News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 49 (04.12.2023-08.12.2023)
AI Regulation: Trilogue negotiations are still ongoing. After the trilogue negotiations on the European AI Act were brought to an abrupt halt due to the intervention of Germany, France and Italy, an agreement planned for 6 December was called into question. The negotiations are currently ongoing and it is unclear whether an agreement can be reached in the coming week.
eID Regulation: The ITRE Committee of the European Parliament approved the outcome of the trilogue on 7 December. The work on the eID Regulation is thus nearing completion. Approval is still pending from the plenary of the Parliament and the Council. The compromise reached was recently called into question once again, as the regulations on website certificates had been categorised as problematic.
Cyber Resilience Regulation: The third trilogue meeting on the Cyber Resilience Regulation took place on 30 November. According to reports, the trilogue parties reached a political compromise on the regulation. The extent to which specific details still need to be clarified in technical discussions is currently unclear.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Critical ICT third-party service providers – criteria & fees (until 14.12.2023)
- Digital certificates of origin for Brazilian products (until 15.12.2023)
- Proposal for a DIRECTIVE on the simplification of reporting obligations in environmental legislation (until 19.12.2023)
- Rationalising reporting obligations – outline of draft proposals in the field of mobility and transport (until 19.12.2023)
- Consumer rights – adapting out-of-court dispute resolution to digital markets (until 04.01.2024)
- Digital Services Act – implementing regulation (until 05.01.2024)
- Digital Services Act – transparency reports (until 05.01.2024)
Selections of the CW 50 (11.12.2023-15.12.2023)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the days until 24.12.2023 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
- General Affairs Council, 12.2023, Agenda
- European Council, 12.2023, Agenda
- Transport Telecommunications & Energy Council, 12.2023, Agenda
Preparatory Bodies:
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 12.2023, Agenda
- WP Competitiveness & Growth, 12.2023, Agenda
- WP Telecommunications & Information Society, 12.2023, Agenda
- COREPER II, 12.2023, Agenda
- WP on e-Justice, 12.2023, Agenda
- COREPER II, 12.2023
- COREPER II, 12.2023
- COREPER I, 12.2023, Agenda
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda for the current Commission meeting on 12 December 2023 can be found here.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings (Strasbourg Plenary Week)
The agenda for the current plenary sittings week can be found here.
Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2023 is available here (PDF), and is also available for 2024 here.
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
No meeting of the LIBE Committee is scheduled for this week.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee taking place on 11.12.2023 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:
- Policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company, commercial and intellectual property law issues
The current timetables of the JURI Committee (as of 30.11.2023) can be found here.
ITRE Committee (Industry)
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 07.12.2023) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 28.11.2023) can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
No meeting of the CULT Committee is scheduled for this week.
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the ECJ here.
