONT/Commission). – Cases of violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Russia, Bahrein, Rohingyan refugees). *Votes: - Resolutions on cases of violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. - Use of hired vehicles without a driver in the transportation of goods by road (Monteiro de Aguiar – TRAN). - Controls on the application of EU law in 2016 (Chrysogonos – JURI). - Objection to the delegated regulation of the Commission modifying the delegated regulation (EU) 2017/118 on fishery conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment of the North Sea (PECH). – Reports on resolutions discussed the day before or in the morning (see above).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-458/17 P (Makhlouf/Council – Cancellation of the continued freezing of the assets of Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Bachar al-Assad). – C-169/17 - Asociación Nacional de Productores de Ganado Porcino –Compliance with EU law of the conditions set out by the Spanish rules on the use of the commercial denomination “Iberico de cebo” for pork products).
