CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 23/09 through 29/09/2019
Monday 23 September
Helsinki. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers (22-24/09). – Carbon sequestration in soils as a means of reducing greenhouse gases from agriculture. – Proposals on the post-2020 CAP (‘new implementation model’ and green architecture of the CAP, adoption timetable). – Consequences of Brexit for the agricultural market and measures to be taken in the event of no-deal Brexit.
New York. International meetings. United Nations General Assembly (through 27/09). The general debate will focus on the theme “Boosting multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, action against climate change and inclusion”. To read the agenda, go to: https://bit.ly/2kHIAwF
Brussels. European Parliament. Commission activities (through 26/09). – ECON: discussion on the monetary policy of the euro area with ECB President Mario Draghi (last discussion before the end of the mandate, on 31/10). – LIBE: Fifth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Control Group (JPSG) on Europol (and 24/09). – FEMM: review of the work of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Expert Forum; review of the Finnish Presidency's gender equality objectives. – ENVI-DEVE: Participation of parliamentarians from both committees in the United Nations summits on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and on climate measures (through 25/09).
Tuesday 24 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: – National Energy/Climate Plans: public debate on the Commission's communication on draft national energy and climate plans. – Energy sector after 2030: debate on the developments needed by the energy sector to achieve the Energy/Climate objectives by 2030. – Other: Hydrogen initiative (Austria); progress on the revision of the Energy Charter Treaty; progress in negotiations with Russia and Ukraine on the transit of gas to the EU (Commission).
Brussels. European Parliament. Commission activities. – TRAN: latest developments regarding the central network corridors (TEN-T (Baltic-Adriatic, Rhine-Alpes, Mediterranean and Scandinavia-Mediterranean)
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: – C-136/17 (GC and others – does the prohibition on processing certain categories of sensitive personal data also apply to search engine operators?) – C-507/17 (Google – is the operator of a search engine required to dereference all versions of its search engine?) #Conclusions : – Joined Cases C558/18 (Miasto Łowicz) and C-563/18 (Prokuratura Okręgowa w Płocku – is the new disciplinary regime for Polish judges in conformity with EU law?) – Joined Cases C-515/17 P (Uniwersytet Wrocławski/REA) and C-561/17 P (Poland/Uniwersytet Wrocławski and REA – what does the concept of independence of a lawyer cover?) * EU Court: #Rulings: – T-105/17 (HSBC Holdings and others v Commission – Application for annulment of the fine imposed on the HSBC group in respect of anti-competitive practices in the interest rate derivatives sector). – T-391/17 (Romania v Commission – application for annulment of the Commission's decision registering the Romanian citizens' initiative on improving the protection of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities and on strengthening cultural and linguistic diversity in the Union) – Joined Cases T-755/15 (Luxembourg v Commission) and T-759/15 (Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe v Commission – do the tax advantages granted by Luxembourg to Fiat constitute State aid incompatible with the single market? – Joined Cases T-760/15 (Netherlands v Commission) and T-636/16 (Starbucks and Starbucks Manufacturing Emea/Commission – do the tax advantages granted by the Netherlands to Starbucks constitute State aid incompatible with the internal market?) – T-13/18 (Crédit Mutuel Arkéa v EUIPO – application for cancellation of the trademark CRÉDIT MUTUEL). – T-219/18 (Piaggio & C. v EUIPO – have Piaggio's intellectual property rights on the Vespa LX scooter been infringed?)
Wednesday 25 September
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Mandate to negotiate an EU/Japan agreement on the transfer and use of air passenger data (Timmermans).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Brussels. European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Plenary session (and 26/09). To read the agenda, go to: https://bit.ly/2lZ86O6
Thursday 26 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Competitiveness’ Council (and 27/09). *Single market: – Sustainable growth: policy debate on the EU's long-term strategy. – Competitiveness check-up: discussion on the external dimension of EU competitiveness.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: – C-532/18 (Niki Luftfahrt – does the notion of “accident” within the meaning of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal Convention) include the case of a coffee cup, placed on a folding table in an aircraft in mid-air, which overturns for unexplained reasons on a passenger and burns him?)
Friday 27 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Competitiveness’ Council. *Research: – Long-term strategy for sustainable growth: public debate. – Discussion on the interactions between Horizon Europe and other EU programmes. – Discussion on the role of research and innovation in achieving climate objectives.
