The Week Ahead 26 March 01 April 2018 Committee meetings, Brussels Protection of workers from carcinogens. An update of EU rules for protecting workers from carcinogens and mutagens at work will be voted on in the Employment and Social Affairs Committee. The aim is to adopt new thresholds for exposure to eight new cancercausing chemical agents. (Tuesday) Appointment of EU Commission Secretary-General. Budget and Human Resources Commissioner Günther Oettinger will be quizzed on Martin Selmayr s appointment as Commission Secretary-General at a public hearing organised by the Budgetary Control Committee. This will feed into a resolution to be voted on by the whole Parliament on April 19 (TBC). (Tuesday) Media pluralism and media freedom in the EU. Violence towards and pressure on journalists, worsening economic and working conditions in the media, fake news and net neutrality are among the topics examined in a report on media freedom to be put to the vote in the Civil Liberties Committee. (Tuesday) Migration/Human Rights. Frontex executive director, Fabrice Leggeri, and fundamental rights officer, Inmaculada Arnaez Fernandez, will present the new Joint Operation Themis to the Civil Liberties Committee. Themis replaced Triton and includes search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean, covering migration flows from Algeria, Tunisia, Libya Egypt and Albania. (Tuesday) Murder of Ján Kuciak. The findings of a delegation of MEPs who visited Slovakia on 89 March to look into the situation on the ground will be debated in the Civil Liberties and Budget Control committees. This will feed into a resolution to be voted on during the 1619 April plenary session in Strasbourg. (Monday) Future of EU cohesion policy. Plans on how to shape the post-2020 EU cohesion policy, aiming at reducing gaps among regions, will be put forward by the Regional Development Committee. Preserving the budget, selecting new priority areas, defining new indicators which are complementary to GDP as well as boosting territorial cooperation and simplification are among the proposals to be considered. (Tuesday) President's diary. EP President Antonio Tajani will hold a Facebook live chat on the conclusions of the 22-23 March European Council, on Tuesday. President Tajani will meet Finland s President Sauli Niinistö on Wednesday. EN Press Service Directorate General for Communication Director General - Spokesperson: Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Reference No:20180319APR00005 Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 1/8
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Monday 26/03/2018 PRESS CONFERENCES 17:00-17:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Political prisoners in Spain, update Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE), Bernd LUCKE (ECR, DE), Ivo VAJGL (ALDE, SL), Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS (ALDE, ES), Jordi SOLÉ (Greens/EFA, ES), Meritxell LLUÍS, Laura MASVIDAL, Montserrat PUIGDEMONT, Pol LEIVA, and Elisabet COMÍN PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 15:00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Exchange of views with Danièle NOUY, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB 15:00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Committee on Regional Development Cohesion policy and the circular economy (INI) - consideration of draft report, rapporteur Davor ŠKRLEC (Greens/EFA, HR) -18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Exchange of views with Mr Karmenu VELLA, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries as part of the structured dialogue Joint committee procedure of AFET, ENVI 15:00-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C50 Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Joint debate with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on the agenda on migration (15.00-16.30) Progress report on the Implementation of the European on Migration COM(2018)0250 and annexes - Discussion with representatives from the EEAS, from the Commission and the Migration Policy Centre Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Second Annual Report on the Facility for Refugees in Turkey State of play of Commission pilot project with third countries on legal migration end of joint debate Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) - Presentation of the 5th COSI report by Georgi Arabadzhiev, Bulgarian Council 3/8
Presidency and Chair of COSI (16.30-17.15) Joint debate with the Committee on Budgetary Control (17.45-18.30) Joint CONT-LIBE ad-hoc delegation to Slovakia (7-9 March 2018) - Consideration of a draft delegation report 4/8
Tuesday 27/03/2018 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda 14:30 Meeting with MEP José Manuel Fernandes (President s office) 15:00 Facebook chat (3rd floor corridor) 16:00 Meeting with President of the UN General Assembly, Mr Miroslav Lajčák (Protocol room) 17:30 Meeting with MEP Zoană Maria Gabriela (President's office) PRESS CONFERENCES 12:00-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 the criminalization of NGOs rescuing lives in the Mediterranean. #FreeOpeanArms Ernest URTASUN (Greens/EFA, ES), and Oscar CAMPS PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 09:00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Structured dialogue with Pierre MOSCOVICI, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs EMU package - Exchange of views with Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union and Pierre MOSCOVICI, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs 09:00-12:30 Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Votes Exchange of views with European Court of Auditors on: "Rural Development Programming: less complexity and more focus on results needed" from the agrienvironment-climate measures' perspective and "Greening: a more complex income support scheme, not yet environmentally effective" Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Seb DANCE (S&D, UK) 5/8
Monitoring the application of EU law 2016 - Adoption of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Marijana PETIR (EPP, HR) Mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme - Adoption of motion for a resolution - Co-rapporteurs: Dubravka ŠUICA (EPP, HR), Nicola CAPUTO (S&D, IT), Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (ALDE, NL), Stefan ECK (GUE/NGL, DE), Marco AFFRONTE (Greens/EFA, IT), Mireille D'ORNANO (EFDD, FR), Bolesław G. PIECHA (ECR, PL) 09:00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Committee on Regional Development Votes Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union: the 7th report of the European Commission (INI) - adoption of draft report, rapporteur Marc Joulaud (EPP, FR) Cohesion Policy and thematic objective promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures - Article 9(7) of the Common Provisions Regulation (INI) - adoption of draft report, rapporteur Andrey Novakov (EPP, BG) Exchange of views with Corina CREŢU, Commissioner for Regional Policy 09:00-16:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G3 Committee on Legal Affairs Votes (11.00-11.30) Annual reports 2015-2016 on subsidiarity and proportionality (INI) - rapporteur Mady Delvaux (S&D, LU) - vote on a draft report Statistics of goods transport by inland waterways (codification) - rule 103 - (COD) - rapporteur Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (S&D, PL) - vote end of votes Presentation of the results of the EAVA Study "A Common EU Approach to Liability Rules and Insurance for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles" (15.00-15.30) Application of Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (the ELD - Commission follow-up position (15.30-16.30) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders (COD) - rapporteur Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE, FR) - Reporting back to committee on the trilogue negotiations (9.00-9.10) Combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment (COD) - rapporteur Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (S&D, DE) - Consideration of draft report (9.10-9.45) FRONTEX - the European Border and Coast Guard Agency - Presentation on Joint Operation Themis and Fundamental Rights issues by Fabrice Leggeri, 6/8
Executive Director and Inmaculada Arnaez Fernandez, Fundamental Rights Officer (9.45-11.15) Votes (11.15-12.30) Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (CETS No. 196) (NLE) - rapporteur Helga Stevens (ECR, BE) - vote on a draft report Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Additional Protocol supplementing the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism (CETS N 217) (NLE) - rapporteur: Helga Stevens (ECR, BE) - vote on a draft report Subjecting new psychoactive substances to control measures (NLE)- rapporteur: Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz (ALDE, ES) - vote on draft reports Media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union (INI) - rapporteur: Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL, IT) - vote on a draft report 14:30-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Votes Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Claude ROLIN (EPP, BE) 14:30-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Visit of Věra JOUROVÁ, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality - Structured dialogue (15.00-16.00) 7/8
Wednesday 28/03/2018 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda 10:55 Official welcome President of the Republic of Finland, Mr Sauli Niinistö (Protocol entrance) 11:00 Meeting with President of the Republic of Finland, Mr Sauli Niinistö (Protocol room) PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES Committee on Legal Affairs Joint meeting with the Committee on Constitutional affairs - see draft agenda attached Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on Better Law-Making 11:30-12:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 Committee on Constitutional Affairs Joint meeting with the Committee on Legal Affairs - see draft agenda attached Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on Better Law-Making 8/8