EUROPEAN UNION
| 13/03 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Plenary session (to 17/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Social Affairs Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Standing Committee on Employment |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committees: Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy; Employment and Social Affairs; Citizens' Rights and Freedoms, Justice and Home Affairs; Budgetary Control; Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy |
| 14/03 - | STRASBOURG: - European Commission meeting |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committees: Budgets; Legal Affairs and Internal Market |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: Employment, Social Affairs, Citizenship |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Decisions joined cases C-102/98, C-211/98 Kocak (external relations), decision C-54/99 Church of Scientology and Scientology International (free movement of capital) |
| 15/03 - | BRUSSELS: - ESC: Agriculture, Rural Development, Environment Section |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Decisions T-25/95 Cimenteries CBR vs Commission (competition), T-26/95 Cembureau - European Cement Association vs Commission (competition) |
| 16/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Internal Market Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: External Relations Section |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Meeting of Governing Council of European Central Bank |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Decisions C-284/98 (appeal) European Parliament vs Bieber (civil servant statute), C-439/98 Commission vs Italy (social policy), joined cases C-395/96 (appeal), 396/96 (appeal) Compagnie Maritime Belge Transports vs Commission (competition), C-329/97 Ergat (external relations). - Court of First Instance: Decision T-72/98 Astilleros Zamacoma vs Commission (state aid) |
| 17/03 - | OPORTO: - Informal meeting of Trade Ministers (and 18/03) |
| - | LISBON: - Ministerial conference on launch of Socrates II, Leonardo and Youth programmes (and 18/03) |
| - | LISBON: - ESC conference "Employment, Economic Reform and Social Cohesion: Towards a Europe of Innovation and Knowledge" |
| 20/03 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 21/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture Council |
| - | ABUJA (NIGERIA): - ACP-EU Joint Assembly (to 23/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Plenary meeting of the Convention charged with drafting the European Charter of Fundamental Rights (and 21/03) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 13/03 - | COPENHAGEN: - Forum of Education Ministers of OECD countries: "Developing New Tools for the Elaboration of Education Policies" organised by the Nordic countries and the OECD Directorate for Education, Labour and Social Affairs (and 14/03) |
| 14/03 - | STRASBOURG: - 15th EU-Council of Europe quadripartite meeting |
| 15/03 - | PARIS: - Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: Committee on Social Affairs |
| 17/03 - | LISBON: - EAPN (European Anti-Poverty Network) social policy seminar: "Integrating the Objective of Combating Exclusion into all Public Policies to Promote Social Cohesion" (and 18/03) |
| - | PARIS: - Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: Committee on Immigration, Refugees and Demographics and Demographics Sub-committee |
| 20/03 - | BONN: - UNEP: 4th Round Table of negotiations on the Treaty on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (to 25/03) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Conference: "New Jobs in the Information Society", organised with the support of the European Commission (and 21/03) |