CALENDAR / Principal activities of the european institutions
22/10 - 28/10/2018
Monday 22 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (TO 25/10). *Debates: +Joint discussion – UN conference on climate change (COP 24) and meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14) (Council and Commission/ENVI) (vote on Thursday). - General budget of the EU for 2019 - all sections (Viotti, Rübig – BUDG). - Quality of water destined for human consumption (Dantin – ENVI). - Reducing the environmental impact of plastic products (Ries – ENVI). +Short presentation: - Employment and social policy in the Eurozone (Hetman – EMPL) (vote on Thursday). - Role of the financial participation of employees in creating jobs and getting the unemployed back into work (R.Weber – EMPL). Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 25/10). – LIBE: vote on the legislative report on the temporary reintroduction of controls on the internal borders of the EU (adaptation of the Schengen border code). – BUDG-ECON: examination of the Commission’s proposal establishing a reform support programme for the period 2021-2027. – CULT: debate on the draft report on the proposed regulation for the Erasmus programme for the period 2021-2027. – FEMM: vote on the opinion on human rights and democracy in the world in 2017. – JURI: vote on the opinion on instituting a European Labour Authority; the plenary will vote on 23/10 on the draft recommendation of the parliamentary committee concerning the electronic publication of the Official Journal of the EU.
Tuesday 23 October
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Working programme of the Commission 2019 (Juncker/Timmermans). – ‘Subsidiarity’ package (Timmermans). Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Cambridge Analytica affair and its consequences for data protection (Commission statement – vote on Thursday). – Debate on the future of Europe with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis. *Votes: - Consultation on the immunity of Alfonso Luigi Marra (Lebreton - JURI). - Request to lift the immunity of Manolis Kefalogiannis (Cavada – JURI). - Electronic publication of the Official Journal of the EU (Svoboda – JURI). – EU agreements with the Bahamas, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Barbados (Pavel – LIBE). - Mobilisation of the EGF for Norte – Centro Lisboa wearing apparel(Fernandes – BUDG). - Appointment of the Executive Director of the ESI and deputy (Arthuis, Gualtieri – ECON). - Quality of water destined for human consumption (Dantin – ENVI). - Resources allocated to economic, social and territorial cohesion and resources allocated to the “Investment for growth and employment” objective (Mihaylova – REGI). - Alignment of obligations concerning the communication of information in the field of environmental policy (Vălean – ENVI). - Role of the financial participation of employees in job creation and getting the unemployed back into work (R.Weber – EMPL). *Debates: - Working programme of the Commission for 2019 (Commission). – Disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, situation in the Sea of Azov and situation in Venezuela (HR Mogherini – vote on resolutions on Thursday). + Joint discussion: - Use of the SIS in controls on the borders, police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (Coelho – LIBE) and for the return of third-country citizens residing illegally (Lenaers – LIBE). – Discharge of the EU budget 2016: European Council and Council (Valli – BUDG) and European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (Staes – BUDG). Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – ECON-TAX3: debate with the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, and adapting the tax rules to effectively tax major digital companies. Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and Security Committee (COPS).
Wednesday 24 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II. Brussels. Council of the EU. Military committee of the EU (EUMC), chiefs of staff of the armies of the EU (and 25/10). Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debate: - Conclusions of the European Council of 17-18/10 (Council and Commission statement). *Votes: - requests to lift the immunity of: Steeve Briois, Sophie Montel (Zwiefka – JURI), Georgios Kyrtsos (Hautala – JURI). - Draft general budget of the EU for 2019 - all sections (Viotti-Rübig – BUDG). – Discharge of the 2016 budget of the European Council and Council (Valli – BUDG) and EASO (Staes – BUDG). - Support for structural reforms in the member states (van Nistelrooij, Krehl – REGI). - Launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactylographic and DNA data in Ireland and dactylographic data in Croatia (Škripek – LIBE). - Reducing the environmental impact of plastic products (Ries – ENVI). – Use of the SIS in controls on the borders and in police cooperation (Coelho – LIBE) and for the return of third-country nationals residing illegally (Lenaers – LIBE). - Harmonisation of the structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (Viegas – ECON). – Objections art. 106: genetically modified maize NK603 × MON 810 et MON 87427 × MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122. *Debates: - Evaluation of the Treaty of Lisbon. - Presentation of the annual report of the Court of Auditors 2017. – Imports of cultural goods (Mosca, Dalton – INTA, IMCO). + Joint discussion - Medicines for veterinary usage: Authorisation and monitoring of medicines for human use and for veterinary use (Tănăsescu – ENVI); Veterinary medicines (Grossetête – ENVI); Manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed (Aguilera García – AGRI). – Charging of heavy goods vehicle for the use of certain infrastructures (Revault d'Allonnes-Bonnefoy – TRAN). - Promoting clean and low-energy road transport vehicles (Grzyb – ENVI). – OQ Promoting the automatic mutual recognition of diplomas (Kammervert – CULT/Commission – vote on resolution on Thursday)). - Serious deficit in the implementation of REACH and use of untested chemicals in the EU (Council and Commission).
Thursday 25 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and security committee (COPS). Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: OQ Implementation of regulations concerning medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices(ENVI/Commission). + Brief presentation: - Deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels in the EU: Time to act! (Ertug – TRAN). – Harnessing globalisation: trade aspects (Schuster – INTA). - Recovery of money and assets from third countries in fraud cases (Cătălin Sorin Ivan – CONT). *Votes: - multiannual plan for fish stocks in the western waters and adjacent waters and for the fisheries of these stocks (Cadec – PECH). - Setting the headquarters of the European Banking Authority (Karas, Berès – ECON). - Setting the headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (La Via – ENVI). - Rise of neo-fascist violence in Europe (proposed resolution). - Animal welfare, antimicrobial use and the environmental impact of industrial broiler farming (proposed resolution). - Reports discussed the day before and that morning. *Debates: OQ A fair market for industry. Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-331/17 (Sciotto - Do national rules, various provisions of which are not applicable to operatic and orchestral foundations, run counter to the framework agreement on fixed-term work protecting workers against the abusive use of successive fixed-term contracts?). #Conclusions: - C-469/17 (Funke Medien NRW - is a restricted military situation report on the actions of the Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) a protected intellectual creation within the meaning of copyright law?).
