From 03/06 to 09/06/2019

Monday 3 June

Bucharest. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (02-04/06). Meeting on the theme "Bio-economy and agricultural research". Possible examination, in the margins of the meeting, of the compromise texts presented by the Presidency on three proposals (strategic plans, common market organisation and horizontal regulation)

Tuesday 4 June

Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-18/18 (Glawischnig-Piesczek - Should a social network operator search for information identical or similar to illegal information and delete it worldwide?).

Wednesday 5 June

Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners - European Semester Package (Dombrovskis) - Draft Budget Plan 2020 (Juncker and Oettinger).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.

Thursday 6 June

Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Transport, Telecommunications and Energy’ Council (and 07/06) *Transport - Definition on the proposal on the use of electronic information for freight transport - Update on the discussions on the Commission's proposals on: new clearer rules on leased vehicles to ease restrictions on international transport; the proposal for a "Eurovignette" for financing road infrastructure and reducing traffic congestion and polluting emissions; rail passengers' rights; licensing measures for the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). - Miscellaneous: status of the proposal to stop seasonal time changes. The 'miscellaneous' item includes in particular information from the Presidency of the Council of the EU on the proposal to end seasonal time changes.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Justice and Home Affairs’ Council (and 07/06) *Justice: - Review of negotiating mandates for the conclusion of agreements on access to electronic evidence with the United States and within the Council of Europe - Adoption of conclusions on improving data retention (fight against crime) - Debate on the digitisation of documents - State of technical discussions on the Regulation on the assignment of claims - Criminal law: substantive criminal law and mutual recognition in criminal matters; conclusions on synergies between Eurojust and the networks for judicial cooperation in criminal matters set up by the Council. - Progress in the implementation of the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

Friday 7 June

Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Justice and Home Affairs’ Council *Home Affairs: - Discussion on the future of law enforcement policy in the EU with a view to the adoption of the next strategic programme by the European Council - Partial general orientation on the reform of the Returns Directive - Partial general approaches on the various Home Affairs funds in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (Asylum and Migration Fund, Internal Security and Integrated Border Management Fund) - Status of cooperation between counter-terrorism authorities (impact of the establishment of 5G in the field of internal security). - Future immigration and asylum issues (exchange of views with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on this subject).
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council *Telecommunications - Policy debate and conclusions on the future of a highly digitalised Europe after 2020 - Decision in preparation for the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference - Progress in the preparation of a proposal to update privacy rules in electronic communications ('Privacy and electronic communications’). Miscellaneous: inventory of ongoing legislative dossiers (Digital Europe Programme; European Cybersecurity Competence Centre and the Network of National Coordination Centres).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II.

Saturday 8 June