CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
From 21/10 to 27/10/2019
Monday 21 October
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (through 24/10). Agenda: https://bit.ly/2MqCCLq
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Commission activities (through 24/10). – ECON-ENVI: vote on the launch of negotiations on the proposed framework to facilitate sustainable investment (‘taxonomy’ proposal). – LIBE: debate on different aspects of the work of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (migration and asylum: rescue and reception conditions, children’s rights, freedom of the media).
Tuesday 22 October
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Communication on the verification of the full application of the Croatia’s accession to Schengen Croatia (Timmermans). – Report on the third annual evaluation of the functioning of the Privacy Shield between the European Union and the United States (Timmermans).
Wednesday 23 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II.
Thursday 24 October
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council. *Employment and Social Affairs: – Economy of wellbeing: adoption of conclusions. – Future of work: adoption of conclusions on the ILO centenary declaration on the subject. – European Semester 2019: Adoption of the recommendations prepared by the Employment Committee (EMCO) and the Social Protection Committee (SPC) on the basis of their annual reports and performance monitoring mechanisms. – Changing world of work: discussion on the theme “Matching skills and labour market needs in a changing world of work”. – Fight against discrimination: policy debate on strengthening the fight against discrimination and presentation of the results to the European Council and the future Commission.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: – Cases C-469/18 and C-470/18 (Belgische Staat – possibility of using evidence obtained in violation of the right to privacy in the context of a tax investigation, in particular in the field of VAT). * Court of the EU: #Ruling : T-601/17 (Rubik's Brand/EUIPO – Validity of the brand representing Rubik's Cube).
