Until 5 February 2021

Monday 1 February

Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CivCom), Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – BUDG: examination of the Commission proposal on Brexit adjustment reserve and corrections to the 1/2021 budget; vote on the opinion on the 2021 ‘European Semester’ regarding employment and social rights and the opinion on the EIB’s financial activities (agenda: https://bit.ly/3psNYQb ). – PECH: Debates: Fishermen for the future: attracting a new generation to the fishing industry (rapp. M Pizarro); new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy (rapp. P Karleskind); vote on the report on fisheries control (rapp. C Aguilera) (agenda: https://bit.ly/2Mx2yaP ). – FEMM: Examination of the opinion on the future of the digital single market with the use of AI (rapp. M da Graça Carvalho) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3cjYw0k ). – INGE: hearing of experts and exchange of views on possible threats of interference from non-Member States in the geopolitical context (Turkey, Russia) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3iSFU93 ). – LIBE: eighth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Monitoring Group on Europol (videoconference – and 02/02) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3abObRA – link to the meeting: http://bit.ly/2M6PKIA ). – ECON: adoption of the report for opinion on the amendment of Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation; vote on the opinion on the Fiscalis programme (rapp. S Giegold); economic dialogue and exchange of views with João Leão, President of the Ecofin Council and Portuguese Minister of State for Finance (continued from 25 January 2021) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3tijFya ). – REGI: exchange of views with the Portuguese Planning Minister on the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency; debate: reversing demographic trends in the EU regions through cohesion policy (rapp. D Buda); vote on the opinion on the EU-United Kingdom Agreement on security procedures for the exchange and protection of classified information (agenda: http://bit.ly/3pv4Xl0 ). – EMPL: meeting with the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit; vote on the opinion on the EU-UK agreement on security procedures for the exchange and protection of classified information; exchange of views with the Executive Directors of the agencies under the Commission’s remit (Cedefop, Eurofound, EU-OSHA, ETF and ELA (agenda: https://bit.ly/3cnWc8I ). – ANIT: Hearing of experts on technical and administrative procedures for the implementation of the Regulation on the protection of animals during transport (agenda: https://bit.ly/39wPnQ4 ).

Tuesday 2 February

Lisbon. Council of the EU. Informal videoconference of Ministers responsible for Competitiveness (Research and Innovation) (and 03/02). At the time of going to press, the agenda for the meeting had not been communicated.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC), CivCom.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-481/19 (Consob – does a natural person, who is subject to an administrative investigation for insider trading, have the right to remain silent when his answers could reveal his responsibility for an offence punishable by administrative sanctions of a criminal nature or his criminal liability?)

Wednesday 3 February

Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I and Coreper II, EU Military Committee (EUMC).
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Presentation of the European plan to fight cancer (Schinas).
Brussels. European Committee of the Regions (CoR). 142^nd Plenary Session (online) (through 05/02). Details and Agenda: http://bit.ly/36ixfYa
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: – C-637/18 (Commission/Hungary – Hungary’s systematic and persistent exceedance of the daily limit values for PM10 concentration since 1 January 2005) – C-555/19 (Fussl Modestraße Mayr – in the context of German television programmes broadcast at national level, is the prohibition on broadcasting advertisements only at regional level contrary to Union law?) – Cases C-155/19 and C-156/19 (FIGC and Consorzio Ge.Se.Av – may a national sports federation, such as the Italian Football Federation, be subject to the rules on the award of public procurement?)

Thursday 4 February

Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: PSC.
Brussels: European Commission. European Commission High Level Conference on Green Taxation.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – AFCO: public hearing on the evaluation and implementation of Art 50 of the TEU; debate on the draft report on the Interinstitutional Agreement on a compulsory transparency register (rapp. D Hübner); debate on the amendment of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage; vote on the opinion on the EU-United Kingdom agreement on security procedures for the exchange and protection of classified information (rapp. A Tajani) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3oujpIw ). – ENVI: presentation by the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU of its priorities in the field of health. – LIBE: exchange of views with Francisca Van Dunem, Portuguese Minister of Justice on the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency. – BECA: hearing on the impact of Covid-19 and other health threats on cancer and discussion with Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on the Commission’s plan to fight cancer. – AFET: exchange of views with the European External Action Service on the state of EU-Latin America relations (including Colombia, Bolivia, Chile and Peru). – FEMM: adoption of the opinion on the amendment of the Regulation establishing the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (rapp. E Regner) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3cjYw0k ). – DEVE: debate on access to Covid-19 vaccines with the Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen; debate on a recent study on the use of pesticides in developing countries; vote on the discharge for the 2019 budget of the European Development Fund (agenda: https://bit.ly/3afJd65 ).

Friday 5 February