CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
Until 2 July 2021
Monday 28 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Agriculture and Fisheries Council (and 29/06). *Agriculture: – CAP reform: examination of the outcome of the interinstitutional negotiations on the points still outstanding (social conditionality, targeting of payments, ecological architecture) and possible approval of the compromise found. – Biological control agents: decision inviting the Commission to present a study on these agents as an alternative to chemical pesticides. – Honey bees: information from the Commission and exchange of views by the ministers on the setting of a protection target for honey bees on the basis of the guidelines of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). – Market situation: information from the Commission and exchange of views by ministers on the current situation of the agricultural market. – Other: information by the Commission on: antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections, the 49th conference of directors of EU paying agencies, statistics on agricultural inputs and outputs; information by the Portuguese Presidency on food supplements in the EU market; information by the Dutch and Austrian delegations on fur farming (minks) in the EU; results of the 4th EU/African Union ministerial conference on agriculture (23/06). *Fisheries: – Fishing opportunities for 2022: presentation by the Commission and exchange of views on the Communication on the state of implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and the consultation on fishing opportunities for 2022 (TACs and quotas). – Fisheries control: definition of an EU Council position on a regulation amending the existing rules. – Other: information by the Commission on: – the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, the programming of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper II; Working Party on the United Kingdom; Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CivCom); Security Committee.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – AFET: exchange of views with the Speakers of the Parliaments of the Western Balkan countries (agenda: https://bit.ly/3df5WSe ). – AFET-SEDE: exchange of views with Mircea Geoană, Deputy Secretary General of NATO (agenda: https://bit.ly/3gPX1Zx ). – TRAN: visit of two TEN-T coordinators; vote on the report on inland waterway transport (rapp. C. Nagtegaal) (agenda: https://bit.ly/2T5iYLf ). – FEMM-BUDG-CONT: presentation of the Court of Auditors’ special report on “Gender mainstreaming in the EU budget: time to turn words into action” in the presence of Commissioner Johannes Hahn (Budget) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3wSUTpN ). – LIBE: exchange of views on “Inhumane prison conditions in the EU - before and during the pandemic” with Commissioner Didier Reynders (Justice) and various international experts; exchange of views on the situation of arrivals at the Union’s closest borders with Africa, and in particular Ceuta with Commissioner Ylva Johansson (Home Affairs) and the Spanish CEAR (agenda: https://bit.ly/2SXzKfn ). – EMPL-ECON: economic dialogue on the spring package of the ‘European Semester’ with Commissioners Valdis Dombrovskis (Economy for People, Trade), Paolo Gentiloni (Economy), and Nicolas Schmit (Jobs and Social Rights) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3dbTmDh ). – PECH: vote on the recommendation on EMFF (rapp. G. Mato) (agenda: https://bit.ly/2U7egMY ). – ENVI: exchange of views with Vice-President Margarítis Schinás (European Lifestyle) on the Communication “Drawing the early lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic” (agenda: https://bit.ly/3gTpI8f ). – JURI: public hearing on “Child protection under EU law” (agenda: https://bit.ly/3vW7GpQ ). – FISC: coordinators’ meeting.
Tuesday 29 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. Agriculture and Fisheries Council. See the detailed agenda of the 2 days: https://bit.ly/3w60PKV
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – LIBE: vote on the report on artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by police and judicial authorities (rapp. P. Vitanov); vote on the recommendations on the establishment of the Asylum and Migration Fund (rapp. T. Fajon), the Integrated Border Management Fund (rapp. T. Fajon), and the creation of the Internal Security Fund (rapp. M. Hohlmeier) (agenda: https://bit.ly/2SXzKfn ).
Wednesday 30 June
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Revision of Directive 2008/48/EC on credit agreements for consumers (Jourová). – Revision of the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC (Jourová). – Long-term vision for rural areas (Šuica). – Communication in response to the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ (Timmermans/Jourová).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I; Coreper II; CivCom; European Union Military Committee (EUMC).
Brussels. European Committee of the Regions. 145th plenary session (through 02/07) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3dbXZgD ).
Luxembourg. * General Court: #Judgment: T-635/19 (Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaroet al. v Commission - should the Union be held non-contractually liable on the ground that the Commission, through alleged unlawful pressure on the Italian authorities, prevented the recapitalisation of an Italian bank?)
Thursday 1 July
Ljubljana. European Commission, Council of the EU. Visit of the College of Commissioners to the Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities: – AFET: exchanges of views with the new heads of delegation in Algeria and Israel; votes on reports on the Arctic and security issues (rapp. A. Fotyga) and on the state of the EU’s cyber defence capabilities (rapp. U. Paet) (agenda: https://bit.ly/2T6EnDN ). – ECON: public hearing of Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB and of the European Systemic Risk Council, and of Andrea Enria, Chairman of the ECB’s Supervisory Board (agenda: https://bit.ly/3xQ39H8 ). – AIDA-ECON: public hearing on “AI and financial services” (agenda: https://bit.ly/3wTZtEc ). – FEMM-LIBE: discussion on the report on combating gender-based cyber-violence (rapp. E. Vozemberg-Vrionidi and S. Spurek) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3wSUTpN ). – BECA: exchange of views on the files related to the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (pharmaceutical strategy, Aspen case, regulation on health technology assessment) (agenda: https://bit.ly/2T3bwQO ). – EMPL: debate on the report on a European framework for employee participation rights (rapp. G. Bischoff) and on the report on employment and social policies in the euro area (rapp. L Gálvez Muñoz) (agenda: https://bit.ly/3vZ2p0J ).
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgment: C-521/19 (Tribunal Económico Administrativo Regional de Galicia - when reconstructing the result of a transaction, the existence of which has been concealed from it by fraud, must a national tax authority consider that value added tax (VAT) is included in the amounts paid and received in connection with that transaction?) #Conclusions: C-638/19 P (Commission v European Foodet al. - did the General Court err in law in concluding that a Commission decision erroneously classified the award of compensation by an arbitral tribunal as unlawful State aid?)
