News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 04 (22.01.2023-28.01.2024)
Artificial intelligence: The European Commission launched an AI Innovation Package on 24 January 2024. Among other factors, the package includes an amendment of the EuroHPC Regulation to set up AI factories and a decision to establish a new AI Office. It also proposes measures to promote AI innovation and start-ups in Europe and establishes two European Digital Infrastructures Consortiums (EDICs). (EU Commission)
Content Moderation: On 25 January 2020, the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, Germany, ruled that the social media company Meta must independently find and delete posts that include defamatory false quotes from Renate Künast, a Green Party member of the German parliament. The ruling is considered a milestone in the enforcement of users’ rights on social media platforms. Meta can appeal against the ruling. (Politico)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
- Newly proposed rules to strengthen GDPR enforcement in cross-border cases
- The EU’s digital trade policy
- Parliament’s powers: Designating the seats of EU decentralised agencies
- The principle of subsidiarity
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
- Sources and scope of European Union law
- Outlook for the special European Council meeting on 1 February 2024
- Public procurement contracts
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Report on the General Data Protection Regulation (until 02.2024)
- Product safety – interoperable interface of the Safety Gate Portal (until02.2024)
- Farm Sustainability Data Network – compiling data on farm sustainability (until02.2024)
- Proposal for a Council Regulation on HPC (until03.2024)
- R&D on dual-use technologies – options for support (until04.2024)
Selections of the Current Week CW 05 / 29.01.2024-04.02.2024
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 11 February 2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
Preparatory Bodies:
- This week, there are no Council meetings of relevance to the Internet industry.
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
This week, there are no European Parliament plenary sittings.
Here you can find a list of the upcoming dates of the European Parliament. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2024 is available here (PDF).
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee taking place on 29.01.204 can be found here.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.
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 23.01.2024) 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 January 2024) 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.
