CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
Until 24 September 2021
Monday 20 September
New York. International Summit. Session of the United Nations General Assembly (through 24/09). In the margins of the session: – Meeting of the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission and the EU High Representative with the UN Secretary General. - United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) (23/09). – High-level roundtable on climate. (Agenda of the session: https://bit.ly/3zjGIKA ).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom); Justice and Home Affairs Counsellors; Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA); Military Committee Working Group.
Luxembourg. European Court of Auditors. Publication of the report “Promoting and regulating sustainable finance”.
Tuesday 21 September
Brussels. Council of the EU. General Affairs Council. – Presentation of the Slovenian Presidency’s priorities for the coming months. – Exchange of views on the draft agenda for the European Council meeting on 21-22 October. – State of play of EU coordination against Covid-19. – State of play of EU/UK relations. – Presentation by the Commission of the letter of intent concerning its draft work programme for 2022 and its annual outlook report. – Information by the Presidency on the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Financial Services Officers; Justice and Home Affairs Advisers; Political and Security Committee (PSC); EU Military Committee (EUMC).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – IMCO: meeting of shadow rapporteurs.
Wednesday 22 September
Kranj, SLO. Council of the EU. Informal meeting of Transport and Energy Ministers (and 23/09). *Energy: Review of the Renewable Energy Directive and the Energy Efficiency Directive of the ‘Fit for 55’ package with Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson *Transport and Energy: Discussion on the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure and the functioning of the internal energy market with Commissioners Adina Vălean (Transport) and Kadri Simson (Energy).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I; Coreper II; Justice and Home Affairs Counsellors; Political and Security Committee (PSC); Committee for civilian aspects of crisis management (Civcom).
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (video conference). – Towards the legal framework of the future Generalised System of Preferences granting trade benefits to developing countries (Dombrovskis). – Review of Solvency II (prudential rules for insurance companies) (Dombrovskis).
Brussels. European Economic and Social Committee. Plenary session (and 23/09). – Debate on “Guaranteeing media freedom and pluralism in Europe” with Ricardo Gutiérrez, Secretary General of the European Federation of Journalists, and Julie Majerczak, Director of the Brussels office of Reporters Without Borders.
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. * General Court of the EU: #Judgment: – T-425/18 (Altice Europe v Commission- whether Altice Europe’s action against the Commission’s decision to impose two fines totalling €124.5 million in the context of the acquisition of PT Portugal should be upheld) – Joint cases T-639/14 RENV, T-352/15, and T-740/17 (DEI v Commission – application for annulment of the decisions by which the Commission found that an arbitration award fixing an electricity tariff did not involve the grant of an advantage to the aluminium producer Mytilinaios).
Thursday 23 September
Kranj, SLO. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Transport and Energy Ministers. *Transport: discussion of the main points of the draft regulation on the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure in the presence of Commissioner Adina Vălean.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Political and Security Committee (PSC); Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI); Justice and Home Affairs Advisers; Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG).
Brussels. European Economic and Social Committee. Plenary session. – Debate “Cohesion Policy” with Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. Findings: Cases C-128/20 (GSMB Invest), C-134/20 (Volkswagen) and C-145/20 (Porsche Inter Auto and Volkswagen – can software incorporated in the engine control unit which constitutes a defeat device within the meaning of EU law lead to the cancellation of the sale of a vehicle on the grounds that it does not conform to the contract?)
Luxembourg. European Court of Auditors. Publication of the report “EU action totackle major corruption in Ukraine”.
Friday 24 September
Brdo, SLO. Council of the EU. Informal meeting of Consumer Protection Ministers. – Discussion on future priorities and actions in the field of consumer protection in the presence of the Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Didier Reynders, and experts from all Member States.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory proceedings: Coreper I; Trade Policy Committee (alternate members); Justice/Home Affairs Advisers; Working Party on the United Kingdom; Financial Services Officers.
