News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 03 (13.01.2025-19.01.2025)
Data Protection: The European Parliament’s LIBE Committee selected Bruno Gencarelli as the preferred candidate for the role of European Data Protection Supervisor, while EU ambassadors voted in favour of extending the term of office of the incumbent Wojciech Wiewiórowski (another 5 years).
AI Act: Experts criticise the guidelines for banned AI.
AI Chips: The EU Commissioners for Technology and Retail, Henna Virkkunen and Maroš Šefčovič, expressed their concern about the announced US export restrictions.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank
Ongoing relevant European Commission Consultations
- Ecodesign requirements for fans – amendment of EU rules for fans driven by motors between 125 watts and 500 kilowatts (until 24 January 2025)
- Single Market Strategy 2025 (until 31 January 2025)
Selections of the CW 04 (20.01.2025-26.01.2025)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the coming days until 26 January 2025 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meeting:
- Euro Group, 20 January 2025, Agenda
- Council (Economic and Financial Affairs), 01.2025,
Preparatory Bodies:
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 01.2025,
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 01.2025, Agenda
- COREPER I, 22 January 2025, Agenda
- Competitiveness and Growth Group (Single Market), 01.2025, Agenda
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 01.
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 01.2025, Agenda
- WP on Customs Union (Directors General of Customs), 01.2025,
- COREPER II, 01.2025, Agenda
- Working Party on e-Justice, 01.2025,
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda for the current Commission meeting was not available at the time of writing. You may be able to find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenum (STRA)
The agenda for the current plenary sittings week can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda items are relevant:
- Necessary enforcement of the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms, including against foreign interference and algorithmic
- Need to detect and combatting acts of sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet damaging critical underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea
- Cryptocurrencies – the need for global
Here you will find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2025 is available here.
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
No meeting of the LIBE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee taking place on 23 January 2025 can be found here.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 15 January 2025) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Single Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 13 January 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
