EUROPEAN UNION
| 20/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 21/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ministerial Conference in Intergovernmental Conference |
| - | ABUJA (NIGERIA): - Joint Assembly APC-EU (to 23/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Plenary meeting of convention responsible for drafting European Charter of Fundamental rights (at Council seat) (and 21/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: economic and monetary (on 22); employment and social affairs (and 21); agriculture and development (and 21); budgets (and 21); petitions (and 22); legal affairs and internal market (and 21); Foreign affairs, Human rights, common defence and security policy (to 22) |
| - | BIRMINGHAM: - Launching of Socrates programme |
| 21/03 - | BRUSSELS: - 6th EU-Romania Association Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: industry, foreign trade, research and energy (to 23); environment, public health and consumer policy (to 23); women's rights and equal opportunity (and 22); budgetary control (to 23); regional; policy, transports and tourism (to 23); freedoms and civil rights, justice and home affairs (to 23) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice joint Decisions C-110/98 to C-138/98 Gabalfrisa (taxation), Decision C-6/99 Greenpeace and others (environment and consumers), Decision C-217/98 Nordfleisch (agriculture).- Court of 1st Instance: Decision T-51/96 Miwon/Council (trade policy) |
| 22/03 - | LISBON: - Conclave of leaders of European Socialist Parties.- Summit by Liberals ELDR.- PPE/DE Summit |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: constitutional affairs (and 23); fisheries (and 23); culture, youth, education, media and sports (and 23).- Hearing on "European defence and security policy after Cologne and Helsinki" (Foreign affairs committee) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of 1st Instance: Decision T-125/97 Coca-Cola/ Commission (competition), Decision T-127/97 Coca-Cola Enterprises/ Commission (competition) |
| 23/03 - | LISBON: - European Council - special session (and 24/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: joint hearing organised by the EP's culture committee and the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly on "Media studies". |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Decision C-246/98 Berendse-Koenen (free movement of goods), Decision C-208/98 Berliner Kindl Brauerei (bringing together legislation), joint affairs Decision C-310/98, C-406/98 Met-Trans (free movement of goods), Decision C-327/98 Commission/ France (bringing together legislation), Decision C-373/97 Diamantis (company rights). - Court of 1st Instance: Decision T-95/98 Gogos/ Commission (civil servant statute), decision T-197/98 Rudolph/ Commission (civil servant statute) |
| 24/03 - | LISBON: - Joint EC/Mexico Council |
| 27/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Justice/Home affairs Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Convention's working group responsible for drafting European Charter of fundamental Rights (for EP) (and 28/03) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 20/03 - | BONN: - UNEP: 4th cycle of negotiations on convention to fight persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (to 25/03) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - "New jobs in information society" Conference, organised with the support of the European commission (and 21/03) |
| 21/03 - | LISBON: - WEU Assembly: special session dedicated to "European defence and security: the Parliamentary dimension". |
| 23/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference "Entrepreneurship on the road in the new economy: challenges and opportunities for SMEs" (at EP) |