CALENDAR HELLENIC PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU VERSION 21.05.2014 – Brussels, Strasbourg, Luxembourg JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Sat Sun
1 2
Mon
3
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
3
Tue
4
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) PSC
4
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper I
5
Wed
1
NEW YEAR'S DAY
5
Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
2 3 4 5 6
EUROPEAN PUBLIC HOLIDAY
6 7 8 9 10
Tue
7
11
Wed
8
Thu
9
12 Coreper II / Coreper I Opening Ceremony Meeting of the European Commission with the Hellenic Presidency of the Council (ATH) 13 PSC
Fri Sat Sun Mon
10 11 12 13
Coreper I
14
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
16 17
Tue
14
18
Wed
15
Thu
16
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) PSC EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II / Coreper I/PSC EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II (poss.)
Fri
17
Coreper I
21
Sat Sun Mon
18 19 20
FAC
22 23 24
Tue
21
Wed
22
Thu
23
Fri
24
Sat Sun Mon Tue
25 26 27 28
Wed Thu Fri
29 30 31
GREEK PUBLIC HOLIDAY
19 20
PSC First Accession Conference with Serbia Coreper II / Coreper I
25
Coreper II (poss.) / PSC Informal Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Council (ATH) Coreper I Informal Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Council (ATH)
27
EUROGROUP ECOFIN PSC Coreper II / Coreper I PSC Coreper I
26
28
1 2
FAC
6 7 8 9 10
GAC PSC
11
Coreper I
12
Coreper I PSC (poss.)
13
EUROGROUP AGRIFISH ECOFIN PSC Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC COMPET Coreper II (poss.) Informal Council of Defence Ministers (ATH) COMPET Informal Council of Defence Ministers (ATH)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) EYCS EP Plenary (Strasbourg) PSC EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II / Coreper I EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II (poss.)/ PSC Informal FAC TRADE (ATH) Coreper I Informal FAC TRADE (ATH)
JHA Environment JHA TTE Energy PSC Coreper II / Coreper I PSC Coreper I
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) EUROGROUP EPSCO Informal Ministerial Meeting on Tourism (ATH) EP Plenary (Strasbourg) ECOFIN PSC EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC
14
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II (poss.) TTE Trasport
16 17
FAC
18 19
GAC PSC Coreper I
20
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
21
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
22 23 24
AGRIFISH
25
GREEK PUBLIC HOLIDAY PSC
26
Coreper II / Coreper I
27
PSC
28
Coreper I
29 30 31
APRIL Sun Mon Tue 1
Wed 2
Thu
3
Fri
4
Sat 5 Sun 6 Mon 7
Tue
8
PSC Informal ECOFIN-Central Banks (ATH) Coreper II / Coreper I 4th EU – AFRICA Summit Informal ECOFIN-Central Banks (ATH) Coreper II (poss.) 4th EU – AFRICA Summit Coreper I PSC GYMNICH (ATH) GYMNICH (ATH)
MAY
2
Coreper I
6
Wed 9
Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC
7
Thu
10
COREPER I trip
8
Fri Sat Sun Mon
11 12 13 14
COREPER I trip COREPER I trip
9 10 11 12
Tue
15
13
Wed 16
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC
14
Thu
17
MAUNDY THURSDAY EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
15
Fri
18
GOOD FRIDAY
16
EASTER SUNDAY EASTER MONDAY
17 18 19
Tue
22
20
Wed 23
21
Thu
24
Fri
25
Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon 28 Tue
29
Wed 30
Thu
Informal Ministerial on Cohesion Policy (ATH) Informal Ministerial on Cohesion Policy (ATH)
JHA TTE Transport PSC trip and Nikolaidis Visit (ATH) JHA TTE TELECOM PSC trip and Nikolaidis Visit (ATH)
5
6
Sat 19 Sun 20 Mon 21
Coreper II / Coreper I PSC trip and Nikolaidis Visit (ATH)
LABOUR DAY
3 4 5
22 23
24 25 Informal EPSCO Ministerial Council 26 (Health) (ATH) PSC 27 Informal EPSCO Ministerial Council (Health/Employment) (ATH) 28 Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC Informal EPSCO Ministerial Council (Employment) (ATH) 29
EUROGROUP Informal AGRIFISH Ministerial Council (ATH) ECOFIN PSC Informal AGRIFISH Ministerial Council (ATH) Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC Informal Maritime Ministerial Council (ATH) FAC (TRADE) Informal TTE Ministerial Council (Transport) (ATH) EUROPE DAY
FAC Informal COMPET Ministerial Council (ATH) GAC PSC Informal COMPET Ministerial Council (ATH) Coreper I Informal ENVI Ministerial Council (ATH) Informal TTE (Energy) (ATH) Coreper II PSC Informal TTE (Energy) (ATH)
FAC (Development) AGRIFISH PSC EYCS (education + youth) EYCS (culture + sports) Coreper II PSC COREPERr II trip Coreper I COREPER II trip COREPER II trip COMPET INFORMAL MEETING OF HoSG PSC Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC (poss.)
ASCENSION
PSC
4
1
PSC
EP Plenary (Strasbourg) FAC AGRIFISH EP Plenary (Strasbourg) FAC (Defence)
JUNE 1 2 3
7 8 9
PENTECOST
10
11
Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC
12
Environment PSC
13 14 15 16
TTE Energy
17
AGRIFISH PSC Coreper II (poss.)
18
Coreper II / Coreper I / PSC
19
EUROGROUP EPSCO
20
ECOFIN EPSCO (Health)
21 22 23
AGRIFISH
FAC
24
GAC PSC
25
Coreper I
26
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
27
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
28 29 30
Closing Ceremony
Fri
30
Sat
31
Informal GAC Ministerial Council (ATH)