EUROPEAN UNION
| 28/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the Euro Group |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council |
| - | SINTRA: - Informal meeting of Defence Ministers |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Legal Affairs and Internal Market (and 29/02); Constitutional Affairs (and 29/02), Culture, Youth, Education, Media and Sport (and 29/02), Economic and Monetary Affairs (and 29/02) |
| 29/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Signature by Mr Solbes of the Joint Assessment of the Economic Policy Priorities of the Slovak Republic |
| 1/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Plenary session (and 2/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: Plenary session (and 2/03) |
| 2/03 - | LISBON: - EU/ Russia Ministerial Troika (Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Working group meeting of Convention for drafting of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (at EP) (and 3/03) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB (European Central Bank) Council |
| 3/03 - | LISBON: - EU/Russia/US Trilateral Ministerial Troika (Russian Minister Igor Ivanov and US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright) |
| - | LISBON: - EU/United States Ministerial meeting |
| - | LISBON: - Informal meeting of Justice/Home Affairs Ministers (and 4/03) |
| 6/03 - | PARIS: - EP/EPP: European People's Party Group in the EP: Workshop (to 8/03) |
OTHER ÉVÉNTS
| 28/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Opening of Second Interinstitutional Conference on drug policy in Europe |
| - | LISBON: - Euro-Mediterranean Conference on investment organised in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (to 1 March) |
| - | EDINBURGH: - Conference sponsored by the OECD Directorate for the Environment on "The Safety of Genetically Modified Foods: Facts, Uncertainties and Evaluations" (to 1 March) |
| - | MILAN: - Seminar on the gas directive |
| 29/02 - | LONDON: Mr Bolkestein at the Royal Institute for International Affairs: "Addressing the Challenges for European Pensions" |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: Steering Committee for the Development of Sport (to 3/03) |
| - | PARIS: - Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Equality of Opportunity |
| 2/03 - | LONDON: - Official launch of the "Competition Act" |
| - | BRATISLAVA: - OECD/Directorate on Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs: Seminar on "Recent Developments in Immigration and the Labour Market in Central and Eastern Europe in the Context of EU Enlargement" (and 3/03) |
| - | TURIN: - Conference on "Non-technical Measures to Reduce CO2 Emissions from Transport" organised by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association and ECMT (and 3/03) |
| 3/03 - | TOKYO: - EU/US/Japan seminar on "Adaptability and Entrepreneurship" (to 8/03) |
| - | LYON: - Colloquium on the Structural Funds 2000-2006, organised by the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions |
| - | DUBLIN: - Council of Europe: Conference on "Human Rights Protection in the 21st Century: Towards Greater Complementarity between and within European regional organisations" (and 4/03) |
| - | PARIS: - Colloquium "France and the Resumption of the Arms Race Worldwide", organised by Pierre Pascallon, President of "Club Participation et Progrès" |
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