EUROPEAN UNION
| 21/02 - | VILAMOURA: - EU-San José Ministerial meeting (and 22/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Fisheries (and 22); Constitutional Affairs (and 22); Legal Affairs and Internal Market (and 22); Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (and 22); Economic and Monetary Affairs (to 23); Development and Cooperation (to 23), Culture and Youth (and 22) |
| 22/02 - | BRUSSELS: - EP/NATO Assembly: Joint meeting of EP Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights and Common Security and Defence Policy/Members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on "Europe's Common Defence and Security Policy in the Wake of the Helsinki Summit" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Foreign Affairs (to 24); Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (to 24); Citizens' Rights and Freedoms, Justice and Home Affairs (to 24): Hearing on "The European Union and Data Protection" (and 23); Budgetary Control (to 24); Budgets (and 23); Women's Rights and Equal Opportunity (and 23) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the Primarolo Group |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Decisions: T-138/98 ACAV et al vs Council (Agriculture), T-171/98 Biasutto/ Council (civil servant statute), T-22/99 Rose vs Commission (civil servant statute) |
| 23/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | VILAMOURA: - EU Troika-Mexico + EU-Mercosur Ministerial meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Agriculture and Rural Development (and 24); Employment and Social Affairs (and 24); Petitions (and 24); Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (and 24). - Public hearing on "Combating Trafficking in Women" (Committee on Women's Rights) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Decisions: T-164/98 Carraro vs Commission (civil servant statute), joined cases T-223/97, T-17/98 Kooyman vs Parliament (arbitration clause) |
| 24/02 - | VILAMOURA: - EU-Rio Group Ministerial meeting + EU-Andean Pact Ministerial meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/Council Conciliation Committee on adaptation of working time |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Informal meeting of the Convention charged with development of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (at the EP) (and 25/02) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Decisions: C-434/97 Commission vs France (taxation). - Court of First Instance: T-145/98 ADT Projekt vs Commission (external relations) |
| 25/02 - | BRUSSELS: - IGC Preparatory Group |
| - | BRUSSELS: - High-Level Group on Taxation |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Brussels, European Culture City 2000, academic session |
| 28/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council |
| - | SINTRA: - Informal meeting of Defence Ministers |
OTHER EVENTS
| 21/02 - | BEIJING: - Resumption of Sino-European negotiations on China's accession to the WTO |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Youth Convention on Employment and against Social Exclusion: "Get In", sponsored by the European Youth Forum (at the ESC) |
| - | ROME: - Forum of Human Rights NGOs, at the initiative of the Council of Europe (and 22) |
| 22/02 - | PARIS: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Committee on the Environment |
| 23/02 - | BUCHAREST: - Council of Europe: Opening of Forum on "Decentralisation, Democracy and Stability in South East Europe" (and 24/02) |
| 25/02 - | GENEVA: - Tripartite high-level meeting: Council of Europe/OSCE/United Nations, with the participation of the European Commission |
| 28/02 - | LISBON: - Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Investment (to 1 March) |