CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 5/10 to 11/10/2020
Monday 5 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Eurogroup videoconference. - Eurogroup work programme. - Strategic discussion on priorities for reform and investment in the euro area: implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and position on the draft general budget. - Greece: 7th Enhanced Surveillance Report. - Preparation of international meetings: exchange rate developments. - Selection procedure for a new member of the Executive Board of the ECB to replace Mr Yves Mersch, whose term of office will expire on 14/12. - Miscellaneous.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: PSC, Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA).
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (through 08/10). See the full agenda of the session: https://bit.ly/36mDgUO.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities (as at 08/10). - AFET: Presentation of the 2020 Enlargement Package and the Economic Development and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans by Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (agenda https://bit.ly/3itge0O ).
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU: #Rulings: - cases T-249/17 (Casino, Guichard-Perrachon and AMC v Commission), T-254/17 (Intermarché Casino Achats v Commission), T-255/17 (Les Mousquetaires and ITM Entreprises v Commission - application for annulment of the Commission’s decision to inspect the premises of the Casino group, Intermarché Casino Achats and the Les Mousquetaires group in the context of infringement proceedings of competition law) - Cases T-479/11 (RENV France v Commission) and T-157/12 (RENV IFP Énergies nouvelles v Commission - whether the unlimited State guarantee granted by France to the Institut Français du Pétrole is a measure partly constituting State Aid)
Tuesday 6 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Videoconference of the Ministers of Economy and Finance. - Debate on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the main instrument of the Recovery Plan. - Digital finance: exchange of views on the measures announced by the Commission (digital financing strategies and retail payments, legislative proposals on crypto-assets and digital resilience). - European Semester: exchange of views on the lessons of the European Semester 2020 and guidelines for exiting the Covid-19 crisis. - Capital Markets Union: presentation by the Commission of the Action Plan to move forward with the Capital Markets Union. - ECB: results of the discussion in the Eurogroup on the appointment of a new member of the ECB’s Executive Board. - Miscellaneous: preparation of forthcoming international meetings and state of play of ongoing legislative work and implementation of adopted legislation in the field of financial services.
Berlin. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers. Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, will also participate in the videoconference. Federal Minister Peter Altmaier will discuss the instruments for achieving the European Union’s energy and climate policy goals for the year 2030 with his European guests.
Brussels. Council of the EU. EU-Ukraine Summit in the presence of the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, the High Representative of the Union and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky: - Bilateral relations: socio-economic consequences of the pandemic and EU support, implementation of the Association Agreement, including its deep and comprehensive free trade area. - Progress of reforms in Ukraine and the situation in Belarus. - Other regional and foreign policy issues.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: PSC, EU Military Committee (EUMC).
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - Post-2020 EU framework on Roma equality and inclusion strategies (Jourová). - Communication on an economic and investment plan for the Western Balkans (Borrell). - Enlargement package (Borrell).
Brussels. Other institutional bodies: European Fiscal Board. Presentation of the 2020 annual report.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the European Union. #Rulings: C-623/17 (Privacy International) and cases C-511/18 (La Quadrature du Net and others), C-512/18 (French Data Network and others) and C-520/18 (Ordre des barreaux francophones et germanophones and others - How do the requirements of State security and public safety relate to the protection of privacy, personal data and the right to an effective remedy and what should be the conditions for the mass collection of personal data by the intelligence services?) - C-134/19 P (Bank Refah Kargaran v EU Council - Application for annulment of the judgment of the Court of First Instance dismissing the application for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by an Iranian bank as a result of the inclusion of its name on various lists of restrictive measures adopted by the Council of the EU) - C-66/18 (Commission v Hungary - Higher education - Conformity with EU law of the obligation imposed on foreign higher education institutions, such as the Central European University in Budapest founded by George Soros, from countries not belonging to the European Economic Area, on the conclusion of an international convention). - C-181/19 (Jobcenter Krefeld - Compatibility with EU law of national legislation excluding from entitlement to social assistance benefits a former migrant worker with a right of residence derived from his daughters). - Cases C-245/19 and C-246/19 (Luxembourg State - Right of appeal against a request for information in tax matters - Whether personal information may be the subject of a request for exchange from one tax administration to another in a different Member State)
Wednesday 7 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Coreper I and II, PSC, Financial Services Committee, Education Committee.
Thursday 8 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Videoconference of Home Affairs Ministers. Migration and asylum: exchange of views on the new proposals for a Pact on Migration and Asylum presented by the European Commission on 23/09 September; update on cooperation with non-Member States on migration issues (notably North Africa and Western Balkans); presentation by the Commission of the Pact on Migration and Asylum. - Police cooperation: establishment of a European Strategic Police Partnership to strengthen police cooperation at EU level in the fight against crime and terrorism.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings:
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the European Union. #Rulings: - C-514/19 (Union des industries de la protection des plantes - whether France has officially and validly informed the European Commission of its plan to adopt a national measure restricting the use of certain active substances of the neonicotinoid family) - C-360/19 (Crown Van Gelder - whether a customer can bring an action against the national grid operator following a power failure)
Friday 9 October
Brussels. Council of the EU. Videoconference of Ministers of Justice. - Digital justice: presentation of draft conclusions on opportunities for digitisation in the field of access to justice; state of play of legislative proposals on electronic evidence and ongoing international negotiations on this subject. - Fundamental rights: debate on draft Presidency conclusions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the context of artificial intelligence and digital transformation; exchange of views on anti-Semitism and hate speech with the Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency, Michael O'Flaherty. - Combating sexual abuse of children: discussion on judicial aspects of the EU strategy in this area presented by Commissioner Ylva Johansson. - European Public Prosecutor’s Office: latest developments in the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office explained by Commissioner Ylva Johansson and the Chief Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, Laura Codruţa Kövesi.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom).
