IEU Agenda Weekly 23 November 2020

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EU COMMISSION: 

• EU Commission Calendar +++ 
• 23 November 2020 +++ 
• 24 November 2020 +++ 
• 25 November 2020 +++ 
• 26 November 2020 +++ 
• 27 November 2020 +++ 
• 28 November 2020 +++ 
• Outlook November 2020 +++ 

EU COMMISSION - EXPERT GROUPS

• EU Commission expert groups modified within the selected month of November 2020
• E03110 - C2020 CPG/031 - Customs Business Group
• E03536 - Competitiveness of the Rail Supply Industry
• E00911 - Official controls
• E01320 - Commission expert group on Fertilising Products
• E01422 - Advisory Committee for coordination in the Internal Market field
• E01656 - Competent Authorities expert group for Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• E02522 - Expert group for technical advice on organic production
• E02730 - Expert Group for Agricultural Markets, in particular concerning aspects falling under the single CMO Regulation
• E03140 - C2020 CPG/054 - Electronic Customs Coordination Group (ECCG)
• E03735 - Technical expert stakeholder group on SMEs
• E02210 - Co-ordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature
• E02789 - Expert group for monitoring and evaluating the CAP
• E03681 - Commission Expert Group on Insolvency Benchmarking
• E03710 - Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board
• E03725 - Expert Group on Roadworthiness and Vehicle Registration Documents
• E02780 - Expert Group on Ship Recycling
• E03040 - Expert group on European Structural and Investment Funds
• E03343 - Expert Group on Waste
• E03419 - Customs Expert Group
• E03419 - Customs Expert Group
• X03565 - Medical Device Coordination Group
• E02522 - Expert group for technical advice on organic production
• E02553 - Expert Group of the European Securities Committee
• E03040 - Expert group on European Structural and Investment Funds
• E03612 - Expert Group on Organic Production
• E03632 - Commission Expert Group “Executive Board of the EOSC”
• E01106 - Best practices in Road Safety
• X02584 - Copernicus User Forum
• E00895 - Expert group on consumer and marketing law
• E03652 - Forum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles
• E03718 - Commission Expert Group on EU Space Programme
• E02653 - Marine Equipment Expert Group
• E02730 - Expert Group for Agricultural Markets, in particular concerning aspects falling under the single CMO Regulation
• E03054 - C2020 CPG/002 - Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN)
• E03652 - Forum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles
• E02869 - European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)
• E02869 - European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)
• E03282 - Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation
• X03609 - Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum
• E03282 - Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation
• E03396 - Consultation Forum on Access and benefit sharing (ABS)
• E03576 - Commission expert group on social economy and social enterprises
• E03735 - Technical expert stakeholder group on SMEs
• E00947 - Groupe Economie Tarifaire
• E03652 - Forum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles
• E03735 - Technical expert stakeholder group on SMEs

EU COMMISSION - COMITOLOGY

• 2020-11-23- COMMITTEE FOR COMMON ORGANISATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETS – PROMOTION
• PAFF Committee, section Phytopharmaceuticals-Pesticide Residues, 23-24 November 2020
• PAFF Committee, section Phytopharmaceuticals-Pesticide Residues, 23-24 November 2020
• C42900 Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets - Horticulture
• 28th SC1 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEETING - HEALTH, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND WELL-BEING
• Safety of Toys Committee
• 82nd COCOM Meeting - 24 November 2020
• 2020-11-24 COMMITTEE FOR COMMON ORGANISATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETS – HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
• MEETING (24/11/2020) OF THE WASTE TECHNICAL ADAPTATION COMMITTEE (DIRECTIVE ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC)
• 77th Single Sky Committee
• Meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) on 25/11/2020 (Webex)
• Meeting of the Committee on Safe Seas (COSS48) on 26 November 2020
• 30th Meeting of the ERC-FET-MSCA Configuration - MSCA part
• Meeting (26/11/2020) of the the Ship Recycling Committee established under Article 25 of Regulation (EU) NO 1257/2013 on Ship Recycling
• TAC and Expert Group on Ship Recycling
• Committee of Safety at Sea (COSS 48)
• 2020-11-26 Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets - Arable crops and Olive oil
• PAFF COMMITTEE, Section SEEDS
• SECTION SEEDS & PROPAGATING MATERIAL FOR AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE (PAFF COMMITTEE)
• Videoconference - 14th COSME Committee meeting
• 31st Meeting of the ERC-FET-MSCA Configuration - ERC part
• STANDING COMMITTEE ON ZOOTECHNICS
• Meeting of Excise Committee

EU PARLIAMENT

• Agenda - The Week Ahead 23-29 November 2020
• Collective interest of consumers
• “Right to repair” for consumers
• Strengthening media freedom
• December EU summit
• Fundamental rights in the EU
• Abortion rights in Poland
• End homelessness by 2030
• President’s Diary
• Press Briefing

EU Parliament - Agenda by day

• 23 November 2020
• 24 November 2020
• 25 November 2020
• 26 November 2020
• EP Revised Annual Calendars 2020, 2021, and 2022

EU COUNCIL

• Main topics and media events
• 23 November 2020: Video conference of development ministers
• 27 November 2020: Video conference of research ministers
• 30 November 2020: Video conference of the Eurogroup
• 30 November 2020: Video conference of education ministers
• 30 November 2020: Video conference of youth ministers
• 1 December 2020: Video conference of EU-ASEAN foreign ministers
• 1 December 2020: Video conference of economics and finance ministers
• 1 December 2020: Video conference of culture ministers
• 1 December 2020: Video conference of sport ministers
• 2 December 2020: Video conference of health ministers
• 2 December 2020: Video conference of justice ministers
• 3 December 2020: Video conference of employment and social policy ministers
• 7 December 2020: Foreign Affairs Council
• 7 December 2020: Informal meeting of the ministers for consumer protection
• 7 December 2020: Video conference of telecommunication ministers
• 8 December 2020: General Affairs Council
• 8 December 2020: Video conference of transport ministers
• 10-11 December 2020: European Council, 10-11 December 2020
• 11 December 2020: Euro Summit
• 14 December 2020: Video conference of energy ministers
• 15-16 December 2020: Agriculture and Fisheries Council
• 17 December 2020: Economic and Financial Affairs Council
• 17 December 2020: Environment Council

Coreper, Committees and Working Parties

• 23 November 2020
• 24 November 2020
• 25 November 2020
• 26 November 2020
• 27 November 2020
• Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel

EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY 

• Germany’s 2020 EU Council Presidency
• Trio Presidency of Germany, Slovenia and Portugal in the EU

EVENTS - GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY

• 23 November 2020:
• Videoconference of development ministers
• SET Plan Conference 2020
• 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• 24 November 2020:
• Political and Security Committee (PSC
• Meeting of the Directors-General for Civil Protection of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and of the candidate countries
• Network conference “Collections from colonial contexts. Challenges, tasks, strategies”
• Defence CIO Council
• eu-LISA Management Board Meeting
• Forum on the Action Plan for Cultural Heritage and Baukultur in Europe (Stakeholder Conference)
• Virtual Forum: Towards a Common Approach to Sustainable Supply Chains and Due Diligence
• European Conference on Batteries
• SET Plan Conference 2020I
• 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• 25 November 2020:
• Committee of Permanent Representatives - Part 1
• Committee of Permanent Representatives - Part 2
• Preparing for tomorrow: The future of civil security research, for people, for society, for Europe
• EASO Resettlement Network: Workshop
• European conference “Towards a gender equal world”
• Specialist conference “EFECS 2020 - The European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems”European Expert Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships
• Initiative for European children’s film
• Meeting of the Directors-General for Civil Protection of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and of the candidate countries
• eu-LISA Management Board Meeting
• Forum on the Action Plan for Cultural Heritage and Baukultur in Europe (Stakeholder Conference)
• 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• European Conference on Batteries
• 26 November 2020: 
• Informal Meeting of EU Defence Legal Directors
• A Scientific Evening: “How much does CO2 neutrality cost Europe?”
• Political and Security Committee (PSC)
• Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) Meeting
• 50th Meeting of the Standing Group on Indicators and Benchmarks in Education
• Trust in AI: Responsible AI for Science and Society
• eu-LISA conference on implementing interoperability
• 21st Century Challenges for the eHealth National Competence Centres in Europe
• TADEUS Plenary Meeting
• Conference on the Amendment of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive on Sensitive Areas, Nutrient Reduction and Micropollutants
• Preparing for tomorrow: The future of civil security research, for people, for society, for Europe
• Specialist conference “EFECS 2020 - The European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems”
• 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• European Conference on Batteries
• European Expert Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships
• Initiative for European children’s film
• 27 November 2020:
• Informal Meeting of EU Defence Legal Directors
• Videoconference of the Ministers of Research
• 50th Meeting of the Standing Group on Indicators and Benchmarks in Education
• Conference on the Amendment of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive on Sensitive Areas, Nutrient Reduction and Micropollutants
• 32nd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• European Conference on Batteries
• European Expert Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships
• Initiative for European children’s film
• 28 November 2020:
• European Conference “Science Journalism in the Digital Age”
• 29 November 2020:
• European Conference “Science Journalism in the Digital Age”

OTHER EU EVENTS

• 23 November 2020: e-Health security conference 2020 – Session 3 - Online (WebEx)
• 23-24 November 2020: SET plan conference 2020: Making the SET plan fit for the EU green recovery - Online
• 25 November 2020: Virtual conference on the review of the alternative investment fund managers directive - Online
• 25 November 2020: Digitalisation and sustainability: practical recommendations from European civil society - Brussels, Belgium
• 25-26 November 2020: Strengthening geographical indications - Online
• 26 November 2020: eu-LISA Annual Conference: Interoperability - Building Digital Resilience for the EU Justice and Home Affairs Community - Online
• 26 November 2020: New Pact on migration and asylum - Online
• 26 November 2020: The role of volunteering in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals - Warsaw, Poland
• 26-27 November 2020: Workshop on the future of vocational education and training (VET) - Online
• 27 November 2020: Bank resolution in times of COVID-19 - Online and/or Brussels, Belgium
• 27 November 2020: A European rural agenda urgently needed for rural areas after COVID-19 crisis - Online
• 3-4 December 2020: All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum: From pole to pole - Online
• 3-4 December 2020: Closer than ever: Interpreting in the time of a pandemic - Online
• 4 December 2020: Race to zero: Bolstering whole of society engagement for climate neutrality and sustainable recovery - Online
• 6-9 December 2020: 7th European Scientific Working group on Influenza (ESWI) - Valencia, Spain
• 7 December 2020: EuroPCom 2020 - Online / Brussels, Belgium
• 7-8 December 2020: Meeting of the European electricity regulatory forum - Online
• 7-11 December 2020: European Space Week 2020 - Bonn, Germany
• 8 December 2020: Translation as a career – for senior cycle secondary school students (Maynooth, Ireland) - Maynooth, Ireland
• 9-11 December 2020: 2020 SMARTER Conference on Smart Specialisation and Territorial Development - Seville, Spain
• 16-17 December 2020: 2020 EU agricultural outlook conference - Online

EU COURT OF JUSTICE

• Complete EU Court Diary until 17 December 2020

CJEU Background (EN)

• 24 November 2020: Judgment in Joined Cases C-225/19 Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken & C-226/19 Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (Border controls, asylum and immigration - Community Code on Visas - Refusal of visas - Effective remedy - Good administration)
• 24 November 2020: Judgment in Case C-510/19 Openbaar Ministerie (forgery in documents) (Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters - European Arrest Warrant - Concept of "executing judicial authority" - Request for additional consent accepted by the public prosecutor of the executing Member State)
• 24 November 2020: Judgment in Case C-59/19 Wikingerhof (Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction - Special jurisdiction in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict - Action for an injunction against commercial practices regarded as contrary to competition law - Commercial practices covered by contractual provisions resulting from an abuse of a dominant position - Online hotel reservation platform.)
• 1 December 2020: Judgment in Case C-815/18 Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services - International lorry drivers - Concept of posting "to the territory of a Member State" - Concept of "collective agreements declared to be of general application".)
• 2 December 2020: Opinion in Case C-739/19 An Bord Pleanála (Freedom to provide services by lawyers - Obligation for a foreign lawyer representing a client in legal proceedings before national courts to act in concert with a local lawyer - Possibility for a party represented by a foreign lawyer in preliminary ruling proceedings to be represented by the same lawyer in the subsequent national proceedings)
• 2 December 2020: Opinion in Case C-826/19 Austrian Airlines (Air transport - Compensation for air passengers in the event of flight delays - Extraordinary circumstances - Delay caused by a storm affecting a previous flight - Ban on night flights - Diversion to another airport serving the same city)
• 3 December 2020: Judgment in Case C-62/19 Star Taxi App (Notion of information society services - Service for putting taxi customers directly in touch with taxi drivers - Mandatory taxi reservation centre services for taxis of authorised carriers) 
• 3 December 2020: Opinion in Case C-650/18 Hungary v Parliament (Action for annulment - European Parliament resolution of 12 September 2018 relating to a proposal calling on the Council to declare, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, that there is a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded - Voting - Failure to take account of abstentions)
• 3 December 2020: Opinion in Case C-559/19 Commission v Spain (Deterioration of the natural area of Doñana) (Framework for Community action in the field of water policy - Conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora - Degradation of groundwater bodies in the Doñana District - Lack of more detailed characterisation of all groundwater bodies in the Doñana aquifer identified as being at risk - Basic measures and adequate complementary measures missing from the Guadalquivir River Basin District Management Plan - Degradation of a series of natural habitats and habitats of species)
• 3 December 2020: Opinion in Case C-337/19 P Commission v Belgium and Magnetrol International (Appeal - State aid - Interpretation of the concept of 'aid scheme' - Exemption of excess profits)

EuGH-Hintergrundmaterialien (DE)

• 23. November 2020, 14.30 Uhr: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C‑821/19 Kommission / Ungarn - Strafbarkeit von Hilfeleistungen an Asylbewerber
• 24. November 2020: Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C-59/19 Wikingerhof gegen Booking.com - Gerichtliche Zuständigkeit für Unterlassungsklage gegen Vertragspartner wegen Missbrauchs einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung
• 24. November 2020: Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Große Kammer) in den verbundenen  Rechtssachen C-225/19 und C-226/19 Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken - Ablehnung eines Visumantrags wegen Bedenken eines anderen Mitgliedstaats
• 24. November 2020: Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C-510/19 Openbaar Ministerie - Europäischer Haftbefehl – Hinreichende Unabhängigkeit der Staatsanwaltschaft in den Niederlanden?
• 24. November 2020: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof (Große Kammer) in den verbundenen Rechtssachen C‑804/18 WABE und C-341/19 MH Müller Handel - Neutralitätsgebot / Kopftuchverbot in Kita und Drogeriemarkt
• 26. November 2020: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof in den verbundenen Rechtsmittelsachen C‑174/19 P Scandlines Danmark und Scandlines Deutschland / Kommission und C‑175/19 P Stena Line Scandinavia / Kommission - Finanzierung der Straßen- und Eisenbahnverbindung über den Fehmarnbelt
• 27. November 2020: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gericht in der Rechtssache T‑378/20 Ryanair / Kommission - Covid-19-Krise: Staatliche Beihilfen Dänemarks zugunsten von SAS
• 27. November 2020, 14.30 Uhr: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gericht in der Rechtssache T‑379/20 Ryanair / Kommission - Covid-19-Krise: Staatliche Beihilfen Schwedens zugunsten von SAS
• 1. Dezember 2020: Urteil des Gerichtshofs (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C‑815/18 Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging - Entsendung von Arbeitnehmern –  Internationaler Güterkraftverkehr
• 1. Dezember 2020: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gerichtshof (Große Kammer) in der Rechtssache C‑791/19 Kommission / Polen - Disziplinarkammer des polnischen Obersten Gerichts
• 2. Dezember 2020: Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C-826/19 Austrian Airlines - Entschädigungsanspruch bei Umleitung auf anderen Großstadtflughafen?
• 3. Dezember 2020: Urteil des Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache C-352/19 P Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Kommission - Glyphosat
• 3. Dezember 2020: Urteil des Gerichtshofs in der Rechtssache C-62/19 Star Taxi App - Darf Taxi-App einer Genehmigungspflicht unterworfen werden?
• 3. Dezember 2020: Schlussanträge des Generalanwalts am Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C-650/18 Ungarn / Parlament - Rechtsstaatlichkeit in Ungarn
• 3. Dezember 2020: Schlussanträge der Generalanwältin am Gerichtshof in der Rechtssache C-559/19 Kommission / Spanien - Feuchtgebiete von Doñana
• 3. Dezember 2020: Schlussanträge der Generalanwältin am Gerichtshof in der Rechtsmittelsache C-337/19 P Kommission / Belgien und Magnetrol International - Tax rulings: Steuerbefreiung für „Mehrgewinne“ belgischer Unternehmen multinationaler Konzerne
• 4. Dezember 2020: Mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Gericht in der Rechtssache T‑388/20 Ryanair / Kommission - Covid-19-Krise: Staatliche Beihilfen Finnlands zugunsten von Finnair

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