Monday 1 September
Brussels. European Parliament. Week of meetings of the committees (to 5/09): - fForeign affairs (1 and 2/09); industry/research/energy (and 02/09), constitutional affairs (and 02/09). Subjects: mainly presentation of the priorities of the Italian Presidency.
Wednesday 3 September
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. # Verdicts: - C-316/13 X (taking account of the difference in life expectancy for men and women in calculating compensation for accidents in the workplace); - C-201/13 (Deckmin and Vrijheidsfonds - notion of parody and its limits with regard to copyright)
Brussels. European Parliament. A meeting of the Parliamentary committees: development, international trade, budget, economic affairs (and 04/09), employment and social affairs (and 04/09), environment, transport (and 04/09 - subjects: debate on the crash of flight MH17 and overflight of Ukraine on 3/09), agriculture (and 04/09), fisheries (and 04/09), culture/education (and 04/09), legal affairs, civil liberties (and 04/09), women's rights.
Brussels. Meeting of the Commission: - results of the European Council; - impact of the Russian ban on EU agricultural products and emergency measures taken by the EU.
Thursday 4 September
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. # Verdicts: - C-575/12 (Air Baltic Corp. - Validity with regard to entering EU on a visa on an expired passport); - joined cases C-533/12 P (SNCM/Corsica Ferries) and C-536/12 P (France/Corsica Ferries) (Confirmation or otherwise of the cancellation of the Commission's authorisation of French measures in favour of SNCM); - C-452/13 (Germanwings - definition of “arrival time” for purposes of calculating flight delays); - C-237/12 (Commission/France - whether or not France has correctly transposed the nitrates directive to prevent the risks of water pollution by nitrogen not absorbed by plants); - C-162/13 (Vnuk - Notion of “vehicle circulation”: whether or not an accident caused in a farmyard by a tractor manoeuvre is covered by public liability insurance); - joined cases C-184/13 (API), C-185/13 (ANCC), C-186/13 (Air Liquide Italia), C-187/13 (Confetra), C-194/13 (Esso Italiana), C-195/13 (Confindustria), C-208/13 (Italian competition authority) (whether or not Italy violated EU law when deciding that road transport prices may not be lower than the operating costs. # Conclusions: C-260/13 (Aykul - possibility for member states to withdraw a driving licence issued in another member state following a road infringement).
Cardiff (Wales - and 5/09). NATO. Summit of the leaders of the member countries of the organisation.
Friday 5 September
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Extraordinary Agriculture Council + Coreper I
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. General Court of the EU. # Verdicts T-471/11 (Ed: Odile Jacob/Commission - takeover of Vivendi Universal Publishing by Lagardère: what's the Commission able to authorise Wendel once again as the purchaser of a stake in the assets of Vivendi?)