The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection will go over the Commission’s measures to address the COVID-19 outbreak, in particular with respect to consumer protection, on 14 April. The meeting will take place with Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, following the Committee’s call for further actions to be taken to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, while stressing the importance of enforcing consumer protection and guaranteeing the respect of consumer rights through this crisis.

The Agriculture and Rural Development Committee will go over the Commission’s current and upcoming agricultural initiatives in response to the spread of COVID-19 virus, with Agriculture Commissioner Wojciechowski. The Committee will also look into the compromise amendments to the Regulation on transitional provisions for the support by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in 2021. The meeting will be held on 15 April.

The Conference of Presidents (CoP) of the European Parliament updated the institution’s calendar of activities on 2 April, as a result of the continuing precautionary measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19. Apart from agreeing on a new extraordinary plenary session on 16 and 17 April in Brussels, the CoP has now introduced additional dates for remote meetings for Parliament’s governing bodies, committees and political groups. The full calendar is available on Parliament’s website.