PRESS INDICATIVE CALENDAR OF MEETINGS (1 July - 31 December 2020)

Brussels, 30 June 2020 COVID-19: This page is constantly updated to reflect the latest changes to the calendar of summits, ministerial meetings and video conferences. The location indicated for each meeting is provisional and subject to change. A final decision on the format (physical or virtual) will be taken individually for each meeting. JULY MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 Coreper II / PSC Coreper I 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Coreper II (poss.) PSC Coreper I / Coreper II / ECOFIN Inf. JHA - Justice Inf. JHA – Home affairs PSC Coreper I (poss.) / (Video conference) (Video conference) Coreper II (poss.) EP Plenary (Brussels) EP Plenary (Brussels) EP Plenary (Brussels) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 FAC GAC Coreper I / Coreper II PSC EUROPEAN Coreper II (poss.) PSC Inf. EPSCO Health Coreper I (poss.) COUNCIL (Video conference) Inf. EPSCO (Video conference) 20 21 National holiday BE 22 23 24 25 26 AGRIFISH Inf. COMPET Research Coreper I / Coreper II PSC (poss.) ECOFIN Budget and Innovation (Video Inf. COMPET Internal (poss.) conference) Market / Industry tbc Coreper I (poss.) (Video conference) 27 28 29 30 31

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24 25 26 27 28 29 30 PSC Inf. FAC Defence Inf. FAC Defence Gymnich (Berlin) (tbc) Inf. AGRIFISH (Berlin) (Berlin) (tbc) Agriculture Gymnich (Berlin) (tbc) (Koblenz) 31 Inf. AGRIFISH Agriculture (Koblenz) SEPTEMBER MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 PSC Coreper I / Coreper II PSC Coreper I Inf. AGRIFISH Agriculture (Koblenz) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Coreper II /PSC Coreper I PSC Coreper I Inf. ECOFIN Inf. ECOFIN (Berlin) (Berlin) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Coreper I / Coreper II PSC Coreper I Inf. FAC Trade Inf. EYCS- Education Inf. EYCS- Education (Berlin) (Osnabrück) (Osnabrück) EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 AGRIFISH GAC Coreper I / Coreper II FAC COMPET Research Inf. FAC Trade (Berlin) AGRIFISH COMPET Internal PSC Market / Industry PSC 28 29 30 TTE Transport PSC Coreper I / Coreper II Inf. FAC Development Inf. ENVI (Berlin) (tbc with HR)

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OCTOBER MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 German 4 PSC Coreper I Unity Day Inf. ENVI (Berlin) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Eurogroup ECOFIN () Coreper I / Coreper II / JHA (Luxembourg) JHA (Luxembourg) (Luxembourg) PSC PSC Coreper I Inf. TTE Energy (Berlin) Inf. TTE Energy (Berlin) EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FAC (Luxembourg) GAC (Luxembourg) Tripartite Social EUROPEAN COUNCIL EUROPEAN COUNCIL EPSCO (Luxembourg) Summit Inf. TTE Telecom / PSC Coreper I / PSC Digital (Baden-Baden) Inf. TTE Telecom / Digital (Baden-Baden) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AGRIFISH AGRIFISH Coreper I / Coreper II PSC ENVI (Luxembourg) (Luxembourg) (Luxembourg) Inf. COMPET Internal Inf. COMPET Internal PSC Market / Industry Market / Industry (Königswinter / Bonn) (Königswinter / Bonn) EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) 26 27 28 29 30 31 PSC Coreper I / Coreper II PSC (poss.) Coreper I (tbc) Inf. TTE Transport Inf. TTE Transport (Passau) (Passau) NOVEMBER MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 All Saints Day 2 All Souls Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 Inf. EPSCO (Berlin) Eurogroup ECOFIN PSC Coreper I Inf. JHA Consumer Inf. EPSCO (Berlin) Coreper I / Coreper II protection (Berlin) Inf. JHA Consumer protection (Berlin) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 FAC Trade (tbc) GAC Coreper I / Coreper II / GAC Cohesion ECOFIN Budget PSC PSC (poss.) Coreper I EP Plenary (Brussels) EP Plenary (Brussels) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 AGRIFISH AGRIFISH Coreper I / Coreper II / FAC FAC Defence PSC PSC COMPET Internal COMPET Space Market / Industry Coreper I (poss.) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 FAC Development PSC Coreper I / Coreper II PSC COMPET Research EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary and Innovation (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) 30 EYCS Eurogroup Inf. GAC (Wiesbaden) (tbc) DECEMBER MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 ECOFIN EPSCO Health JHA JHA EYCS Coreper II / PSC EPSCO Coreper I PSC Inf. GAC (Wiesbaden) (tbc) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FAC GAC Coreper I / PSC EUROPEAN COUNCIL EUROPEAN COUNCIL TTE Telecom TTE Transport PSC 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 TTE Energy AGRIFISH AGRIFISH ECOFIN (poss.) Coreper I PSC Coreper II ENVI PSC (poss.) EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary EP Plenary (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) (Strasbourg) 21 22 23 24 Christmas Eve 25 Christmas Day 26 Christmas 27 Day 28 29 30 31

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COUNCIL CONFIGURATIONS

The Council of the meets in 10 different 'configurations', depending on the subject being discussed. Below you can find the list of acronyms used in the calendar:

AGRIFISH Agriculture and fisheries Council COMPET Competitiveness Council ECOFIN Economic and financial affairs Council EYCS Education, youth, culture and sport Council EPSCO Employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs Council ENVI FAC GAC JHA Justice and home affairs Council TTE Transport, telecommunications and energy Council

COREPER Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (Coreper) PSC The Political and Security Committee (PSC) is responsible for the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy

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