After the elections, scheduled for May 2014, a new European Commission will also begin its mandate. With most European Parliament Members standing in for re-election, work that is not finished by the begging of spring 2014 will likely be postponed for autumn.
Key legislative files that are under discussion include:
- Horizon 2020
- With agreement reached between the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, it is likely it will be adopted in time for the 1 January 2014 start of the programme;
- 23 October – Vote scheduled in the European
Parliament plenary
- Medical Devices Regulation
- 18 September – Vote scheduled in Committee
- 22 October – vote scheduled in the European
Parliament plenary
- Council of Ministers continuing work;
- Clinical Trials on medicinal products for human use Regulation
- 10 March 2014 – vote scheduled in the European Parliament plenary
- Personal Data Protection Regulation
- 6 June 2013 – last debate in the Council of the European Union
