The View from Brussels #326

News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week

News CW 48 (25.11.2024-01.12.20249

Commission confirmed: In its meeting on 27 November, the European Parliament elected the new EU Commission. Its term began on 1 December 2024.

Chat control: In the negotiations over the “CSAM Directive” (child sexual abuse material), a consensus seems to be emerging in the Council. The topic is on the agenda for the upcoming Council meeting on 12 December 2024.

Age verification: France is planning to introduce a minimum age for social media. The initiative coincides with efforts by the US company meta to implement age verification for app stores or operating systems.

Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks

Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations

Digital product passport – rules for service providers (until 10.12.2024)
European Digital Identity Wallets – list of certified wallets (until 27.12.2024)
European Digital Identity Wallets – registration of relying parties (until 27.12.2024)
European Digital Identity Wallets – security breaches (until 27.12.2024)
European Digital Identity Framework – verification of electronic attestation of attributes (until 27.12.2024)
European Digital Identity Framework – cross-border identity matching (until 27.12.2024)
Travel – digitalising travel documents to make travelling easier (until 30.12.2024)

Selections of the CW 49 (02.12.2024-08.12.2024)

Council:

The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 15.12.2024 can be found here.

Summit and Ministerial Meetings:

Council Transportation, Telecommunication and Energy, 12.2024, Agenda

Preparatory Bodies:

JHA Counsellors, 12.2024
Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 12.2024, Agenda
COREPER II, 12.2024, Agenda
COREPER I, 12.2024, Agenda
Briefing TTE Council, 12.2024
JHA Information Exchange, 12.2024
JHA Counsellors, 12.2024, Agenda
JHA Counsellors, 12.2024
JHA Counsellors, 12.2024

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

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 2024 is available here. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2025 is available here.

Committees

LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)

A first related timetable of the LIBE Committee on 02.12.2024 can be found here.

A second related timetable of the LIBE Committee on 02.12.2024 can be found here.

A first related timetable of the LIBE Committee on 03.12.2024 can be found here.

A second related timetable of the LIBE Committee on 03.12.2024 can be found here.

JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)

The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee taking place on 04.12.2024 can be found here. From the perspective of the Internet industry, the following agenda item is relevant:

Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive)

ITRE Committee (Industry)

The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee taking place on 02.12.2024 can be found here.

IMCO Committee (Internal Market)

A first related timetable of the IMCO Committee on 03.12.2024 can be found here.

A second related timetable of the IMCO Committee on 03.12.2024 can be found here.

The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of 26.11.2024) can be found here.

CULT Committee (Culture and Education)

The current timetables of the CULT Committee (as of 03.12.2024) can be found here.

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.