News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 51, 52, 01 (16.12.2024-05.01.2025)
AI Code of Practice: Several industry associations are calling on the EU Commission to take more time to discuss and review the Code of Practice for artificial intelligence.
Data protection and AI: The Opinion of the European data protection board on the handling of data protection in AI training was published on 18 December 2024.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tanks
- EU-Cyber Resilience Act
- EU economic developments and projections
- Understanding the EU’s response to organised crime
- Newly proposed GDPR procedural rules: Improving efficiency and consistency
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Travel – digitalising travel documents to make travelling easier (until 08.01.2025)
- 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 02 (06.01.2025-12.01.2025)
Council:
No current outlook is currently available on the Council’s work in progress.
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, Agenda
- WP on Telecommunications and Information Society, 01.2025, Agenda
- COREPER I, 01.2025
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)
No meeting of the LIBE Committee is scheduled for this week.
JURI Committee (Legal Affairs)
No meeting of the JURI Committee is scheduled for this week.
No meeting of the ITRE Committee is scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 16.12.2024) 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 19.12.2024) 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.
