EUROPEAN UNION
| 8/04 - | LISBON: - Ecofin Informal Meeting (7-8/04). |
| 10/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs Council (and 11/04). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - IGC ministerial meeting. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - EU-Russia Cooperation Council (and 11/04). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 14/04). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committees: citizens' rights and freedoms, justice and home affairs (and 11), budgetary control. |
| - | SANTIAGO: - EU/Chile: beginning of trade negotiations (and 11/04). |
| 11/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - EU-Turkey Association Council. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committees: legal and internal market; economic and monetary affairs; budgets. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: employment, social affairs and citizenship section. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Joint Affairs C-51/96, C-191/97 Deliège (free provision of services), Judgement C-356/98 Kaba (free movement of persons). |
| 12/04 - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Speech in plenary by Austrian President Thomas Klestil. |
| 13/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Consumer Council. |
| - | SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA: - Conference on "social protection as a productive factor - its contribution to employment, economic reform and social cohesion" (organised by Portuguese Council Presidency) (to 15/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions: hearing by Mr Barnier. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Judgement C-420/98 WN (approximation of legislation), C-348/99 Commission/Luxembourg (approximation of legislation), C-123/99 Commission/Greece (approx. of legislation), C-251/98 Baars (free movement of persons), C-176/96 Lehtonen (free movement of persons), C-297/97 Karlsson (agric.), C-274/98 Commission/Spain (environment), C-153/99 P Commission/Giannini (statute of officials). |
| 14/04 - | PORTUGAL: - Informal meeting of Personal Representatives on IGC (and 15/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: external relations section. |
| 15/04 - | PORTO: - Informal Environment Council (and 16/04). |
| 17/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture Council (and 18/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting responsible for drawing up European Charter of Fundamental Rights: drafting committee (to 20/04). |
OTHER EVENTS
| 9/04 - | LISBON: - XXIIth meeting of IPSE (Institut de protection sociale européenne) on "social Europe: universal scope or protectionist alibi?" (supported by DG Employment) (till 11/04). |
| 10/04 - | LISBON: - Enlarged ministerial conference on the information and knowledge society. |
| - | VIENNA: - UN/ODCCP (UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention): 10th United Nations congress on crime prevention (to 17/04). |
| 12/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Forum organised by ISE (European trade union institute) on "flexibility and job creation: a challenge for social dialogue in Europe". |
| - | BERLIN: - High level seminar on European development aid. |
| 13/04 - | BRUSSELS: - European annual assembly of NGDO - Conference on the future of EU development cooperation, the contribution of the NGDOs - General Assembly (14-15/04). |
| 15/04 - | WASHINGTON: - G-7 Finance Ministers and "Spring meetings" of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank (and 16). |
| 17/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference "Euro-Med Free Trade Area: can it be sustainable? Organised at the EP by the "Friends of the Earth" and "Globe" Associations. |