EUROPEAN UNION
| 11/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Plenary Session (to 15/12). |
| - | VIENTIANE: - EU-ASEAN Ministerial (and 12/12). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committees: industry, external trade, research and energy, legal and internal market, budgets. |
| 12/12 - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Report on French EU Presidency. - Committee meetings: Foreign affairs, constitutional affairs, employment and social affairs, regional policy, transport and tourism, budgetary control. - Meetings of political groups (and 13/12). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - ESC: Economic and monetary union, economic and social cohesion. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-435/99 Commission/Portugal (environment). - Court of First Instance: T-128/98 Aéroports de Paris/Commission (competition), T-223/99 Dejaiffe/OHMI (statute of officials), T-296/97 Alitalia/Commission (State aid), T-11/00 Hautem/EIB (statute of officials). |
| 13/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: ceremony for awarding Sakharov Prize to "Basta Ya!" association. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions: plenary session (and 14/12). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling joint affairs T-130/98, T-131/9! Panichelli/Parliament, ruling joint affairs T-110/99, T-260/99 F/Parliament (status of officials), T-69/99 Eurotica R.V. Television Danish Satellite TV/Commission (free provision of services). |
| 14/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Fisheries Council (and 15/12). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Health Council. |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB (European Central Bank) Council. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling joint affairs C-300/98, C-392/98 Parfums Christian Dior (external relations), C-344/98 Masterfoods (competition), C-110/99 Emsland-Stärke (Agric.), C-347/99 Commission/Ireland (transport), C-446/98 Fazenda Publica (taxation), C-457/98 Commission/Greece (social policy, C-99/99 Italy/Commission (agric.), C-245/97 Germany/Commission (agric.), C-55/99 Commission/ France (free movement of goods), C-141/99 Amid (free movement of persons). - Court of First Instance: T-105/99 CEMR/Commission (regional policy), T-613/97 Ufex/Commission (state aid), T-213/99 Verheyden/Commission (officials' statute). |
| 15/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: external relations section. |
| 18/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council (possibly). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Environment Council (and 19/12). |
| - | WASHINGTON: - EU-United States Summit. |
OTHER EVENTS
| 11/12 - | PARIS: - States General of rail freight (and 12/12). |
| - | INNSBRUCK: - CLRAE (Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe) "Towns and Regions: cultural diversity essential for a united Europe" (and 12/12). |
| - | PARIS: - International Donors' Conference for Burundi (and 12/12). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - "Group euro 50". |
| 12/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Seminar (Kreab Communications and Centre for European Policy Studies) on the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Donor Coordination meeting for the FRY (European Commission/World Bank). |
| 13/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: meeting of Culture Ministers from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (and 14/12). |
| 14/12 - | BRUSSELS: - NATO: Bi-annual meetings of Foreign Ministers (and 15/12) - North Atlantic Council. - NATO-Ukraine Commission at Foreign Minister level. |
| 15/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and NATO/Russia Permanent Joint Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - WEU Security Studies Institute: "Nice and after" seminar. |