DRAFT CALENDAR - Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2016
JANUARY

FEBRUARY

SUN
MON

01

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
Informal Development (AMS)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

TUE

02

Informal Development (AMS)
Informal Trade (AMS)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN

01
02
03

New Year’s Day

01

Informal Defence (AMS)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

02

04
05
06
07

Informal Defence (AMS)

03
04
05
06

Gymnich (AMS)

MON

04

08

07

TUE
WED

05
06

09
10

08
09

THU
FRI
SAT
SUN

07
08
09
10

MON

11

Commission visit to the Netherlands

11
12
13
14
15
16
17

EUROGROUP
ECOFIN

FAC
AGRIFISH (poss.)

APRIL

SUN
MON
TUE
WED

03

Gymnich (AMS)

DRAFT CALENDAR - Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2016

MARCH

10
11
12
13
14

TTE (Energy)
ENV

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
EPSCO
EUROGROUP
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
ECOFIN
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
JHA
JHA

AGRIFISH
FAC
GAC
TTE (Transport)

Liberation Day (NL)
Ascension

THU
FRI
SAT
SUN

01
02
03

05
06 Ascension
07
08

MON

04

09 Europe Day

EP Plenary (Brussels)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
AGRIFISH (poss.)

JUNE

01
02
03
04
05
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

06 TTE (Energy).lu

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

TUE

05

10

WED

06

11 EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

THU

07

12 FAC (Development)

09 JHA.lu

FRI
SAT
SUN

08
09
10

13 FAC (Trade)
14
15 Pentecost

10 JHA.lu
11
12

11

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
AGRIFISH.lu
Informal Energy (AMS)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
AGRIFISH.lu

16 Whit Monday

13 TTE (Transport).lu

TUE

12

Informal GAC (AMS)

17 EUROGROUP

14

WED

13

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

18 ECOFIN

15

THU

14

Informal ENV&Transport (AMS)

19

16 EUROGROUP.lu

FRI
SAT
SUN

15
16
17

Informal ENV&Transport (AMS)

20
21
22

17 EPSCO (Health).lu
18
19

MON

18

FAC.lu
Informal EPSCO Health (AMS)

23 FAC

20 FAC.lu

MON

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

07 TTE (Telecommunication).lu
08 EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

EPSCO (Employment).lu

TUE
WED

12
13

THU

14

EUROGROUP

18 EUROPEAN COUNCIL

17 E UROPEAN COUNCIL

FRI
SAT
SUN

15
16
17

ECOFIN

19 EUROPEAN COUNCIL
20
21

18 E UROPEAN COUNCIL
19
20

MON

18

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
FAC

22

21

TUE

19

FAC (Defence).lu
Informal EPSCO Social (AMS)

24 GAC

21 GAC.lu

TUE

19

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)
GAC

23

22

WED

20

Informal EPSCO Social (AMS)

25 EP Plenary (Brussels)

22 EP Plenary (Brussels)

23

THU
FRI
SAT
SUN

21
22
23
24

26 COMPET
27 COMPET
28
29

23 EUROPEAN COUNCIL
24 EUROPEAN COUNCIL
25
26

MON

25

30 Informal AGRIFISH (AMS)

TUE

26

31 Informal AGRIFISH (AMS)

WED

20

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

24

THU
FRI
SAT
SUN

21
22
23
24

EP Plenary (Strasbourg)

25
26
27
28

AGRIFISH
Informal JHA (AMS)

MON

25

TUE
WED

26
27

Informal JHA (AMS)

THU
FRI
SAT
SUN

28
29
30
31

Informal COMPET (AMS)
Informal COMPET (AMS)

First Draft (September 2015)

29

GAC

EP Plenary (Brussels)
EYCS (Education)
EP Plenary (Brussels)

COMPET

15
16

COMPET

MAY
Orthodox Easter Sunday

01 Labour Day
02 Orthodox Easter Monday
03
04

Tripartite Social Summit

24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday

Informal ECOFIN (AMS)
Informal ECOFIN (AMS)

ECOFIN.lu

EYCS (Education & Youth)
EYCS (Culture & Sport)

ENV.lu

EP Plenary (Brussels)

27 AGRIFISH.lu
28 AGRIFISH.lu

EP Plenary (Brussels)

WED

27

THU
FRI
SAT

28
29
30

King’s Day (NL)
EP Plenary (Brussels)
Orthodox Good Friday

First Draft (September 2015)

29
30