CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 14/09 to 20/09/2020
Monday 14 September
Brussels. European Council, Council of the EU and European Commission. Videoconference meeting of the leaders of the EU (Ms Ursula von der Leyen, Ms Angela Merkel and Mr Charles Michel) and the People’s Republic of China (Mr Xi Jinping). – Discussion on relations between the two sides, including the fight against climate change and economic and trade relations. – Discussion on international current events and exchange of views on responses to the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA).
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (through 17/09). Full agenda: https://bit.ly/3bNfFNL.
Tuesday 15 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC).
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Communication on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (von der Leyen). – Digital Package (HPC Regulation, Connectivity Recommendation) (Vestager). – Green Package (Climate Targets 2030 – Communication and amendments on the 2050 bill); Revised State Aid Guidelines on ETS (Timmermans). – Action Plan to combat racism in the European Union (Jourova).
Luxembourg. * Court of justice. #Judgments : - joined cases C-807/18 (Telenor Magyarország) and C-39/19 (Telenor Magyarország - Can an Internet service provider, by giving priority to certain applications and services, limit the rights of users of Internet access services?).
Wednesday 16 September
Berlin. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Education Ministers (and 17/09).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Coreper I and II, PSC, EU Military Committee (EUMC).
Brussels. European Commission. Speech by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the state of the Union to the plenary session of the European Parliament.
Luxembourg. * Court of justice. #Opinion : - C-218/19 (Onofrei - are the conditions for benefiting, in France, from an exemption from training and a diploma to practice the profession of lawyer contrary to EU law?).
Thursday 17 September
Osnabrück (D). Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Education Ministers (and 17/09). Meeting between the EU Ministers responsible for Vocational Training, their counterparts from the EEA and EFTA candidate countries and representatives of the European social partners, the European Commission and the European Parliament to define concrete steps for closer cooperation in the field of vocational training (drafting of a joint declaration).
Luxembourg. * Court of justice . #Judgments : - C-732/18 P (Rosneft e.a/Council– request for annulment of the judgment in which the General Court upheld the restrictive measures adopted by the Council against several Russian banks and oil and gas companies in connection with the crisis in Ukraine). – Joined cases C-449/18 P (EUIPO/Messi Cuccittini) and C‑474/18 P (J-M.-E.V. e hijos/Messi Cuccittini - legitimacy of the actions brought by EUIPO and a Spanish company against the judgment of the General Court authorizing the football player Lionel Messi to register the trademark "MESSI" for sports articles and clothing). - C-212/19 (Compagnie des pêches de Saint-Malo - do the reductions in employee contributions granted by France in 1999 constitute aid incompatible with EU law and, if so, who is responsible for reimbursement: the company or the employees?).
Friday 18 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. Competitiveness Council. Meeting of Ministers for the Internal Market and Industry on the EU’s recovery from the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Policy debate and adoption of conclusions on how to deepen the single market for the purpose of a vigorous recovery (convergence of policies, development of the resilience of economic sectors and in particular EU industry to competition from non-Member States, ongoing and prospective transformations, new work and consumption patterns, etc.)
Brussels. Council of the EU, European Parliament, European Commission. Trilogue meeting to seek agreement on the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework and the EU’s own resources.
