CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
02/07 - 08/07
Monday 2 July
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 05/07). *Debates: - European Defence Industrial Development Programme (Grossetête – ITRE). - Integrated statistics on agricultural holdings (Zoană – AGRI). - Violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world (Assis- AFET). - External strategy of the EU to fight child marriages and forced marriages (Goerens – AFET – vote on Wednesday). - Climate diplomacy (Lietz – AFET and Leinen – ENVI). – 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (Freund – AFET). *Presentation of reports: - The role of cities in the institutional framework of the EU (Ujazdowski – AFCO). - 3D printing: intellectual property rights and civil liability (Bergeron – JURI).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 05/07). – LIBE: 3rd hearing in the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case. – BUDG-ECON: examination of the Commission’s proposal establishing the programme InvestEU for the period 2021-2027. – JURI: vote on the report on measures aiming to improve the effectiveness of insolvency and discharge proceedings for businesses. – AFET-ENVI: discussion and vote in plenary on the report on climate diplomacy drafted by two committees (and 03/07). – JURI: discussion and vote in plenary on the report on 3D printing drafted by the committee (discussion on 03/07 and vote on 05/07).
Tuesday 3 July
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. Preparations for the 2019 working programme of the Commission (Timmermans).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Results of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council (declaration Council and Commission, political groups). – Presentation of the programme of the Austrian Presidency (declaration Council and Commission). *Votes: - Cooperation agreement between the EU and the Agency for the Security of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Buzek – ITRE). - Renewal of the scientific and technological cooperation agreement between the EU and the USA (Paksas – ITRE). - European joint enterprise for high-performance calculation (Balčytis – ITRE). - Mobilisation of the EGF for Air France (Lamassoure – BUDG). Communication of investment projects on energy infrastructure in the EU (Kappel – ITRE). – Reports discussed the day before (see above). *Debates: - Conclusions of the European Council of 28-29/06 (declaration Council and Commission). - ‘Mobility’ Package: - Control requirements and specific rules for the posting of drivers in the road transport sector (Kyllönen – TRAN). - Maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum duration of breaks and daily and weekly rest times and tachograph localisation (van de Camp – TRAN). - Adaptation to changes in the road transport sector (Ertug – TRAN). - Migration crisis and humanitarian situation in Venezuela (declaration HR Mogherini). - Ebola epidemic in DRC (declaration Council and Commission). - Orientations for the member states to prevent the criminalisation of humanitarian aid (oral question Commission-LIBE). - Definition of SMEs (oral question Commission-ITRE). – EU-EAEC/Armenia partnership agreement (Tőkés – AFET).
Luxembourg. General Court of the EU: #Judgement: - joined cases T-379/10 RENV (Keramag Keramische Werke e.a./Commission) and T-381/10 RENV (Sanitec Europe/Commission – Application for the reduction of the fine of €57 million initially handed down to Sanitec Europe and its subsidiaries in the framework of the cartel on sanitary fittings for bathrooms).
Wednesday 4 July
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Debate on the future of Europe with the Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki. *Votes: - structural reform support programme: financial envelope (Tomašić – REGI). - Reform of EU electoral law (Leinen, Hübner – AFCO). - EU/Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement (Saïfi – AFET). - EU-New Zealand agreement on the modification of concessions (Croatia to join) (Caspary – INTA). - Statutes of the ESCB and of the ECB: clearing and payments systems (Mato – ECON and Hübner – AFCO). - Taxation of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructure (Clune – TRAN). - Amending budget 2/2018 (surplus of financial year 2017) and 3/2018 (prolongation of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey) (Mureşan – BUDG). – Negotiations for a global EU/Azerbaijan agreement (Nicolai – AFET). – Negotiations for EU/Turkey, EU/Jordan, EU/Tunisia, EU/Morocco, EU/Lebanon, EU/Egypt and EU/Algeria agreements on the exchange of personal data to fight terrorism and crime (Moraes – LIBE). – Reports and points discussed the day before or on Monday (see above). *Formal session: speech by the President of Angola, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço. *Debates: - End of the third economic adjustment programme for Greece (declaration by the President of the Eurogroup). - Recent declaration by the Italian home affairs ministers on Sintis and Roma and the rights of minorities in the EU (topical debate). - European travel information and authorisation system (ETIAS) (Gál – LIBE). - 2019 budget, mandate for the trialogue (Viotti – BUDG). - Financial rules applicable to the general EU budget (Gräßle – BUDG and Ashworth – CONT). - Appropriateness of protection assured by EU-US Privacy Shield (declaration Commission). - Unwanted effects of the FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) on EU citizens (oral question Council and Commission /PETI).
Brussels. European Committee of the Regions. Plenary session (to 5/07). Discussion and vote on 11 opinions: - Eastern partnership for 2020: contribution of the local and regional authorities (Herbst, Germany, EPP). - Action plan to support the protection of public spaces (Barnier, France, ALDE). Assessment of the implementation of the urban agenda for the EU (McCarthy, Ireland, EA). - Stimulating growth and cohesion in the border regions of the EU (Karácsony, Hungary, EPP). - ‘Public procurement’ package (Teban, Romania, EPP). - Proposed reform of the EMU (Rouillon, France, PES). - Local and regional incentives to promote healthy and sustainable diets (Chiotakis, Greece, EPP). - Transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU (Ries, Germany, PES). - Proposed directive on unfair trade practices in inter-company relations in the food supply chain (Blanc, France, EPP). - Climate governance post-2020, a European and global perspective - a contribution to the COP24 of the UNFCCC (Cooper, UK, EA). - Low-emissions mobility (Scheffer, Netherlands, ALDE).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: - C-626/16 (Commission/Slovakia – Request for financial sanctions against Slovakia for delays in the implementation of the legislation on landfill). – C-532/17 (Wirth e.a. – In the event of a delay or cancellation of a flight, possibility for passengers to request compensation from an airline that supplied a different airline with an aircraft and crew). #Conclusions: - C-308/17 (Kuhn - Which jurisdiction is internationally competent to rule on proceedings brought against the Greek state by individuals who own Greek sovereign bonds that were subjected to mandatory trading?). – C-220/17 (Planta Tabak – Validity of the ban on sales of tobacco products containing a characteristic aroma). – C-220/18 PPU (Generalstaatsanwaltschaft - Conditions of detention in Hungary - what is the extent of the control that the authority responsible for executing a European arrest warrant must carry out to ensure that the person concerned will not be exposed to a risk of inhumane or degrading treatment in the event of detention in the member state issuing the warrant?).
Thursday 5 July
Vienna (Austria). European Commission. Visit of the College to Austria (to 06/07).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Participation of persons living with a disability in the European elections (Commission declaration). – Cases of violations of human rights and democracy (Moldova, Somalia, Burundi). *Votes: - Launch of the automated exchange of DNA data in Croatia (Stetina – LIBE). – European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems (Macovei – LIBE). – Status of social and solidarity economy businesses (Mastalka – JURI). Reports and resolutions discussed the day before or on previous days, see above)
Brussels. European Committee of the Regions. Plenary session
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: - C-339/17 (Verein fûr lauteren Wettbewerb - must the label of the textile products state that it is a product made exclusively of the same fibre and, if so, should a specific reference (such as “100%”, “pure” or “all”) be included on the label?). – C-213/17 (X – proper application of the rules to determine which member state should process the application in the event of multiple asylum/international protection applications in two different member states). #Conclusions: - C-298/17 (France Télévision – Legality of the distribution of programmes of a public television organisation by a company that offers the streaming of television programmes over the Internet). – C-595/17 (Apple Sales International e.a. - Can a clause allocating jurisdiction be circumvented if the dispute is an action for compensation for abuse of dominant position?).
