Day-by-day

Monday 7 November

• Start of the COP22 in Marrakech
• Eurogroup
• EP: AFET, DEVE, CONT, EMPL, ENVI, AGRI, FEMM, LIBE, JURI
• EC: Mogherini opens Chiefs of Defence Meeting
• EC: Georgieva takes part in HLGOR Meeting
• CoR: Consultation Bridging the investment gap
• CoE: World Forum for Democracy
• CoE: PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy

Tuesday 8 November

• US Elections
• EP: AFET, DEVE, CONT, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, CULT, AGRI, PANA, EMIS, FEMM, AFCO, LIBE, JURI
• EP: Interparliamentary Committee Meetings CONT and AFET
• Economic and Financial Affairs Council and Budget Conciliation Committee
• EC: Mogherini receives Iyad Ameen Madani and Nils Muižnieks
• EC: Timmermans, Šefčovič, Oettinger and Bieńkowska receive Polish MPs
• EC: Vestager receives Chairwoman of the US Federal Trade Commission
• EC: 7th strategy forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea region
• EESC: 3rd meeting of the EU-Ukraine civil society platform
• FRA: Exchange of views with European Parliament on severe labour exploitation

Wednesday 9 November

• EP: AFET, DROI, SEDE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, ITRE, TRAN, IMCO, PECH, REGI, PETI
• EC: Stylianides in Uganda, Hogan in Indonesia
• EC: College of Commissioners
• EESC: Conference Cork+20: leaving rural areas behind is no longer an option!
• EESC: Conference Cooperative banks and innovation in SME financing
• CoR: EU cohesion policy: academic views on the way it is governed
• Presidency: Conference on Food Chain in the Digital Single Market
• Presidency / FRA: Conference ‘Ensuring cross-border justice for all’
• CoE: PACE Monitoring Committee
• CoE: Congress Summit of Mayors ‘Alliance of European cities against violent extremism’

Thursday 10 November

• EP: AFET, INTA, BUDG, ITRE, CULT, AFCO, TRAN, IMCO, PECH, REGI, PETI
• EC: Mogherini speaks at the European Defence Agency Annual Conference
• EESC: Public Hearing on the EFSI 2.0
• CoE: Exchange on the religious dimension of intercultural dialogue

Friday 11 November

• Armistice Day in Belgium
• EC: Cañete and Vella in Marrakech for the COP22
• Foreign Affairs Council on Trade

Sunday 13 November

• Second Round Presidential Elections in Moldova

 

European Union

European Parliament

Monday 7 November
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) 
Debriefing on the parliamentary elections in Georgia (8 and 30 October 2016); Debriefing on the presidential elections in Moldova (30 October 2016); Exchange of views with Jean Arthuis, chair of the Committee on Budgets on the BUDG mission to Gaza.
With Committee on Development (DEVE): Consideration of draft report Addressing Refugee and Migrant Movements: the Role of EU External Action.
With Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI):  Consideration of draft report on An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic.

Committee on Development (DEVE)
Adoption of Coordinators’ decisions and recommendations; Announcements by the Commission; Exchange of views with invited experts on United Nations intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights; Exchange of views on Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing; Presentation by Maria Heubuch, Chair of the delegation, on Development Committee fact-finding mission to Tanzania, 19-22 September 2016.

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Exchange of views with the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Budget and Human Resources, Kristalina Georgieva, on the Annual Report 2015 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests – Fight against fraud; Presentation of the ECA Special Report 18/2016 (2015 Discharge): The EU system for certification of sustainable biofuels  by the member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Bettina Jakobsen, and consideration of working document; Presentation of the ECA Special Report 17/2016 (2015 Discharge): The EU Institutions can do more to facilitate access to their public procurement by the member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Alex Brenninkmeijer, and consideration of working document; Exchange of views with Commission representatives on Follow up to CONT delegation to Greece (Sept 2015) – State of play of EU funded priority projects shortlisted by the Task Force for Greece; Exchange of views with Doris Pack, LUX Film Prize Coordinator, on LUX Film Prize survey: follow-up of the paragraph 59 of the resolution related to the European Parliament 2013 discharge procedure.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
A European Pillar of Social Rights; Exchange of views with Augusto Lopez-Claros (Director of Global Indicators Group) on the World Bank Group’s Doing Business report 2017.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Exchange of views with Mr Geert Dancet, Director of ECHA; Exchange of views with the Commission on the 3rd and 4th RDE package; Objection pursuant to Rule 106 : Renewing the approval of the active substance bentazone.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Public Hearing on «The role of conservation agriculture in enhancing agricultural productivity and ecosystem services»

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services; Promoting gender equality in mental health and clinical research.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Hearing on Reforming the EU Blue Card.

Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Civil Law Rules on Robotics; Annual report 2014 on subsidiarity and proportionality; Cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled; Permitted uses of works and other subject-matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled; Discharge 2015: EU general budget – European Court of Justice; Coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market realities; Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services; Control of the Register and composition of the Commission’s expert groups; Request for waiver of the immunity of Rolandas Paksas; Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services.

AGRI and FEMM
Consideration of draft report Women and their roles in rural areas

Tuesday 8 November
Interparliamentary committee meeting ‘Towards better spending in shared management: a more cooperative model of parliamentary scrutiny’
Organised by the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT).

Interparliamentary committee meeting ‘State of Play of the Common Foreign and Security Policy’
Organised by the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The meeting will focus on the way forward for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). To this end, Federica Mogherini, Vice-President of the Commission/HighRepresentative has been invited to discuss the next steps in the implementation of the Global Strategy. Other guests throughout the day will be the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation as well as the US Ambassador to the EU. Furthermore,the meeting will include a debate on AFET’s annual report on the CFSP.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Exchange of views with Federica Mogherini, VP/HR, on the implementation of the EU Global Strategy; Exchange of views with Bakir Izetbegović, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Exchange of views with Commission representatives on  the Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy; Exchange of views with Anthony L. Gardner, ambassador of the United States to the European Union, on EU-US cooperation on foreign policy issues; Exchange of views with Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice-Prime-Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration; Exchange of views with Iyad bin Amin Madani, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; Exchange of views on Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part and on Motion for a resolution accompanying the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part.

Committee on Development (DEVE)
Adoption of draft opinions on EU options for improving access to medicines, on Promoting gender equality in mental health and clinical research, on Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank and on Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015; Adoption of draft report on Increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation; Adoption of an Oral Question and draft wind up resolution on Access to energy in developing countries; Exchange of views with invited experts on EU flagship initiative on the garment sector and on European External Investment Plan ; Presentation of activities by Arancha González, Executive Director on  International Trade Centre (ITC); Exchange of views with Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management on Work programme and priorities of DG ECHO for 2017.

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Adoption of draft opinion on The evaluation of external aspects of the customs performance and management as a tool to facilitate trade and fight illicit trade; Exchange of views with Neven Mimica, Member of the European Commission responsible for International Cooperation & Development and Johannes Hahn, Member of the European Commission responsible for European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations, on Discharge 2015: General budget of the EU – European Commission/ 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs; Presentation of the Annual Report of the Investment Facility by Luca Lazzaroli, Director General and Deputy Head of Operations of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Operations outside the EU on Discharge 2015: EU general budget – 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs;  Interparliamentary meeting with National Parliaments: «Towards better spending in shared management: a more cooperative model of parliamentary scrutiny».

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Economic Dialogue and exchange of views with Michael Noonan, Minister for Finance of Ireland.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Exchange of views with Michael O’Flaherty (Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)); Civil Law Rules on Robotics; Establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020; Implementation report on Erasmus +; Establishing a Skills Guarantee; European Youth Event (EYE) follow-up hearing; Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
The Regulation on Paediatric Medicines; Objection pursuant to Rule 106 : Renewing the approval of the active substance bentazone; Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles; Logistics in the EU and multimodal transport in the new TEN-T corridors; Information exchange, early warning system and risk assessment procedure on new psychoactive substances; Exchange of views with the Commission on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies; Exchange of views with Commissioner Katainen; Exchange of views with Mr Guido Rasi, Executive Director of EMA; The Regulation on Paediatric Medicines.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
European Year of Cultural Heritage; Establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020; Follow-up hearing with European Youth Event ambassadors; Implementation report on Creative Europe; Implementation report on Europe for Citizens; Public hearing on «Universities and the development of entrepreneurship and innovation».

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
CAP tools to reduce price volatility in agricultural markets; Scrutiny: Presentation by the Commission (DG AGRI) of the draft Delegated Act with regard to Union aid for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in educational establishments; Scrutiny: Presentation by the Commission (DG SANTE) on the draft Implementing Directive on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community; Responsible ownership and care of equidae; Workshop on «Reflections on the agricultural challenges post 2020 in the EU: preparing the next CAP reform»; Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests; Organic production and labelling of organic products, amendment to Regulation.

Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (PANA)
Anti-Money Laundering: state of play of the implementation of EU legislation – Exchange of views with Věra Jourová, Member of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality

Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS)
Hearing of Mr Heinz Zourek, former Director-General of DG ENTR and Mr Carlo Pettinelli, Director, DG GROW, European Commission; Hearing of Mr Jos Delbeke, Director-General of DG CLIMA, European Commission.

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015; Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services; Equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014/2015; Rights of Women in the Eastern Partnership States; Mission to Rwanda (September 2016).

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Implementation report on Europe for Citizens; The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015; General Revision of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure; European Youth Event (EYE) speed-hearing; Possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union; Improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty; The constitutional relationship of the United Kingdom with the European Union: the consequences of the results of the referendum of 23 June 2016.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Establishing an EU common list of safe countries of origin for the purposes of common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection; Judgment of the European Court of Justice of 22 September 2016; The Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA); Structured dialogue with Sir Julian King, Commissioner for the Security Union; Contracts for the supply of digital content; Agreements between the EU and the Republic of Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the short-stay visa waiver; The UN Convention on the Rights of Child and the EU: challenges and opportunities for children’s rights, including in light of the refugees and migration crisis; Study «Cyberbullying among young people» commissioned by the Policy Department C – Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs; Fundamental rights implications of Big Data: privacy, data protection, non-discrimination, security and law-enforcement; Agreement between the United States of America and the EU on the protection of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, detection, and prosecution of criminal offenses.

Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Request for waiver of the immunity of Jean-François Jalkh; Insolvency proceedings and insolvency practitioners; Agreement between the United States of America and the EU on the protection of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, detection, and prosecution of criminal offenses; EU options for improving access to medicines; Access to anti-money-laundering information by tax authorities; Establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast); Amendment to Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work; Addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market; Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Canada regarding the application of their competition laws.

Wednesday 9 November
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Extraordinary meeting: Presentation of the 2016 Enlargement Package by Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Follow up by the EEAS to the urgency resolutions on the Crimean Tatars and on North Korea; Exchange of views on the situation of Bedouins in the Middle East, mainly Israel and Palestine; Consideration of amendments on Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015; Follow-up by the EEAS to the urgency resolutions on ‘the Rohingya refugees and mass graves in Thailand’, and on ‘Myanmar and, in particular, on the situation of the Rohingyas’.

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
With the Council and Commission and EEAS: Public hearing «Afghanistan: the future of the EUPOL mission»; Exchange of views with representatives from Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and NATO on Security Challenges in the Baltic Sea Region: Militarization of the Kaliningrad district; Exchange of views with Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen, Director General of the EU Military Staff on The role of the EU Military Staff in the implementation of the EU Global Strategy; Exchange of views with Daniel J. Costello, Ambassador of Canada to the European Union on Transatlantic Security Partnership – a Canadian Perspective.

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Exchange of views on State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations; Presentation of the outcome of the Ad hoc delegation’s mission to Buenos Aires, Argentina, 31 October – 4 November 2016; Exchange of views on Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union; Presentation of report of Mission to Valencia and Alicante, Spain, 10-11 October 2016; Exchange of views on Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests; Consideration of draft opinion on An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic; Presentation of a study «EU trade policy and the wildlife trade»;  Public hearing on Trade Policy Day.

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Presentation of Studies on Cost of Non-Agencies’ with Relevance to the Internal Market and on The costs of each euro from the EU budget to implement EU policies in different Member States: Mastering implementation costs of European grants; Exchange of views on Implementation report on Creative Europe and on EU funds for gender equality; Presentation by the European Commission on the External Investment Plan.

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Access to anti-money-laundering information by tax authorities; Banking Union – Annual Report 2016; Exchange of views with members of the European Fiscal Board; Public Hearing with Danièle Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB; Agreement between the European Union and the Government of Canada regarding the application of their competition laws; Structured Dialogue with Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union; votes: Finalization of Basel III, Access to anti-money-laundering information by tax authorities, Establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020; European Deposit Insurance Scheme.

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Workshop on Energy poverty; European standards – implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; Addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market; Feedback from ongoing negotiations (Energy labelling/Tamburrano and ETS/Federley); Exchange of views on Space strategy with Mr Maroš Šefčovič and Ms Elżbieta Bieńkowska; ACER Presentation of annual Market Monitoring Report and exchange of views.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Announcement of Council’s position at 1st reading on 4th Railway Package – Market Pillar: PSO, Governance, Normalisation of accounts; An Aviation Strategy for Europe; Recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation; Annual Report on EU Competition Policy; Tourism Task Force – Sustainable tourism and statistics on tourism; Exchange of views with European Commission VP Katainen on EFSI transport investments; Logistics in the EU and multimodal transport in the new TEN-T corridors; Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank; Civil Law Rules on Robotics; Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles; Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services; European Cloud Initiative; Coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market realities; Annual Report on EU Competition Policy; Public hearing on the Cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (Text with EEA relevance); Hearing: EYE 2016 – Youth hearings.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks; Sustainable management of external fishing fleets; Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak for vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on reciprocal access to fishing in the Skagerrak for vessels flying the flag of Denmark, Norway and Sweden; Characteristics for fishing vessels (recast); An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic; Discharges 2015: General budget of the EU – European Commission, and European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA); Exchange of views with the Commission on total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for the Baltic Sea; Multi-annual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks; Presentation by DG MARE of a study entitled The EU fish market – 2016 Edition; Public hearing on ‘Marine protected areas: valuing marine biodiversity and ecosystems for the blue economy’.

Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Investing in jobs and growth – maximising the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds: an evaluation of the report under Article 16(3) of the CPR; The European Union Solidarity Fund: an assessment; Exchange of views with Enrico Rossi, Vice-President and Nicolas Brookes, Director for Cohesion Policy, Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions; Draft Amending budget no 4 to the General Budget 2016 Update of appropriations to reflect the latest developments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment and commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer, extension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of Frontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own resources).

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Workshop on the rights of persons with disabilities as illustrated in petitions; Petitions on Disability: Accessibility. Participation. Access to information and Independent living; votes: Opinion on ‘EU options for improving access to medicines’, Report on the Annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2015; Opinion on the interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on Better Law-Making; Fact-finding Visits; petition on Multiannual financial framework.

Thursday 10 November
Committee on Trade (INTA)
Consideration of draft report on Certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo* of the other part; Consideration of working document Towards a new trade framework between the EU and Turkey to enhance bilateral trade relations and modernise the Customs Union; Vote on Macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Adoption of draft report (non-legislative resolution) on Extension of the provisions of the EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles; Adoption of draft recommendations (consent) on Extension of the provisions of the EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles and on Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Ghana; Adoption of draft opinions on Annual Report on EU Competition Policy, on Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank and on The implementation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments; Exchange of views on Conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part.

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Consideration and adoption of Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017, of Addressing Refugee and Migrant Movements: the Role of EU External Action, of Implementation report on Erasmus +, of Establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme for the period 2017 to 2020, of Establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the EU and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes and of Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank; Exchanges of views on Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany, on Draft Amending budget no 4 to the General Budget 2016 Update of appropriations to reflect the latest developments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment and commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer, extension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of Frontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own resources), on Draft amending budget no 5 to the general budget 2016 Implementation of the Own Resources Decision No 2014/335/EU further to the closing of the ratification process and its entry into force on 1 October 2016 and on Draft amending budget No 6 to the general budget 2016 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany.

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union; European Court of Auditors (ECA), Exchange of views with Mr. Alex Brenninkmeijer, Member of the Court; ECA Annual Report 2015 (Chapters on Competitiveness and Growth and Horizon 2020); Exchange of views on PRIMA with Commissioner Carlos Moedas; Public Hearing on «A Space Strategy for Europe».

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: An Aviation Strategy for Europe; Common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency; Recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation;  Annual Report on EU Competition Policy; Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank; Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles; Civil Law Rules on Robotics; Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services. Consideration of draft recommendation for second reading: Repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings; Amendment of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure; Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 concerning the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Establishing a Union programme to support specific activities enhancing the involvement of consumers and other financial services end-users in Union policy making in the field of financial services for the period of 2017-2020; Legislative scrutiny: Harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products; Laying down the Union Customs Code, as regards goods that have temporarily left the customs territory of the Union by sea or air; Annual Report on the Single Market Governance within the European Semester 2017.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Presentation by Policy Department B of a study entitled ‘Seafood Industry Integration in the EU’; Conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures; Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union; Draft Amending budget no 4 to the General Budget 2016 Update of appropriations to reflect the latest developments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment and commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer, extension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of Frontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own resources); Specific conditions to fishing for deep-sea stocks in the North-East Atlantic, provisions for fishing in international waters of the North-East Atlantic and repeal of Regulation (EC) No 2347/2002; Report on the Committee on Fisheries delegation visit to Thailand from 31 October to 4 November 2016.

Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Annual Report 2015 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests – Fight against fraud; Exchange of views with Anna Lisa Boni, Secretary-General, Eurocities; The management of the fishing fleets in the Outermost Regions.

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Petitions on Transport, Environment, Voting rights, Working Group on Child Welfare Issues; Petitions which it is proposed to close in the light of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.

ITRE and CULT
Vote on the report  A coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries

AFET, AFCO and SEDE
Exchange of views on Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty.

Find an overview of committees here.

 

Council of Ministers

Monday 7 November
Start of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) in Marrakesh
The 22nd session of the conference of parties to the United Nations framework convention on climate change (COP22) will be held in Marrakech from 7 to 18 November 2016. COP22 will take over the reins from COP21 during which important progress was made. It will focus on action items in order to achieve the priorities of the Paris agreement, especially related to adaptation, transparency, technology transfer, mitigation, capacity building and loss and damages. The COP22 will be the forum to underline the specificity of the Mediterranean area and move towards a common climate change agenda for the region.

Eurogroup
The Eurogroup will discuss euro areas aspects of the Banking Union, including a hearing on the Single Supervisory Mechanism and a presentation on the Single Resolution Board; hold a thematic discussion on growth and jobs: national insolvency frameworks; be briefed on the ongoing second review of Greece’s financial assistance programme and technical assistance provided to the Greek authorities to date by the European Commission’s structural reform support service (SRSS); be be informed on the findings of the post-programme surveillance missions to Cyprus and Spain; and be informed on inflation developments by the the European Commission and the European Central Bank.

Tuesday 8 November
Economic and Financial Affairs Council 
The Council will exchange views on the European Commission proposals on corporate taxation; discuss the adoption of conclusions approving the criteria for screening non-EU jurisdictions with regard to corporate tax avoidance; be briefed on the Commission plans regarding Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs); endorse an amendment to the code of conduct for the implementation of the EU’s fiscal governance rules; adopt conclusions on improvements to VAT rules for cross-border transactions; agree a general approach on a proposal for a directive that would grant access for tax authorities to information held by authorities with responsibility for the prevention of money laundering; adopt conclusions on the challenges that healthcare policies may cause to fiscal sustainability in the EU.

Conciliation Committee meeting
Between the Council and Parliament on the 2017 EU budget.

Friday 11 November
Foreign Affairs Council on Trade
The Foreign Affairs Council will discuss the modernisation of the EU’s trade defence instruments and the new anti-dumping methodology, following the European Council meeting that called for a balanced Council position on trade defence instruments by the end of 2016; Ministers will discuss the WTO and the post-Nairobi process; take stock of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); and sign, together with Ecuador, the Protocol of Accession of Ecuador to the EU-Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here. Find more information about COP22 here.

 

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 7 November
Federica Mogherini opens the Chiefs of Defence Meeting, in Brussels.

Kristalina Georgieva takes part in the last meeting of the High Level Group on Own Resources chaired by Mr Mario Monti, in Brussels.

Tuesday 8 November
Federica Mogherini receives Iyad Ameen Madani, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation; and Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights.

Frans Timmermans, Maroš Šefčovič, Günther Oettinger and Elżbieta Bieńkowska receive members of the Parliament of Poland as part of their study visit to Brussels.

Margrethe Vestager receives Ms Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the US Federal Trade Commission.

Tuesday 8 – Wednesday 9 November
7th strategy forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea region
The event, entitled ‘One region, one future – Vision 2030 for the Baltic Sea region’, is hosted by Sweden together with the Nordic Council of Ministers, in close cooperation with the European Commission, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy. 800 stakeholders from all around the Baltic Sea region will gather to discuss the future of the region within a 2030 perspective. We expect two inspiring days to discuss the development and cooperation in the Baltic Sea region on a wide range of themes ranging from the economic state of the region, the environmental state of the Baltic Sea, digital markets, innovation, connectivity to youth social entrepreneurship.

Wednesday 9 November
College of Commissioners 

Christos Stylianides on official visit to Uganda.

Phil Hogan visits Jakarta, Indonesia (from 7 to 9 November).

Thursday 10 November
Federica Mogherini delivers open remarks at the European Defence Agency Annual Conference 2016, in Brussels.

Friday 11 November
Miguel Arias Cañete and Karmenu Vella in Marrakech, Morocco to participate in the UN Climate Conference COP22.

A full list with meetings of Commissioners can be found here.

 

European Economic and Social Committee

Tuesday 8 -Wednesday 9 November
3rd meeting of the EU-Ukraine civil society platform

The EU-Ukraine civil society platform, established in April 2015, complements the political bodies existing within the framework of the EU-Ukraine association agreement. It allows civil society organisations from both sides to monitor the implementation process and prepare its recommendations to the relevant authorities. At the meeting in Kiev, a debate will be held assessing the state of play in the implementation of the EU-Ukraine association agreement, and two reports, prepared by both sides, will be discussed and adopted – on labour market regulation, with a focus on the adaptation of Ukrainian labour legislation to the EU legislation, and on anti-discrimination legislation and practice, with regard to the rights of vulnerable groups in the context of the association agreement. A joint declaration will be adopted at the end of the meeting.

Wednesday 9 November
Conference Cork+20: leaving rural areas behind is no longer an option!
The first Cork Declaration, adopted in 1996, forthrightly requested ‘a fairer balance’ of public spending and investment between rural and urban areas. But, in the new Cork 2.0 Declaration adopted in 2016, there is only one concrete proposal with the potential of a meaningful impact: the ‘rural proofing’, which aim would be to “systematically review other macro and sectorial policies through a rural lens”.This joint conference has the objective to discuss with the Commission, the Parliament and the Council – under the rotating presidency of Slovakia – the current state of rural territories, 20 years after the first Cork declaration; and to urge them to come up with concrete measures on how to implement the ‘rural proofing’ of all EU policies, which will imply the review of EU structural and regional strategies.

Conference Cooperative banks and innovation in SME financing
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the International Confederation of Popular Banks, the European Association of Cooperative Banks, the UNICO Banking Group, and the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises are organising this conference, to bring to the forefront the rise of technology players in financial services. The focus will be on the SMEs’ financing and on the interaction between these new players and the cooperative and popular banks.

Thursday 10 November
Public Hearing on the EFSI 2.0
The European Commission has decided to put forward a proposal for a regulation that would extend both the duration and the scope of the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI). A key element of the proposal is to reinforce the additionality of the projects supported under the EFSI to enhance the geographical coverage and reinforce the take-up in less-developed regions and transition regions. The proposal also envisages a number of technical enhancements for the EFSI and the European investment advisory hub (EIAH). The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is currently working on an opinion on the proposal on extending EFSI. In this framework.

More information about EESC events can be found here.
The agendas of the different EESC meetings can be found here.

 

Committee of the Regions

Monday 7 November
Consultation Bridging the investment gap
Investment in key areas has decreased as a direct result of the crisis. Relaunching investment in our cities and regions is thus crucial and we need to work on removing the obstacles that hold Europe back. For this reason, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has made kick-starting sustainable investment one of its key political priorities and is working on an overall vision for smart investment. This opinion is a stepping stone in this process. The opinion seeks to take on a holistic approach to investment: when speaking about investment, we need to consider all forms of funding. The meeting will discuss how local and regional authorities can make the most effective use of all investment opportunities and financial means to maximise the return on their investment, for both citizens and businesses.

Wednesday 9 November
EU cohesion policy: academic views on the way it is governed
For about 40 years, EU cohesion policy has operated as the Union’s main investment policy addressing economic, social and territorial cohesion across different levels of government. The way it is governed at all levels does not only impact significantly regional development and labour market policies, institutional behaviour, policy learning and transfer, it also triggers continued research by economic, social and political scientists. Upon the occasion of their recently published “Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU”, its editors will discuss with a representative of the European Commission what the EU cohesion policy’s narratives are and how have they changed over time.

More information about Committee of the Regions events can be found here.
The agendas of the different Committee of the Regions meetings can be found here.

 

Slovak Presidency

Wednesday 9 November
Conference on Food Chain in the Digital Single Market

The conference, organised by the European Commission and Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will feature speeches and sessions on: Toward a better integrated digital environment for the food chain, Delivering on EU food safety and nutrition in 2050 – Future challenges and policy preparedness, The Digital Dimension of the Food Chain: The Slovak experience, A contribution to the Digital Single Market: The Paperless Food Chain Control, The current state of play in the digital integration official controls and dissemination of results in SK, Food and Feed eCommerce Control and The International Dimension.

Wednesday 9 – Thursday 10 November
Conference ‘Ensuring cross-border justice for all in the EU sharing practices and experiences from the ground’
This conference aims to contribute to ensuring fair, effective and accessible cross-border justice for all in the EU by exchanging and learning from real-life practices and experiences. Over 100 representatives from EU institutions, national governments, legal professionals, national human rights institutions and other ‘access to justice’ actors will be invited. They will exchange promising practices and gather evidence in order to develop practical suggestions on how to strengthen cross-border access to justice for all. These concrete and practical suggestions will be part of the Conference report.

The agenda of the Slovak Presidency can be found here.

 

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Tuesday 8 November
Exchange of views with European Parliament on severe labour exploitation

The Agency’s Director, Michael O’Flaherty, will exchange views with MEPs on the issue of severe labour exploitation in the EU, drawing on the agency’s research in this area in this area. The FRA Director will also meet with Members of the European Parliament to discuss possible synergies.

Wednesday 9 November – Thursday 10 November
Joint FRA – Slovak EU Presidency conference on cross-border justice in the EU
This conference will focus on how to ensure fair, effective and accessible cross-border justice for all. Participants will exchange and learn from real-life practices and experiences in order to develop practical suggestions on how to strengthen cross-border access to justice for everyone across the EU.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here. 

 

Council of Europe

Monday 7 – Friday 11 November
World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg
The 2016 World Forum for Democracy will focus on the relationship between education and democracy. Education is central to democratic societies. Schools, universities, civil society organisations and other learning institutions should encourage the acquisition and practice of values and skills which are essential for democracy. The Forum will focus on how education can help bridge the social divide and become a real asset for our diverse democracies.
More information and full programme: http://www.coe.int/en/web/world-forum-democracy

Monday 7 November
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
Meeting in Paris. On the agenda: Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution on the situation in Aleppo; Hearing with the participation of two members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on the situation in Belarus; Ad hoc Sub-Committee on recent developments in Turkey; Hearing on the Funding of the Terrorist Group; Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab world; Sub-Committee on External Relations; Work programme; Open discussion on current issues.

Wednesday 9 November
Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)
Meeting in Paris. On the agenda: Draft periodic review reports on countries not under the monitoring procedure stricto sensu or engaged in a post-monitoring dialogue, including Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany; Ad hoc Sub-Committee on Conflicts between Member States of the Council of Europe; Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey; Oral report by the co-rapporteurs on their fact-finding visit to Kyiv, Ukraine; Post-monitoring dialogue with Montenegro; Exchange of views on the second round of the parliamentary elections of 30 October 2016 in Georgia; Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria.

Congress: Summit of Mayors “Alliance of European cities against violent extremism”
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) and the Ci