CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
Until 4 June 2021
Monday 31 May
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CivCom); Working Party on the United Kingdom.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – BUDG: Building policy – exchange of views with the rapporteur on the subject, Fabienne Keller; presentation of the results of the study on the potential of new own resources for policy guidance; exchange with Shalanda Young, from the Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget, on the budgetary response to the crisis in the US and the EU (agenda: https://bit.ly/2SD4WzK ). – SEDE: exchange of views with Commissioner Janez Lenarčič (Crisis Management) on EU preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats; exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager on the action plan on synergies between the civil, defence, and space industries; presentation of the results of the study on lessons learned from the implementation of the European Defence Fund (agenda: https://bit.ly/3vs5A1E ). – ANIT: Public hearing on the transport of species (poultry, rabbits) not sufficiently covered by the relevant regulation and other vulnerable species (agenda: https://bit.ly/3fv74mb ). – CULT: Exchange of views with the national and regional parliaments of the current trio of presidencies on a European education area (agenda: https://bit.ly/3p30oiy ).
Tuesday 1 June
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC).
Brussels. Council of the EU, European Commission, European Parliament. Seeking an interinstitutional agreement (trilogue) on the new rules on country-by-country reporting for companies.
Wednesday 2 June
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Spring package of the ‘European Semester’ (Dombrovskis). – A reliable and secure European electronic identity card (Vestager). – Towards an operational and resilient Schengen area of free movement (Schinás). – Amendment to the Regulation establishing the Schengen evaluation mechanism (Schinás).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I; Coreper II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – IMCO: exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager on the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (agenda: https://bit.ly/3fP1ha3 ).
Thursday 3 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. *Transport: – Aviation: general approach on the ‘Single European Sky 2+’ package (recast of the implementing regulation and revision of the EASA regulation). – Land transport: general approach on the ‘mobility I’ package (rental vehicles directive); approval of conclusions on ‘Putting rail at the forefront of intelligent and sustainable mobility’. – Inland waterways: general approach on the revision of the directive on the recognition of third-country certificates. – Horizontal issues: discussion and approval of conclusions on the Commission’s strategy for smart and sustainable mobility. – Other: current legislative proposals; information by the Presidency on the state of play of the discussions on the amendment of the ‘Eurovignette’ directive; information by the Commission on the update of the EPLF project; information by the Czech delegation on a cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) in Brno; presentation of the progress report on the International Rail Passenger Platform (IRP) by the Dutch, Austrian, and Danish delegations; information by the Cypriot delegation supported by the Estonian and Greek delegations on air connectivity and post-pandemic recovery; presentation of the work programme of the new Slovenian Presidency.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: PSC.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – LIBE: discussion of the report on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment (agenda: https://bit.ly/3urKZco ). – LIBE-JURI: exchange of views on the e-CODEX system of communication in cross-border civil and criminal proceedings (rapp. E Radev and N Melo); hearing on the report on the misuse of civil and criminal law against civil society, NGOs, and the media (rapp. T Wölken and R Metsola) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3urKZco ). – AIDA: exchange of views with a delegation of artificial intelligence experts from the US Congress on AI priorities and potential avenues for interparliamentary cooperation (agenda: https://bit.ly/3i0f8gC ). – ECON: exchange of views with the Minister of Finance of Cyprus, Constantinos Petrides; adoption of the EIB’s 2020 activity report (rapp. P Silva Pereira) and the report on a taxation system for the post-Covid economy (rapp. C Gruffat) (agenda: https://bit.ly/34qsTgu ). – ENVI: exchange of views with the Vice-President of the Commission for interinstitutional relations, Maroš Šefčovič, on the Communication on ‘Better Regulation’ and its contribution to the objectives of the ‘European Green Deal’; exchange of views with the Commission on the forthcoming session of the Maritime Environment Protection Commission of the International Maritime Organization.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: – C-784/19 (TEAM POWER EUROPE - what conditions must a temporary employment agency satisfy in order to ensure that the employees it posts to other Member States remain subject to the legislation of the State of origin?) – C-650/18 (Hungary/Parliament - did the European Parliament infringe EU law by adopting the resolution calling on the EU Council to establish a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the fundamental values of the Union, and can that resolution be subject to judicial review?) C-635/18 (Commission v Germany - limit values - NO2) - by systematically and persistently exceeding the annual and hourly limit values for nitrogen dioxide (NO2), has Germany failed to fulfil its obligations under EU law?) – C-624/19 (Tesco Stores - can workers directly rely on Article 157 of the TFEU requiring Member States to ensure the application of the principle of equal pay, without discrimination on grounds of sex, for work of equal value?)
Friday 4 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. *Telecommunications: – European Data Governance Act: progress report. – Directive on measures for a common high level of cybersecurity: progress report. – Digital Compass 2030: policy debate on “Digital Compass: how to chart the EU’s digital future?”. – Other: communications from the Presidency on the ePrivacy Regulation, the Roaming Regulation, and the 2021 Digital Assembly; information from the Committee on the Regulation establishing harmonised rules on artificial intelligence, the Regulation on a European digital identity framework, the EU’s ‘Common Connectivity Toolkit’; presentation of the Lithuanian candidate for the post of Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU); presentation of the work programme of the forthcoming Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council.
London. International meetings. G7 Finance Ministers meeting (and 05/06). – International financial taxation. – Financial assistance to developing countries.
