Until 11 June 2021

Monday 7 June

• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Justice and Home Affairs Council (and 08/06). *Justice: - Fight against illegal content online: debate on the modernisation of rules governing digital services. - Assignment of claims: general approach on the Assignment of Claims Regulation, which is to establish uniform rules on the law of the State which should determine the ownership of a claim assigned in a cross-border transaction. - E-Justice: Definition of a general approach on the Regulation on cross-border e-Justice services in Europe (e-CODEX), which allows judicial authorities to communicate with each other in a secure way. - Fundamental rights: a general approach on new rules amending the Regulation establishing the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. - Illegal content online: debate in the context of the proposal on Digital Services Act (DSA). - Public Ministries: exchange of views on the best operating and exchange conditions for public ministries. - Protection of vulnerable adults: adoption of conclusions on the protection of vulnerable adults in civil and criminal matters and state of play of negotiations on the EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and electronic evidence.
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom); Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA); Working Party on the United Kingdom.
• Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (on 10/06). Main topics covered: approval of the EU digital Covid certificate; vote on the waiver of patents on Covid-19 vaccines; debate on the EU’s reaction to the measures taken in Belarus; questioning the application of the new conditionality rules on the Rule of law; debate on the 2030 strategy on the protection of biodiversity; debate on the G7 summit and the EU-US summit; debate on recent cyber attacks and cyber threats; vote on a resolution on phasing out cages in livestock; debate on the situation of SMEs and the strategy to support them, debate on the assessment of national recovery plans; winner of the LUX European Film Prize 2021. Agenda for the session: https://bit.ly/351IiUZ
• Strasbourg. European Parliament. Committee activities. - AFET-DEVE: Recommendation for second reading of the report on the establishment of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (Rapp. M. Gahler, C. Goerens, M. Arena, R. Juknevičienė) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3plsUMg ). - IMCO: vote on the recommendation for second reading of the report on the establishment of the Instrument for Financial Support for Customs Control Equipment under the Integrated Border Management Fund (rapporteur: J. Pospíšil) (agenda: https://bit.ly/34OOdMM ). - EMPL: vote on: recommendation for second reading on the proposal for a regulation on the European Social Fund Plus for the 2021-2027 period (rapp. D. Casa) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3fV1EkV ).

Tuesday 8 June

• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Justice and Home Affairs Council. *Home Affairs: - Fight against crime and terrorism: debate on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the fight against crime, on the prospects for internal security with regard to artificial intelligence, and a presentation by the Counter-Terrorism Group of its regular update on cooperation between counter-terrorism authorities; state of play of the discussions on the regulation amending Europol. - Resilience of critical entities: Progress on the discussions on the proposal to strengthen the resilience of critical entities providing essential services in the EU against disruptive incidents caused by natural hazards, accidents, terrorism, internal threats or public health emergencies. - Migration and Asylum: Presentation by the Commission of the state of play on the new Pact on Migration and Asylum. - Schengen area: first debate on the Schengen strategy, which should be presented by the European Commission next week; state of play of the implementation of interoperability (implementation of the entry/exit system and the European travel information and authorisation system, which should be operational by the end of 2022).
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC); Financial Services Officers.
• Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - Draft budget plan for 2022 (von der Leyen/Hahn). - Annual Management and 2020 Performance Report for the EU budget (von der Leyen/Hahn).
• Strasbourg. European Parliament. Committee activities. - BUDG: debate with Commissioner Hahn (Budget and Human Resources) on the 2022 EU draft budget plan.

Wednesday 9 June

• Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I; Coreper II; Civcom; Trade Policy Committee (Experts - services and investment); Security Committee; EU Military Committee (EUMC).
• Luxembourg. * General Court of the EU: #Judgments: cases T-302/19 and T-303/19 (Yanukovych v. Council - must the 2019 EU Council acts on the extension of the freeze of funds imposed on Mr Viktor Yanukovych, former President of Ukraine, and his son, Mr Oleksandr Yanukovych, be annulled?); - T-47/19 (Dansk Erhverv v Commission - Is the exemption by the Länder of border shops from the obligation to charge a deposit on the sale of cans liable to constitute State aid?) - T-665/20 (Ryanair v Commission - Condor - Covid-19 - Is the Commission’s decision to authorise an aid measure in the form of loans guaranteed by Germany in favour of the airline Condor vitiated by a failure to state reasons or by an inadequate statement of reasons under EU law?)

Thursday 10 June

• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Environment Council. - Batteries and battery waste: progress on the relevant regulation. - Strategy for adaptation to climate change: agreement sought on EU Council conclusions on the strategy presented by the Commission. - Zero pollution: exchange of views on the Commission’s communication on the EU action plan ‘Towards Zero Pollution’. - Any other business: presentation by the Presidency of updated information on the Aarhus Regulation and the 8th Environmental Action Programme; information from the Dutch delegation on the Alliance for Decarbonisation of Transport and Prevention of Fraud in the Biofuels Sector; presentation by the Estonian delegation on a meeting of the International Water Convention; presentation by the Slovenian delegation of the work programme of its upcoming Presidency.
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: PSC; Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI).
• Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-94/20 (Land Oberösterreich - Housing benefit - does the requirement that an applicant for a housing benefit must provide formal evidence, defined by law, to demonstrate knowledge of a particular language constitute unequal treatment when it applies only to third-country nationals?); - C-65/20 (KRONE - Verlag - is a newspaper article dealing with a paramedical subject and giving inaccurate advice which has caused damage to the health of a reader liable to constitute a ‘defective product’ within the meaning of Directive 85/374 on liability for defective products?) - C-609/19 (BNP Paribas Personal Finance) and aff. c-776/19 to C-782/19 (BNP Paribas Personal Finance - do the clauses of the Helvet Immo loan contracts marketed by BNP Personal Finance, denominated in Swiss francs but repayable in euros, comply with Union law? #Conclusions: aff. C-177/19 P (Germany, Ville de Paris and others vs. Commission), C-178/19 P (Hungary, Ville de Paris and others vs. Commission) and C-179/19 P (Commission vs. Ville de Paris and others - did the General Court wrongly consider that the provision setting nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission limits in the regulation adopted by the Commission in 2016 should be annulled?)

Friday 11 June

• Cornwall (UK). International Summit. G7 Summit (to 13/06). In addition to the G7 members (UK, US, Canada, Japan, France, Germany and Italy), the UK government has invited Australia, India and South Korea to join the summit discussions (last year’s summit was cancelled). Main topics on the agenda: the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, global economic recovery after the pandemic, reform of international taxation (including digital taxation), the fight against emerging threats and the main security issues, the response to climate change, aid to developing countries, and the main developments in recent international news (Belarus, relations with Russia, developments in the Middle East). See the website: https://bit.ly/3chMq79
• Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. - TEN-E Regulation: Definition of a general approach on the proposal for the revision of the Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E) Regulation. - Hydrogen strategy: exchange of views on the strategy presented last year by the Commission. - Renovation wave: agreement on EU Council conclusions on the renovation strategy for buildings to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. - Any other business: information from the Commission on the latest developments in external relations in the energy sector; request by the Lithuanian delegation for urgent action on safety recommendations at the Ostrovets nuclear power plant in Belarus; presentation by the Slovenian delegation of the work programme for the next Presidency.
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: EUMC; Trade Policy Committee; Friends of the Presidency.