News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 2 (06.01.2025-12.01.2025)
Data protection: The EU’s top court (CJEU) has ruled that the frequency of complaints made to data protection authorities should not be classified as excessive solely on account of their number during a specific period (euractiv).
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Ecodesign requirements for fans – amendment of EU law on fans driven by motors between 125 watts and 500 kilowatts (until 15.01.2025)
- Single Market Strategy 2025 (until 31.01.2025)
Selections of the CW 3 (13.01.2025-19.01.2025)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 26.01.2025 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
Preparatory Bodies:
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 01.2025, Agenda
- COREPER II, 01.2025
- COREPER I, 10.2025
- Audiovisual Working Party, 01.2025, Agenda
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 01.2025, Agenda
- WP on Telecommunications and Information Society, 06.2025, Agenda
- COREPER II, 01.2025, Agenda
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda of the current Commission meeting was not available at our time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings (no sessions)
There are no plenary sittings of the European Parliament taking place this week.
Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2025 is available here (PDF).
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 16.01.2025 can be found here.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee taking place on 16.01.2025 can be found here.
The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 16.01.2025 Â can be found here.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 10.01.2025) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Internal Market)
The agenda for the current meeting of the IMCO Committee taking place on 16.01.2025 can be found here.
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 19.12.2025) 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. The provisional agenda for the upcoming plenary sittings can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the ECJ here.
