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will take place on 21 -22 March 2018 in Brussels.

Organisations or interest groups who wish to apply for access to the European Parliament will find the relevant information below.

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Plenary session, Strasbourg

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Cinkciarz.pl v EUIPO (€$)
Intellectual and industrial property
The General Court of the European Union annuls the refusal to register, as an EU trade mark, a figurative mark including the currency symbols ‘€’ and ‘$’

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SNCF Mobilités v Commission
State aid
France must recover over € 642 million (excluding interest) in State aid granted to the company Sernam

flightright
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
An airline which operated only the first leg of a connecting flight in one Member State can be sued before the courts of the final destination in another Member State for compensation for delays

On 5 March 2018, ministers responsible for environment met in Brussels and discussed the Circular Economy and the Plastics Strategy.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

The Council prolonged the restrictive measures against 13 persons identified as responsible for the misappropriation of Ukrainian state funds until 6 March 2019.

Statement by the Eurogroup President, Mario Centeno, on the completion by Greece of all prior actions of the third review of the Greek adjustment programme.

Weekly schedule of President Donald Tusk 5- 11 March 2018

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Information about accreditation requirements for the European Council in March

At an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of BusinessEurope, President Donald Tusk shared his views on the recovery of the EU economy, EMU reforms, new priorities of the EU budget and the impact of Brexit.

The representatives of the governments of the member states appointed nine judges and three advocates-general to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Geo-blocking: Council adopts regulation to remove barriers to e-commerce.

The Council adopted a decision and regulation enabling the European Investment Bank to lend an extra €3.7 billion projects that address migration issues.

The Council approved the reform of the emissions trading system (ETS) for the period 2021-2030.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/141 of 29 January 2018 amending Decision 2011/72/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Tunisia

Political agreement on management, conservation and control measures applicable in the SPRFMO area.