CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
From 09/09 to 15/09/2019
Monday 9 September
Havana. Council of the EU. EU/Cuba Joint Council. – Maintain momentum in the implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement. – Trade and investment. – Regional and global issues (Latin America, Caribbean, regional integration and coordination in multilateral fora on climate change, sustainable development, etc.).
Brussels. European Parliament. Commission activities (through 12/09). – SEDE: discussion with representatives of the EEAS, NATO and the UN, in particular on cross-border security issues, hybrid threats and enhanced EU/NATO cooperation. – LAW: discussion with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore (strengthening parliamentary scrutiny of EU human rights policies, difficulties encountered by the Special Representative during his mandate).
Tuesday 10 September
Luxembourg. * Court of First Instance of the European Union: Case T-883/16 (Poland v Commission - application for annulment of the Commission's 28 October 2016 decision granting a new regulatory derogation in favour of the Opal gas pipeline).
Wednesday 11 September
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Contribution of the European Commission to the UN Summit on Climate Action (Šefčovič).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Thursday 12 September
Brussels. European Parliament. Commission activities. – LIBE: Debate with the Commissioner on the Security Union, Julian King on progress in the fight against disinformation and on the security of 5G networks; review of the activities of the Frontex agency.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: – C-683/17 (Cofemel – can copyright protection be granted to designs solely on the ground that, beyond their utilitarian purpose, they produce a specific aesthetic effect?); – C-299/17 (VG Media – compliance with EU law of German rules prohibiting search engines from providing extracts of press products without prior authorisation from the publisher). #Conclusions: – C-482/18 (Google Ireland – compliance with EU law of the fine provided for by the Hungarian Advertising Tax Act for non-registration of a foreign company). – C-C-524/18 (Dr Wilmar Schwabe – should the health benefits claimed by food be supported by scientific evidence?).
Friday 13 September
Helsinki. Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the Eurogroup in an inclusive format. Strengthening the fight against climate change (working lunch).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Ministers of Economy and Finance (and 14/09). – Hybrid threats and resilience of capital market infrastructure. – Revival of the capital markets union.
Saturday 14 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Ministers of Economy and Finance. – European budgetary rules. – Energy taxation.
