The Week Ahead, 2 November: EU enlargement package, COP31 opens, UN tax talks

Seven dated items for the week of 2 November, and four further out, each with the document behind it. The FATF plenary that closes on 30 October is not covered here; its outcomes are reported separately.

• Monday 2 November. The pre-sessional period of COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye, a week before the conference itself, which runs from 9 to 20 November, according to the UNFCCC overview schedule.
• Wednesday 4 November. The European Commission is due to present its annual enlargement package, a week later than its agenda had shown. "We will introduce more of this when we present the Enlargement Package, which will happen on 4 November," Commissioner Marta Kos said on 13 October, The New Union Post reported.
• Wednesday 4 November. Comments close on FinCEN's proposed ban on funds transfers involving the A7 network's sub-agents, the Federal Register notice shows.
• Thursday 5 November. Applications close for a vacant seat on Georgia's Supreme Court, under the High Council of Justice's decision published in the Legislative Herald.
• Friday 6 November. Brazil's competition authority, CADE, closes its consultations on merger notification thresholds and procedures and on amendments to its statutes.
• Friday 6 November. The UN Human Rights Committee ends its 146th session, with Cameroon and Rwanda among the states reviewed, the UN Geneva calendar shows.
• Monday 9 November. Registration closes for the sixth session of the negotiations on a UN framework convention on international tax cooperation, according to the UN secretariat's page. COP31 opens the same day.

Further out:

• 11 and 12 November. The Eurasian Group on AML/CFT (EAG) holds a forum for customs authorities in Turkmenistan, followed by its 45th plenary week from 16 to 20 November, the EAG events list shows.
• 21 November. OFSI's general licence for winding down dealings with Russia's Zarubezhneft expires at 23:59. The UK designated the oil company on 8 October and said its sanctions now cover more than 90 per cent of Russia's oil production capacity.
• 29 November. Kazakhstan holds extraordinary elections to maslikhats at all levels, after a presidential decree of 12 October ended their powers early; the election commission set the date, Bes.media reported.