News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 14 (01.04.2024-07.04.2024)
Artificial intelligence: At the last meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) between the USA and the EU for the time being on 4 and 5 April, the focus was on further cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence. Among other things, it was decided that the European AI Office would cooperate with the American AI Safety Institute. The cooperation will focus, in particular, on the creation of common standards. (COM)
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- Combating child sexual abuse – review of EU rules (until 15 April 2024)
- Data protection in the interconnection between ICSMS and national customs systems via EU CSW-CERTEX (until 22.04.2024)
- R&D on dual-use technologies – options for support (until 30 April 2024)
- How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs? (until 30.06.2024)
Selections of the Current Week CW 15 / 08.04 – 14.04.2024
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 14.04.2024 can be found here.
Summits and Ministerial Meetings:
- Informal meeting of telecommunications ministers, 11-12.04.2024
Preparatory Bodies:
- Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN), 04.2024;
- Coreper II, 04.2024, agenda
- Working Party on Hybrid Threats, 04.2024
- Working Party on Research, 04.2024, agenda
- Coreper I, 04.2024
- Coreper II, 04.2024
- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues, 04.2024, agenda
- Working Party on Intellectual Property (Copyright), 04.2024,agenda
- Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society, 04.2024, agenda
- Coreper I, 04.2024
- Working Party on Transport – Intermodal Questions and Networks, 04.2024, agenda
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. However, it may soon be available on the Commission’s website.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings (Brussels)
The agenda for the current plenary sitting week can be found here. The following agenda items are relevant from the perspective of the Internet industry:
Committees
LIBE Committee (Civil Liberties)
The agenda for the current meeting of the LIBE Committee on 8/9.04.2024 can be found here. The following agenda items are relevant from the perspective of the Internet industry:
- Annual Report 2023 of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
- Report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/784 on combating the dissemination of terrorist content online
The agenda for the current meeting of the JURI Committee on 8.04.2024 can be found here.
The current timetables of the LIBE Committee (as of 25.03.2024) can be found here.
The agenda for the current meeting of the ITRE Committee on 9.04.2024 can be found here.
The current timetables of the ITRE Committee (as of 03.04.2024) can be found here.
IMCO Committee (Single Market)
No meeting of the IMCO Committee has been scheduled for this week.
The current timetables of the IMCO Committee (as of February 2024) can be found here.
CULT Committee (Culture and Education)
The agenda for the current meeting of the CULT Committee on 9.04.2024 can be found here.
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here. The provisional agenda for the upcoming plenary sitting can be found here.
European Court of Justice
The judicial calendar of the ECJ can be found here.
