Until 9 July 2021

Monday 5 July

Kranj, Slovenia. Council of the EU. Meeting of the competent ministers on cross-border connectivity between the EU and the Western Balkans (and 06/07).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom); Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA); Financial Services Officers.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (through 08/07). Main topics covered: – Rights of LGBTIQ persons in Hungary and the situation of the rule of law in Hungary and Poland (debate with the EU Council and the Commission); – Vote on temporary regulation allowing service providers to voluntarily remove child pornography content online; – Adoption of rules streamlining the deployment of TEN-T projects and release of funds for transport, digital and energy projects. – Opinion on the guidelines for the application of the rules making the payment of EU funds conditional on the respect of the rule of law by the Member States. – Debate on the Slovenian Council Presidency with Prime Minister Janez Janša (Tuesday morning). – Review of the June EU summit with Presidents Michel and von der Leyen (Wednesday morning). – European Parliament position on strengthening the mandate of the European Medicines Agency. – Migration: adoption of two funds to support asylum and border management policies. – Debate with EEAS on strengthening the fight against disinformation (Tuesday). – Debate on the inclusion of corruption as an offence in the new EU human rights sanctions regime (Tuesday). – Debate and vote on the European Parliament position in the negotiations with the EU Council on the new Environmental Action Programme (horizon 2030). – Fisheries: debate on the damage to marine ecosystems caused by offshore wind farms and adoption of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. – Fighting discrimination against the elderly and calling for fairer pensions. – Turkey: debate on the crackdown on the opposition, including the pro-Kurdish party (debate Tuesday and vote Thursday). – Relaunch of travel and tourism to support the ailing airline industry due to the Covid-19 pandemic. – Antarctica: relaunch of international negotiations for the establishment of three marine protected areas. – Animal welfare: debate on accelerating the transition to a research system without animal testing (Thursday). – Nicaragua: debate with High Representative on regime’s repression (debate Tuesday and vote on resolution Thursday). – War in Tigray: debate with High Representative on developments (Tuesday). – Debate and vote on resolutions on urgent human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Thursday). Detailed agenda of the session: https://bit.ly/2SGOGhN

Tuesday 6 July

Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Renewed strategy on sustainable finance (Dombrovskis). – Establishment of a European standard for green bonds (Dombrovskis).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC), Working Party on the United Kingdom.

Wednesday 7 July

Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I; Coreper II; Trade Policy Committee (Services and Investment Experts); Financial Services Committee (FSC); PSC; Civcom; EU Military Committee (EUMC).
Luxembourg. * General Court: #Judgment: T-668/19 (Ardagh Metal Beverage Holdings v EUIPO - Combination of sounds on opening a can of soft drink - can an audio file containing the sound which occurs on opening a can of drink, followed by silence and a fizz, be registered as an EU trade mark for different drinks and for metal transport and storage containers?)

Thursday 8 July

Brdo, Slovenia (and 09/07). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of Employment and Social Affairs Ministers (and 09/07). Theme of the meeting: “A resilient and inclusive labour market in terms of ecological and digital transition and demographic challenges” in the presence of the Ministers of Employment of the Western Balkan countries.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Advisors (Tax attachés).
Brussels. European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). 562nd plenary session (and 08/07). Agenda: https://bit.ly/369eNkE.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: – C-830/19 (Walloon Region - Aid for young farmers - in the context of European rural development policy, does Union law preclude national legislation under which the criterion for determining the ceiling which allows a young farmer who sets up as a non-exclusive head of a holding to have access to aid for starting up a business is the standard gross production of the entire agricultural holding and not just the share of that young farmer in that holding?) – C-178/20 (Pharma Expressz - is it justified, having regard to the principles laid down in the Community code relating to medicines for human use, that the use in one Member State of a medicinal product which another Member State has classified as a non-prescription medicinal product can only take place in the context of treatment by a doctor?) #Conclusions: – C-132/20 (Getin Noble Bank - is a court in which a person appointed to the post of judge by a political body of the executive of a State with a totalitarian and undemocratic system of power is sitting likely to affect the guarantees of access to an independent and impartial body within the meaning of Union law?)

Friday 9 July

Venice. International meeting. Meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (and 10/07). – The state of the international economy in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and the efforts to be undertaken for economic recovery and more sustainable growth. – Link between digital revolution and productivity. – Accompanying and supporting the most vulnerable countries in this time of crisis. – International taxation. – State of the financial sector and financing the green transition. Meeting programme and related events: https://bit.ly/3Aqrgyi.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Trade Policy Committee; Working Party on the United Kingdom.