EUROPEAN UNION
| 30/11 - | BRUSSELS: - Justice and Internal Affairs Council (also 1/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Policy Council (EPSCO) (also 1/12) |
| - | NANJING: - EU-China Summit |
| - | LUANDA/ANGOLA: - Eighteenth sitting of joint ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly (until 3/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Signing of international science and technology cooperation agreements between the EU and Japan and the EU and Jordan |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions conference on “Intercultural approaches to community-building and cohesion in European cities” (also 1/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: week of meetings of EP committees |
| 1/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | LISBON: - Ceremony to celebrate Lisbon Treaty coming into force |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: public hearings: - “Human Rights in China” (Human Rights Subcommittee); - “Green Paper on CAP Reform” (Fisheries).- Annual online conference organised by EP's scientific panel |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling in combined state aid cases T-427/04 France/Commission and T-17/05 France Télécom/Commission |
| 2/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Financial Affairs Council (aka ECOFIN) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Road safety conference, opened by Antonio Tajani |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-89/08 P Commission/Ireland (state aid).- Court of First Instance: Ruling T-434/07 Volvo Trademark/OHIM (intellectual property) |
| 3/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Competitiveness Council (also 4/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions plenary (also 4/12) |
| - | MADRID: - EP: Conference of Presidents (meeting with the Spanish government) (also 4/12) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-424/07 Commission/Germany (industrial policy), Ruling C-433/08 Yaesu Europe (taxation), Ruling C-475/08 Commission/Belgium (energy), Ruling C-476/08 Evropaïki Dynamiki/Commission (company law).- Court of First Instance: Ruling T-245/08 Iranian Tobacco/OHIM - AD Bulgartabac (intellectual property) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: European Central Bank Governing Council |
| 4/12 - | KIEV: - EU-Ukraine Summit |
| 7/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council (energy) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and Foreign Relations Council (also 8/12) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 30/11 - | GENEVA: - WTO: Seventh ministerial conference, “The WTO, the multilateral trade system and current world economic environment” (until 2/12) |
| - | CARTAGENA/COLOMBIA: - Conference to revise the Ottawa Treaty (banning anti-personnel mines) (until 4/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC-Notre Europe conference marking twentieth anniversary of Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights examining Social Europe's achievements and prospects |
| - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS: “Migration, Borders and Asylum: What role for the EP after the Stockholm Programme?” |
| 1/12 - | PARIS: - WEU Assembly meeting (until 3/12) |
| - | ATHENS: - OECD ministerial meeting (also 2/12) |
| 3/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Hearing at EP on eating less meat to reduce global warming |
| - | BRUSSELS: - ACEA: “A global Approach to Sustainable Freight Transport” |
| 5/12 - | PARIS: - ATD Quart Monde movement: Université populaire Quart Monde européenne: “De qui et de quoi un enfant a-t-il besoin pour grandir?” |
| 7/12 - | COPENHAGEN: - United Nations Conference on tackling climate change (COP15)(until 18) |