15/10 - 21/10/2018

Monday 15 October

Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Agriculture and Fisheries’ Council. *Fisheries: - TAC and quotas for the waters of the Baltic Sea (herring in the Western Baltics and cod). – EU/Norway: discussion on the annual consultations with Norway on quotas and the management of common stocks in 2019 ahead of the negotiations in November and December. – Tuna: debate on the EU’s position ahead of the annual meeting of ICCAT in November. *Agriculture: - Future of the CAP post-2020: examination of a report by the Presidency on the state of work on the regulation on the strategic plans of the future CAP. – Report on the meeting of the ‘Agriculture’ G20. – Swine fever: developments in the situation in the countries affected. – Sugar: recent development of the market situation with falling prices. – Request for support for the Spanish candidate for election to the post of Director General of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) in November.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council. – Topical subjects: major international dossiers and results of the 73rd session of the UN Assembly; results of the consultative referendum in FYROM; conclusions on the EU’s Europe-Asia strategy ahead of the EU-ASEM Summit on 18-19/10 (see below). – Migration: discussion on the external aspects of migration (progress and measures adopted) ahead of the European Council. – Libya: situation on the ground and preparations for the Conference on Libya to be held in Rome in mid-November. – Central African Republic: recent developments on the ground. – Venezuela: response to the migration crisis and situation of Venezuelan refugees.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Meeting of the home affairs ministers of the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) under the chairmanship of HR Federica Mogherini. – Resumption of political dialogue and stock-take on the implementation of the commitments made by the partnership (20 objectives for 2020). – Preparations for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 18/10). – LIBE: vote on two reports on interoperability between education systems in the EU. – IMCO: 16th meeting of the working group on the digital single market on the future development of artificial intelligence in connection with the digital single market. – TRAN: examination of the special report of the Court of Auditors on the high-speed rail network. – TAX3: public hearing on the theme "Golden visas and other national schemes providing tax privileges (free ports, special economic zones, etc.)".

Tuesday 16 October

Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs’ Council (Article 50). – Preparations for the European Council in Article 50 format of 17/10. – All questions to be included in the withdrawal agreement to allow it to be ratified before 29 March 2019: outstanding questions, such as the matter of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. – Framework for future relations once the United Kingdom is a third country.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs’ Council. – Preparations for the European Council: examination of the draft conclusions. – Article 7 procedures: examination of the rule of law situation in Poland and organisation of the Council’s work following the launch of an Article 7 procedure against Hungary (examination of the possibility of a serious violation of EU values and possible sanctions). – Multiannual financial framework 2021-2027: examination of the raft of measures under the 2021-2027 MFF and state of progress of the examination of the Commission’s proposal.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Tripartite social summit on the theme "Reinforcing competitiveness, the creation of sustainable jobs and social equity". – Digital revolution: challenges and opportunities for the employment market and the economy of the EU. – European pillar of social rights: stock-take on the situation and options for its implementation. – Multiannual financial framework 2021-2027: InvestEU, European Social Fund (ESF+) and deepening of Economic and Monetary Union on a social level.

Wednesday 17 October

Brussels. European Council (‘Article 50’). – Brexit: progress report on negotiations with the United Kingdom.
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Anticipated agenda (12/10). – Preparations for the European Council. – Conclusion and signature of a free-trade agreement and an investment protection agreement with the Republic of Vietnam (Katainen).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I.
Brussels. European Economic and Social Committee. Plenary session (and 18/10). – Debate with HR Federica Mogherini on the main challenges and stakes of foreign policy for the EU (17/10). – Debate with Commissioner Christos Stylianides (Humanitarian Aid) on reinforcing the EU’s civil protection actions. – Detailed agenda of the session: https://bit.ly/2IQYlce.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees: DEVE: public debate on the theme "Innovation in development: the future of EU international cooperation" organised with the ETTG and with guests Bill Gates and Federica Mogherini (see Events page).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-249/17 (Ryanair- Is a future intention to provide management services to a company for which a takeover bid has been made, in the event of the success of the bid, enough to establish that the potential acquirer carries out an economic activity within the meaning of the sixth VAT directive, so that the VAT on the services provided to it for the purposes of the acquisition (such as legal advice) can be considered VAT ahead of time, which can then be deducted?). – C-503/17 (Commission/United Kingdom – Has the United Kingdom – as the Commission alleges – breached the directive on the fiscal marking of fuel by allowing lower-taxed fuel to be used to supply pleasure boats?). #Conclusions: C-444/17 (Arib e.a. - Does a state of emergency allow member states to bring back border controls such that the ‘returns’ directive no longer applies and individuals may be imprisoned on the sole grounds of the fact that they entered the territory irregularly via an internal border?)

Thursday 18 October

Brussels. European Council (and 19/10). – Migration: discussion on the various aspects of the problem and progress since the conclusions of the June summit. – Internal security: adoption of conclusions on this theme on the basis of the results of the Salzburg summit of September. – External relations: principal current dossiers (Middle East, Syria, Yemen, Russia, Ukraine, relations with the United States, Korean Peninsula, etc.)
Brussels. European Council. Eurozone summit. – Deepening of the EMU: stock-take of negotiations ahead of the Eurozone summit of December.
Brussels. Council of the EU and European commission. 12th Asia-Europe summit (ASEM 12) to be attended by 51 heads of state or government and the Secretary General of ASEAN under the chairmanship of Donald Tusk and with the presence of Jean-Claude Juncker on the theme "Europe and Asia: Global partners for global challenges" (and 19/10). – Cooperation between the parties in matters of trade and investment, connectivity, sustainable development and the fight against climate change, security (tackling terrorism, non-proliferation, cyber-security, migration). – On the sidelines of the summit: Asia-EUROPE 2018 economic forum, hosted by Bruegel (17-18/10, see Events page); ASEF Young Leaders Summit on the theme of Ethical Leadership (15-19/10); Asia-Europe Business Forum hosted by BusinessEurope (on 18/10, see Events page).
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – LIBE-FEMM: presentation of the report by the European Institute for Gender Equality on the theme "Gender-specific measures in anti-trafficking actions".
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-149/17 (Bastei Lübbe - possibility for a person via whose computer a breach of copyright was committed to invoke the fundamental right to respect for family life (relying on the fact that members of his or her family also have access to the computer) to evade the compensation obligation).

Friday 19 October

Brussels. Council of the EU and European Commission. EU-Republic of Korea summit. – Trade: stock-take of bilateral relations and progress with the implementation of the free-trade agreement concluded in 2011; fighting protectionism and WTO reform. – Bilateral cooperation, including data protection and fighting illegal fishing. – Transport: anticipated signature of a cross-cutting EU-Korea agreement in the field of aviation. – Political and security questions: relations between the two Koreas and the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula; general questions (Iranian nuclear agreement, conflict in Ukraine); reinforcing EU-Korea cooperation in the field of security and defence. – Fighting climate change and preparations for COP 24 in December. – Stepping up cooperation in the field of research and innovation (ICT, energy, mobility). – Cooperation for the implementation of the sustainable development programme up to 2030.
Brussels. Council of the EU and European Commission. EU-ASEAN meeting.

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