EUROPEAN UNION
| 19/10 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 22/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - “Agriculture and Fisheries” Council (and 20/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Eurogroup meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council (Foreign Affairs) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: committees: foreign affairs; development; economic and monetary affairs; environnement, public health and food safety; internal market and consummer protection; agriculture and rural development; civil liberties, justice and home affairs; constitutional affairs; women's rights and gender equality |
| 20/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - “Economic and Financial Affairs Council” ECOFIN |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Commission meeting |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Aldi Einkauf/ OHMI - Goya Importaciones y Distribuciones (intellectual property) |
| 21/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Environment Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: extraordinary bureau meeting |
| - | NAPLES: - Ministerial conference “TEN-T 2009 Days: the future of the trans-European Transport Network - Building bridges between Europe and its neighbours - the Mediterranean and Africa - on trans-European Networks”, organised by the European Commission, with the Swedish Presidency and the Italian Transport Ministry (and 22/10) |
| 22/10 - | STOCKHOLM: - European Development Days (EDD) “Citizens and Development” (until 24/10) |
| - | HELSINKI: - Conference “Baltic Sea Region: an ideal place to work and do business”, organised by the EESC (SOC) (and 23/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: - ECO section and category Social Economy joint seminar: “Getting to the end of the tunnel: creating the right environment for the Social Economy” |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: rulings: C-116/08 Meerts (social policy), C-242/08 Swiss Re Germany Holding (taxation), C-301/08 Bogiatzi (ép. Ventouras) (transport), C-438/08 Commission/Portugal (freedom of establishment), C-449/08 Elbertsen (agriculture), ruling joint cases C-261/08 Zurita Garcia - C-348/08 Choque Cabrera (liberty, security and justice area) |
| 23/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Justice and home Affairs Conseil |
| - | BRUSSELS: - DG SANCO Seminar “Protecting Consumer Health & Safety at EU level” |
| 26/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) (and 27/10) |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - 6th EU-China Round Table (EESC/REX) (until 28/10) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 19/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Ministerial Conference “Towards EU Global Action against Trafficking in Human Beings” (and 20/10) |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - International Symposium “Energy 2050” (and 20/10) |
| - | ATHENS: - World Forum on Energy Regulation |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Regional conference on justice in the Euro-Mediterranean area, part of the “EuroMed Justice II” programme |
| 20/10 - | VILNIUS: - Asia-Europe Transport Development (ASEM) Forum: speech by Antonio Tajani |
| 21/10 - | BRUSSELS: - ERA Conference 2009 (until 23/10) |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Conference on SET Plan 2009 (Strategic Plan for Energy Techologies) (and 22/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Getting into lane for Copenhagen - 5th Annual Brussels Climate Change Conference, organised by the CEPS, in cooperation with Epsilon Events (and 22/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference “Competition and Consumers in the 21st Century” |
| 22/10 - | BRATISLAVA: - Informal NATO Defence Ministers' meeting (and 23/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EPC: speech by Olli Rehn: “The progress and prospect of enlargement” |