Weekly agenda 

The week ahead 26 January - 01 February 2015  
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    • Plenary session 

      1. No event for this day 

    • President's agenda 

      Prague


      08:00            Meeting with Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, Speaker of the Knesset - Hotel InterContinental Praha, Pařížská 30, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic


      09:00            Chairing of the round table at the Fourth International forum `Let My People Live!´ - Prague Castle, 119 08 Prague 1, Czech Republic


      10:30            Closing speech at the special session of heads of state at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Prague Castle, 119 08 Prague 1, Czech Republic


      14:30            Attending the Terezín Commemoration Ceremony - Principova alej 304, 411 55 Terezín, Czech Republic


    • Conference Of Presidents 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Press conferences 

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        "Anti-money laundering directive" – vote in the committees 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 

        Krišjānis KARIŅŠ (EPP, LV), ECON rapporteur and Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL), LIBE rapporteur

    • Conciliation/Trialogue 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Parliamentary committees 

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        ECON 
        Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 
        • The review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges (INI) - Discussion with Wolfgang SCHÄUBLE, Finance Minister of Germany and Pier Carlo PADOAN, Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy (08.00-09.00)

        Votes (15.30-16.30)

        • Reconsultation of the Committee: (Rule 73 of the Rules of Procedure)

        • Interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (rapporteur: Pablo Zalba Bidegain (EPP, ES)

        • Annual Report on EU Competition Policy (INI) - Vote on a report by rapporteur Morten Messerschmidt (ECR, DK)
        • European Investment Bank - Annual Report 2013 (INI) - Vote on a report by Ernest Urtasun (Greens/EFA, ES)

        End of vote


        • EU/US Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue - Discussion with the Commission (17.00-17.45)
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        LIBE 
        Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 

        Joint debate on Counter-Terrorism, De-Radicalisation and Foreign Fighters (as a follow-up to the attacks in Paris on 7-9 January 2015 and in the run-up to the informal JHA Council on 29/30 January in Riga)    (09.15-11.30)


        • Discussion with Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship            
        • Discussion with Gilles DE KERCHOVE, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (CTC)        
        • Presentation of the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) by Omar RAMADAN, Head of the RAN Secretariat           
        • Presentations by Morten KJAERUM, Director of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and  Giovanni BUTTARELLI, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)




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        CONT 
        Committee on Budgetary Control 
        Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3 

        9.00-12.30


        • Special Report 19/2014 (2013 Discharge): EU Pre-accession assistance to Serbia - Rapporteur: Tamás DEUTSCH (EPP, HU) - Discussion  and consideration of a working document, in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Szabolcs FAZAKAS

        15.00 – 18.30


        • 2013 Discharge to the Agencies - Rapporteur: Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) - Discussion with the Representatives of the following Agencies:

        - European Railway Agency (ERA)

        - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living & Working Conditions (EUROFOUND)

        - European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX)

        - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

        - The Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)

        - European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

        - European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (EU-LISA)

        in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Louis GALEA, and the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), currently responsible for the coordination of the Agencies' network.


        • 2013 Discharge to the Joint Undertakings - Co-rapporteurs: Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) and Anders Primdahl VISTISEN (ECR, DK) -  Discussion in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Louis GALEA, with the Representatives of the following Joint Undertakings:

        - ITER Joint Undertaking

        - Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking (IMI)

        - ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking

        - ENIAC Joint Undertaking


        • Special Report 21/2014 (2013 Discharge): EU-funded airport infrastructures - Rapporteur:

        Derek VAUGHAN (S&D, UK) -  Joint presentation CONT/TRAN co-chaired by Ingeborg GRÄSSLE (EPP, DE) and  Michael CRAMER (Greens/EFA, DE), in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, George PUFAN -  Consideration of a working document

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        PETI 
        Committee on Petitions 
        Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G3 
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        LIBE 
        Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 

        Joint meeting with the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs


        • Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, rapporteurs Krišjānis KARIŅŠ (EPP, LV) and Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL) and information accompanying transfers of funds, rapporteurs Peter SIMON (S&D, DE) and Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK) - vote on Parliament/Council agreement
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        ENVI 
        Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 
        • Discussion with Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the Commission, responsible for Energy Union on the forthcoming Strategic Framework for the Energy Union
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        AGRI 
        Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 
        • Hearing on "The milk package and the prospects for the dairy sector" (15.00-18.30) - see Public Hearings
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        JURI 
        Committee on Legal Affairs 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A2 

        Jointly with the Committee on International Trade (15.00-18.00)


        • Hearing on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): Regulatory Aspects and Investor-State Dispute Settlement/Arbitration - see Public Hearings
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        CULT 
        Committee on Culture and Education 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 
        • Discussion with Günther OETTINGER, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society

    • Delegations 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Public hearings 

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        TTIP: hearing on investment disputes and regulatory aspects 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A02 

        A hearing on Investment disputes and regulatory aspects in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will be held in the European Parliament on 27 January, from 15.00 to 18.00, in room PHS 1A0002. The hearing entitled 'TTIP: Regulatory aspects and investor to state dispute settlement and arbitration' is organised jointly by the EP committees on Trade and Legal Affairs and will focus on the enforcement of TTIP's investment protection provisions and the possible alternatives to the investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanism, and on the regulatory coherence and the regulatory cooperation.

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        The milk package and the prospects for the dairy sector 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 

        The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will hold a public hearing to discuss with farmers, their representatives and scholars the impact the 2012 Milk Package had on the bargaining power of small milk farmers and the prospect of the EU's dairy sector after the milk quotas are abolished at the end of March this year. The hearing will be opened by speeches fromCzesław Adam Siekierski (EPP, PL), the chair of the Agriculture committee, and James Nicholson (ECR, UK), Parliament's rapporteur for the Development of the dairy market situation and the operation of the 'Milk Package' provisions.

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    • Special events 

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    • Official visits 

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    • Formal sittings 

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    • Plenary session 
      Brussels 

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        Debates 
        Resumption of session and order of business 
        Anti-terrorism measures 
        Procedure file:2015/2530(RSP)  
        European fund for strategic investments 
        Procedure file:2015/2522(RSP)  
        Roadmap towards a new international climate agreement in Paris 
        Procedure file:2015/2521(RSP)  
        One-minute speeches (Rule 163) 

    • President's agenda 

      Brussels


      9:30             Meeting with Michel Lebrun, President of the Committee of the Regions - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President´s Office


      15:00            Chairing of the plenary: Council and Commission statements


      16:00            Meeting with Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari, chairman of the Senate of Pakistan - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire


      17:00            Meeting with Jörg Wuttke, President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire

       

      18:30            New Year´s Reception offered by the President for


    • Conference Of Presidents 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Press conferences 

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        Fight against terrorism: EPP Group's proposals 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 

        Manfred WEBER (DE), EPP group Chair, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS (EPP, ES) and Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE)

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        Education in Crisis 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 

        Kostas CHRYSOGONOS (GUE/NGL, EL) and Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO (GUE/NGL, ES)

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        Business Activity Act 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 

        Janusz KORWIN-MIKKE (NI, PL)

    • Conciliation/Trialogue 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Parliamentary committees 

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    • Delegations 

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    • Public hearings 

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    • Special events 

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    • Official visits 

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    • Formal sittings 

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      Brussels

      11:30           Speech at the Conference of Ministers for European Affairs/ Europaministerkonferenz - Committee of the Regions, Jacques Delors Building, Rue Belliard 99-101

    • Conference Of Presidents 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Press conferences 

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        The "landing obligation" regulation - the outcome of inter-institutional negotiations 
        Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 

        Alain CADEC (EPP, FR), rapporteur

    • Conciliation/Trialogue 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Parliamentary committees 

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        SEDE 
        Subcommittee on Security and Defence 
        Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G2 

        With the Council and Commission and EEAS

        • EUFOR Althea operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) - Discussion with General Sir Adrian John BRADSHAW, Head of Mission
        • Center of Excellence of NATO for Strategic Communication - Discussion with Ambassador Janis KARKLINS
        • "The review of the Non-Prolifreation Treaty'' - see public hearings
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        TRAN 
        Committee on Transport and Tourism 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 
        • Tourism Task Force - discussion with Pedro ORTUN, Director DG ENTR at the European Commission, on European Tourism Policy
        • Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - discussion on a draft opinion, rapporteur Wim van de Camp (EPP, NL)
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        EMPL 
        Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 
        • Presentation of a research paper and discussion with the International Labour Organisation on the employment impact of the Investment Plan presented by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
        • European Fund for Strategic Investments - discussion
        • The EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015
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        ENVI 
        Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 
        Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 

        Votes

        • Election of co-chairs of the Health Working Group
        • Discharge 2013: EU general budget - European Commission - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT)
        • Discharge 2013: European Medicines Agency - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT)
        • Discharge 2013: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT)
        • Discharge 2013: European Food Safety Authority - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT)
        • Discharge 2013: European Chemicals Agency - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT)
        • Discharge 2013: European Environment Agency - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giovanni LA VIA (EPP, IT)
        • European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2015 - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS (S&D, EL)
        • Alcohol strategy - Adoption of question for oral answer - Co-rapporteurs: Alberto CIRIO (EPP, IT), Glenis WILLMOTT (S&D, UK), José INÁCIO FARIA (ALDE, PT), Younous OMARJEE (GUE/NGL, FR), Piernicola PEDICINI (EFDD, IT)

        End of votes


        • Alcohol strategy - Consideration of motion for a resolution - Co-rapporteurs: Alberto CIRIO (EPP, IT), Glenis WILLMOTT (S&D, UK), José INÁCIO FARIA (ALDE, PT), Younous OMARJEE (GUE/NGL, FR), Piernicola PEDICINI (EFDD, IT)
        • Follow-up to the European Youth Event (EYE) - "Ideas check" with young people
        • Discussion with Marc SPRENGER (Executive Director of ECDC)
        • The Ebola Crisis: the long-term lessons and how to strengthen health systems in developing countries to prevent future crises - Consideration of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ (GUE/NGL, ES)
        • Discussion with representatives from the European Commission and the European Medecine Agency (EMA) on clinical trials in third countries

    • Delegations 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Public hearings 

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        The Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 
        Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G2 

        Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold a public hearing the Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on Thursday 29 January 2015 from 11:00 to 12:30. Dr Oliver MEIER from SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Berlin), Dr Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director of Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy (London) and a representative of the EEAS will take part in the discussion with the MEPs.

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    • Special events 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Official visits 

      1. No event for this day 

    • Formal sittings 

      1. No event for this day