The Week Ahead April 2018

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1 The Week Ahead April 2018 Committee meetings, Brussels EU asylum system. New rules establishing an EU single procedure for asylum claims, with the aim of avoiding so-called asylum-shopping, will be voted on by the Civil Liberties Committee. It should simplify and shorten asylum procedures as well as include guarantees for asylum seekers. It would also introduce an EU-wide definition of the concept of safe third (non-eu) countries. (Wednesday) Anti-terrorism. The reasons behind radicalisation and the phenomenon of foreign fighters, particularly radicalisation online and in prisons, will be addressed by the Special Committee on Terrorism with experts and those working in the field. MEPs will also discuss the way forward to prevent and counter radicalisation. (Tuesday) Enlargement. European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn is expected to present and discuss the 2018 Enlargement Package with the Foreign Affairs Committee. The paper assesses reforms in the Western Balkans and Turkey as well as whether these countries are closer to EU membership. (Monday) EU/Tunisia. Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will debate with the Foreign Affairs Committee on EU support for the democratic transition, readmission of migrants and visa facilitation as well as Tunisian products access to EU markets and the EU Commission s black list of countries exposed to money laundering. Mr Chahed will also meet EP President Tajani. Negotiations with Tunisia on a Comprehensive and Deep Free Trade Agreement (ALECA) will resume on 23 April. (Tuesday) Jobs/Caterpillar. The Budget Committee will vote on 4.6 million of aid from the Globalisation Adjustment Fund for former Caterpillar workers in Belgium. This should facilitate the re-integration into the labour market of employees who were made redundant by the construction machine producer's Belgian factory and by several suppliers in the course of (Tuesday) Conference on digital society. A high-level conference on Shaping our digital future: the challenge of the digital revolution will address the challenges and opportunities for Europeans in a digital society and how to mobilise investments, foster innovation and ensure benefits for businesses and consumers. President Tajani and Digital Society Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will kick off the debates between MEPs, experts, political leaders, as well as representatives from industry, including Google and Facebook. Mr Tajani will hold a press conference at and join a Facebook Live on the conference s topics at 17:30. (Wednesday) EN Press Service Directorate General for Communication Director General - Spokesperson: Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Reference No: APR01813 Press switchboard number (32-2) /18

2 President s diary. EP President Antonio Tajani will participate in the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments, in Tallinn on Monday. Press briefing. The EP Press Service will hold a press briefing on the week's activities at a.m. on Monday, in the Anna Politkovskaya EP press conference room. EP Press Service contact 21 and 22 April IIna LIETZEN Mobile: /18

3 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda Monday 23/04/2018 Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments, Tallinn The President's agenda Tuesday 24/04/ :35 Meeting with Cardinal Bassetti and COMECE (Catholic Church in the European Union) delegation (Salon A) 10:30 Meeting with Mr José María Aznar, Former Prime Minister of Spain (President's office) 13:00 Welcome speech at "Cyber terrorism - Is the EU Ready?" (PHS 07 C 050) 15:05 Welcome speech at "Strategy Council Europe European Union today: still an opportunity?" (Bibliothèque Solvay - Rue Belliard 137) 18:00 Meeting with Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mr Youssef Chahed (Grand Salon Protocolaire) The President's agenda Wednesday 25/04/ :30 Opening speech at High-level conference - Shaping our digital future: the challenge of the digital revolution (Hemicycle) 17:30 Live facebook chat (3rd floor) 18:30 Closing speech at High-level conference - Shaping our digital future: the challenge of the digital revolution (Hemicycle) 3/18

4 PRESS CONFERENCES Briefing on parliamentary agenda Monday 23/04/ :00-11:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Petition on the tendering system for medicinal products in the autonomous community of Andalucía Monday 23/04/ :00-17:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT (EPP, ES) Catalan citizens condemn, in the European Parliament, the linguistic discrimination that they face in Catalonia Tuesday 24/04/ :00-10:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA (ALDE, ES), Carlos SILVA, and Ana LOSADA Press Point - by Guy VERHOFSTADT, EP Brexit Coordinator on Statement following Brexit Steering Group meeting with UK Home Office and 3 million group Tuesday 24/04/ :00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 5G03 (in front of the Meeting room: ASP 5G03) Spanish National Platform in Defense of Public Pension Systems: Proposals and Demands to Protect and Guarantee the Rights of Pensioners with a Decent Remuneration" Tuesday 24/04/ :00-17:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Tania González Peñas (GUE/NGL, ES), Concepción RIBERA, Emilio LEÓN, and Domiciano SANDOVAL the independence and neutrality of mass media, situation on the Spanish public television, RTVE Wednesday 25/04/ :30-11:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) the adoption of the EPP Cancer paper Wednesday 25/04/ :00-10:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Manfred WEBER (DE), President, Peter LIESE (EPP, DE), Françoise GROSSETÊTE (EPP, FR), and Alojz PETERLE (EPP, SL) the high-level conference on Shaping our digital future: the challenge of the digital revolution Wednesday 25/04/ :30-16:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Antonio TAJANI, President of the European Parliament, and Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society 4/18

5 Own-initiative Report on the Situation in Hungary current state of play (2017/2131 INL) Thursday 26/04/ :30-13:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Kinga GÁL (EPP, HU), Vice-Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Press Point - by Claude MORAES (S&D, UK), Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and Ladislav HAMRAN, President of Eurojust, on 2017 EUROJUST annual report Thursday 26/04/ :45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 (in front of the Meeting room: JAN 4Q2) Press Point - by Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), and Petra KAMMEREVERT (S&D, DE), corapporteurs, on the ongoing negotiations on the reform of the Audiovisual directive" Thursday 26/04/ :30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 5G3 (in front of the Meeting room: ASP 5G3) 5/18

6 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES Committee on Foreign Affairs Monday 23/04/ :00-19:00 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Presentation of the 2018 Enlargement Package by Johannes HAHN, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Committee on Foreign Affairs Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Votes Exchange of views with Youssef CHAHED, Prime Minister of Tunisia Exchange of views with Nizar KHAIRALLAH, Deputy Foreign Minister of Iraq Public hearing: Strategies for EU-China relations (in association with the Committee on International Trade) - Foreign affairs and trade MEPs will hold a hearing, to be followed by a debate on draft report on EU-China relations, put together by EP rapporteur Bas BELDER (ECR; NL). MEPs will discuss with experts China s strategy in Europe and the EU-China trade relations. Exchange of views with Sir Suma CHAKRABARTI, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the role of the EBRD in Europe s neighbourhood Exchange of views with Pierre KRÄHENBÜHL, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Recommendation to the Council, the Commission, and the EEAS on Libya (2018/2017(INI)) - Adoption of amendments - Rapporteur: Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT) Joint meeting Development/Women's Rights & Gender Equality Tuesday 24/04/ :15-10:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B1 Implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182) - Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations , rapporteurs Linda McAVAN (S&D, UK) and Suica Dubravka (EPP) - adoption of draft report Committee on Budgets Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q : Joint meeting with Budgetary Control Committee - Vote on Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union - Rapporteurs: Ingeborg GRASSLE (EPP, DE) and Richard ASHWORTH (EPP, UK) 6/18

7 Committee on Budgets Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q-2 Vote Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Belgium EGF/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar - Rapporteur: Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES) Subcommittee on Human Rights Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E-2 Hearing on Human rights and discriminatory legislation against women and girls, in particular regarding sexual violence ( ) Exchange of views with Sandie BLANCHET, UNICEF Director, on Relations with EU Institutions and Ms Pia OBEROI, OHCHR s Advisor on Migration and Human Rights, on the UN Global compacts on migration and refugees (Jointly with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Exchange of views on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May) with Julie MAJERCZAK, Reporters sans frontières Director Committee on Budgetary Control Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3 Joint meeting Civil Liberties/Subcommittee on Human Rights Wednesday 25/04/ :00-16:00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 Discussion on the UN Global Compacts on migrants and on refugees in the presence of representatives of UNICEF, the office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights and the EEAS with a special focus on vulnerable groups Subcommittee on Human Rights Thursday 26/04/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E-2 Exchange of views on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in particular in the Kasaï region (In association with the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly) Subcommittee on Security and Defence Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B001 Global arms export trends ( ) - Exchange of views with Caroline CLIFF, COARM Chair, Secpol.1, Disarmament, non-proliferation and arms export control, EEAS, María VILLELLAS ARIÑO, Research fellow, School for a Culture of Peace (Escola di Pau), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Jordi CALVO RUFANGES, Coordinator & Researcher, Centre Delàs for Peace Studies (Centre Delàs d'estudis per la Pau), Barcelona and Christophe STIERNON, Research fellow, Group for Research and Information on Peace and Security (GRIP) 7/18

8 The security situation in the South Caucasus, particularly in Georgia (In association with the Delegation to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee) - Exchange of views with Lawrence MEREDITH, Director on Neighbourhood East, Commission/DG NEAR, Dirk LORENZ, Deputy Head of Division, Directorate Eastern Partnership Bilateral, Europe and Central Asia, EEAS, Amanda PAUL, Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre and Irakli PORCHKHIDZE, Senior Vice-President, The Georgian Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS) Subcommittee on Security and Defence Thursday 26/04/ :30-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B001 : CSDP after Brexit: The way forward - Study presentation European security and defence policy after Brexit ( ) - Exchange of views with Margriet DRENT, Coordinator of Security Unit, Clingendael and Ian BOND, Director of Foreign Policy, Centre for European Reform Committee on Development Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B001 Why the humanitarian system is an effective system - Exchange of views with Mark LOWCOCK, United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Oversight and Management of the EU Trust Funds - Exchange of views with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Committee on Development Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B001 Votes EU flagship initiative on the garment sector - Exchange of views to follow-up on the resolution of 27 April 2017 (Jointly with the Committee on International Trade (INTA)) Reform of the African Union - Exchange of views with Ambassador Awad Sakine AHMAT, Permanent Representative of the African Union to the European Union (Jointly with the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP) and the Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (DPAP)) Follow-up to the resolution on the Virunga National Park, notably the security situation - Exchange of views with Emmanuel de MÈRODE, Director of the Park, and François-Xavier de DONNEA, Minister of State (Belgium) Implementation of the Joint Staff Working Document (SWD(2015)0182) - Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Transforming the Lives of Girls and Women through EU External Relations (Jointly with the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) - Rule 55) The upcoming negotiations for a new Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (2018/2634(RSP)) - Adoption of draft resolution and oral questions to 8/18

9 Commission and Council - Rapporteur: Linda McAVAN (S&D, UK) Committee on International Trade Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 State of EU-China relations (2017/2274(INI)) - Consideration of draft opinion - Rapporteur for the opinion: Iuliu WINKLER (EPP; RO) - Exchange of views with Zhang MING, Chinese Ambassador to the EU on the state of EU-China trade and economic relations State of play on US restrictions on steel and aluminium imports Import of cultural goods: joint meeting with the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (Rule 55) - Rapporteurs Alessia Maria MOSCA (S&D, IT) and Daniel DALTON (ECR, UK) ( ) Committee on International Trade Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Votes Establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union (2017/0224(COD)) - Consideration of amendments - Rapporteur: Franck PROUST (EPP, FR) Access of third-country goods and services to the Union s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (2012/0060(COD)) - Consideration of amendments - Rapporteur: Daniel CASPARY (EPP, DE) Exchange of views to follow-up on the resolution of 27 April 2017 on the EU Flagship Initiative on the garment sector - Jointly with the Committee on Development ( , room: Paul-Henri Spaak 4B001) Further macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (2018/0058(COD)) - Consideration of draft report - Rapporteur: Jarosław WAŁĘSA (EPP, PL) Exchange of views with Oleksandr DANYLIUK, Minister of Finance of Ukraine, and with Pierre MOSCOVICI, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Annual report on the implementation of the Common Commercial Policy (2017/2070(INI)) - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Tokia SAÏFI (EPP; FR) Committee on Budgetary Control Thursday 26/04/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A002 Votes Public hearing: Towards a definitive EU VAT system - The ECON committee will hold a hearing on the future EU definitive VAT system, in the context of the recent Commission proposals on the reform of the VAT system. ( ) 9/18

10 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as regards the clearing obligation, the suspension of the clearing obligation, the reporting requirements, the riskmitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a central counterparty, the registration and supervision of trade repositories and the requirements for trade repositories - Adoption of draft report, Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations - Rapporteur: Werner LANGEN (EPP, DE) Location of the seat of the European Banking Authority - Adoption of draft report, Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations - Corapporteurs: Burkhard BALZ (EPP, DE), Pervenche BERÈS (S&D, FR) Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on administrative cooperation, combating fraud and recovery of claims in the field of Value Added Tax - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Miguel VIEGAS (GUE/NGL, PT) Sustainable finance - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Molly SCOTT CATO (Greens/EFA, UK) Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation - Adoption of draft opinion - Markus FERBER (EPP, DE) Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A002 Votes Study on Integration of refugees in Austria, Germany and Sweden Evaluation of the agencies under the remit of the EMPL committee - Presentation by Joost KORTE (Director-General of DG EMPL) Presentation of the European Court of Auditors Special Report Free Movement of Workers the fundamental freedom ensured but better targeting of EU funds would aid worker mobility - Presentation by George PUFAN (Member of the European Court of Auditors) Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services - Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations - Corapporteurs: Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER (EPP, FR), Agnes JONGERIUS (S&D, NL) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Belgium EGF/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar - Adoption of draft opinion in letter form - Rapporteur: Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES) Enforcement requirements and specific rules for posting drivers in the road transport sector - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Martina DLABAJOVÁ (ALDE, CZ) Amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards on minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) 165/2014 as regards positioning by means of tachographs - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Georges BACH (EPP, LU) Amending Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 with a view to adapting them to developments in the sector - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ (EPP, ES) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 10/18

11 Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Votes Exchange of views with the Commission on the strategic approach to pollution of water by pharmaceutical substances Implementation of environmental legislation - Exchange of views with Commission representatives on the Drinking Water Directive Monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles - Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations - Rapporteur: Damiano ZOFFOLI (S&D, IT) Objection pursuant to Rule 106: genetically modified sugar beet H7-1 - Adoption of motion for a resolution - Co-rapporteurs: Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), Guillaume BALAS (S&D, FR), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL, IE), Eleonora EVI (EFDD, IT), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP, FI), Valentinas MAZURONIS (ALDE, LT) Objection pursuant to Rule 106 : Authorisation of maximum residue levels for cyantraniliprole, cymoxanil, deltamethrin, difenoconazole, fenamidone, flubendiamide, fluopicolide, folpet, fosetyl, mandestrobin, mepiquat, metazachlor, propamocarb, propargite, pyrimethanil, sulfoxaflor and trifloxystrobin in or on certain products - Adoption of motion for a resolution - Rapporteur: Sylvie GODDYN (ENF, FR) Implementation of the circular economy package: options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation - Adoption of questions for oral answer - Co-rapporteurs: Lukas MANDL (EPP, AT), Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DA), Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE), Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI (ALDE, FI), Davor ŠKRLEC (Greens/EFA, HR), Lynn BOYLAN (GUE/NGL, IE), Piernicola PEDICINI (EFDD, IT), Joëlle MÉLIN (ENF, FR) Protecting the EU s internal market and consumer rights against the negative implications of the illegal trade in companion animals - Adoption of questions for oral answer - Co-rapporteurs: Renate SOMMER (EPP, DE), Pavel POC (S&D, CZ), Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE), Catherine BEARDER (ALDE, UK), Keith TAYLOR (Greens/EFA, UK), Stefan ECK (GUE/NGL, DE), Julia REID (EFDD, UK), Joëlle MÉLIN (ENF, FR) Implementation of the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Frédérique RIES (ALDE, BE) Cohesion policy and the circular economy - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Stanislav POLČÁK (EPP, CZ) State of EU-China relations - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Stefan ECK (GUE/NGL, DE) The future of food and farming - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Angélique DELAHAYE (EPP, FR) Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards support to structural reforms in Member States - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 11/18

12 Thursday 26/04/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Exchange of views with Mr Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS, Commissioner responsible for Health and Food Safety, on the Commission initiatives on General Food Law, vaccination and digital healthcare Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 Exchange of views with Mr Jyrki KATAINEN, Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, as part of the Structured Dialogue Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 ITRE Priorities in 2019 Budget: Exchange of views with BUDG rapporteur Exchange of views with Energy Community Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3 Exchange of views with Věra JOUROVÁ, Commissioner responsible for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality - as part of the structured dialogue Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3 Votes Exchange of views on Analysing Big Data with self-learning Artificial Intelligence with the participation of Ambassador Froysnes and Norwegian scientists and lawyers Exchange of views with Pierre MOSCOVICI, Commissioner Responsible for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs - as part of the structured dialogue Switzerland: Obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market - Adoption of draft motion for resolution Proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions - Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations - Rapporteur: Andreas SCHWAB (EPP, DE) Budget: Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions Committee on Transport and Tourism Wednesday 25/04/ :00-16:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Votes: 12/18

13 Odometer manipulation in motor vehicles: revision of the EU legal framework (INL) - vote on a draft report by Ismail Ertug (S&D, DE) Tourism Task Force - Public Hearing on the Impact of BREXIT on Tourism MEPS will discuss the impact of Brexit on the travel and tourism flows between the UK and EU with representatives of tourism and travel associations during a hearing on Wednesday. Committee on Regional Development Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 Exchange of views with World Bank on "Priorities and approaches for the future delivery of cohesion policy" Committee on Regional Development Thursday 26/04/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 Union Civil Protection Mechanism (COD) - vote on a draft opinion by Daniel Buda (EPP, RO) Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Special Report No 10/2018: Basic Payment Scheme for farmers operationally on track, but limited impact on simplification, targeting and the convergence of aid levels - presentation by João FIGUEIREDO, Member of the European Court of Auditors Briefing Paper on Future of CAP - presentation by João FIGUEIREDO, Member of the European Court of Auditors Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:00 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Votes: Implementation of CAP young farmers tools in the EU after the 2013 reform (INI) - vote on a draft report by Nicola Caputo (S&D, IT) "Towards the CAP after 2020: the future of food and farming"- meeting with national parliaments Committee on Fisheries Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G2 Votes: Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention Area of the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO) (COD) - vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations, rapporteur Linnéa Engström (Greens/EFA, SE) Optimisation of the value chain in the EU fishing sector (INI) - vote on a draft report by Clara Eugenia Aguilera García (S&D, ES) Implementation of control measures for establishing the conformity of fisheries products with access criteria to the EU market (INI) - vote on a draft report by Linnéa Engström (Greens/EFA, SE) 13/18

14 Snow crab fishing - vote on a draft resolution Committee on Culture and Education Wednesday 25/04/ :00-16:00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G3 Votes Modernisation of Education in the EU (INI) - vote on a draft report by Krystyna Łybacka (S&D, PL) The Structural and Financial Barriers in the access to culture (INI) - vote on a draft report by Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (EPP, PL) Implementation report on the EU Youth Strategy (INI) - vote on a draft report by Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (S&D, ES) Committee on Legal Affairs Monday 23/04/ :00-18:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 5B1 Discussion with Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the Commission in charge of Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights ( ) Committee on Legal Affairs Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 5B1 Discussion with Věra JOUROVÁ, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality ( ) VOTES ( ) 2017 EU Justice Scoreboard (INI), rapporteur Jytte GUTELAND (S&D, SE) - vote on draft report Insolvency proceedings - replacing Annex A to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 (COD), rapporteur Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL) - vote on draft report Public Hearing on The Hague Judgments Project This hearing will bring together Members of the European Parliament, Commission representatives, the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference and stakeholders with a view to discussing the ongoing negotiations on a world-wide Convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. Joint meeting Civil Liberties/Women's Rights & Gender Equality Wednesday 25/04/ :00-09:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 The EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, co-rapporteurs Christine REVAULT d'allonnes BONNEFOY (S&D, FR) and Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT (EPP, SE) - presentation of the opinion of the Legal Service on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Discussion with Paraskevi MICHOU, Director-General of DG HOME, European Commission ( ) 14/18

15 VOTES ( ) Annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area (INI), rapporteur Carlos COELHO (EPP, PT) - vote on draft report Common procedure for international protection in the Union (COD), rapporteur Laura FERRARA (EFDD, IT) - vote on draft report and vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations and on the composition of the negotiating team European Travel Information and Auithorisation System (ETIAS) amending Regulations (COD), rapporteur Kinga Gál (EPP, HU)- two reports - vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations (to be confirmed) Joint meeting Civil Liberties/Women's Rights & Gender Equality Thursday 26/04/ :00-09:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Implementation of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and proetection of victims of crime (INI), rapporteurs Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (EPP, ES) and Angelika Mlinar (ALDE, AT) - vote on a draft report Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Thursday 26/04/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EUROJUST) - presentation of the 2017 annual report by Ladislav HAMRAN, President of Eurojust ( ) The situation in Hungary (pursuant to the European Parliament resolution of 17 May 2017) rapporteur Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL) - consideration of draft report in the presence of Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade ( ) Joint meeting ECON and AFCO Tuesday 24/04/ :45-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A2 See draft agenda Committee on Constitutional Affairs Wednesday 25/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 5B1 The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Article 50 TEU) - discussion on the state of play of the negotiations on Brexit, with the participation of Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Parliament's coordinator for the negotiations ( ) Hearing on "Globalisation "Trilemma": how to reconcile globalisation, democracy and welfare - lessons for the EU" ( ) - presentations by experts - draft programme will be available here Joint meeting Legal Affairs/Constitutional Affairs Wednesday 25/04/ :50-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 5B1 Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on Better Law-Making (INI), co-rapporteurs Pavel SVOBODA (EPP, CZ) and Richard CORBETT (S&D, UK) - adotpion of draft report 15/18

16 Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Wednesday 25/04/ :00-13:00 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 Pilot projects and preparatory actions in budget 2019, rapporteur Malin BJÖRK (GUE/NGL, SE) - adoption ( ) Measures to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at workplace, in public spaces and political life in the EU (INI), rapporteur Pina PICIERNO (S&D, IT) - first exchange of views and presentation by Prof. Helge HOEL of a study commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs ( ) Committee on Petitions Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G3 Committee on Petitions Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G3 Fact-finding misson visit to Taranto, Italy ( ) - adoption of the draft report (09.00) Workshop on " Political and electoral rights of non-citizen residents in Latvia and Estonia" ( ) - programme will be available here Special Committee on Terrorism Monday 23/04/ :00-18:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 In camera External Border Management - discussion Special Committee on Terrorism Tuesday 24/04/ :00-18:00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 Public Hearing on Preventing and Countering Radicalisation The hearing will focus on the reasons of radicalisation that affect people from different social backgrounds throughout the European society. Discussion will be divided into four panels. The first will be on the "reasons of radicalisation, foreign terrorist fighters and returnees." Keynote speech will be made by Professor Peter NEUMANN, Founding Director, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, King's College London. "Radicalisation in prisons", "online radicalisation" and "Best practices in preventing and countering radicalisation" will then be discussed. Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance Thursday 26/04/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Public Hearing - Combat of Money Laundering in the EU Banking system The TAX3 Special Committee will hold a public hearing on "Combat of Money Laundering in the EU banking system". The aim of the hearing is to acquire a more complete and detailed understanding of the risks posed by money laundering in the EU banking sector with a view to improving the supervisory system and reducing these risks. The hearing will thus be structured in two panels, the first devoted to examining the money laundering risks in the EU banking sector through selected examples of financial institutions which have recently raised concerns of money-laundering, and the second to evaluating the way 16/18

17 in which checks and controls should be strengthened at EU and national level to reduce money-laundering risks. 17/18

18 SPECIAL EVENTS High-level conference on Shaping our digital future: the challenge of the digital revolution Wednesday 25/04/ :30-19:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, Hemicycle and 3C050 A high-level conference on Shaping our digital future: the challenge of the digital revolution will be held in the European Parliament, in Brussels, on 25 April from to Lawmakers will discuss with experts, political leaders, representatives from industry, tech giants, including Google and Facebook, and other stakeholders the challenges and opportunities for Europeans in a digital society and how to mobilise investments, foster innovation and ensure an online platform economy that benefits business and consumers. After the opening session, hosted by EP President Antonio Tajani and the European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel, the conference will be structured around four themes: Investing to unlock digitalisation, boost competitiveness and avoiding a digital divide Innovation, research and the use of data in the digital age Opportunities and risks, including trust, security and privacy, in a digital society How to ensure an online platform economy that benefits businesses and consumers, supported by fair taxation 18/18