EUROPEAN UNION
| 21/01 - | NORRKÖPING: - Informal meeting of Ministers for Equal Opportunity and Social Security (to 23/01) |
| 22/01 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 23/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-GCC: Joint working group on energy (to 25/01) |
| - | MALMÖ: - Conference: "Work Life 2000", organised by the Swedish Presidency (to 24/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Petitions (and 23), Fisheries (and 23), Foreign Affairs (and 23), Women's Rights (and 23), Temporary Committee on the Echelon interception system (and 23) |
| 23/01 - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Economic and Monetary Affairs (and 24); Employment and Social Affairs (and 24); Budgets (and 24); Budgetary Control (and 24); Regional Policy (and 24); Agriculture (and 24); Environment (and 24); Citizens' Freedoms and Rights (and 24). - Public hearing on "Powerful undertakings on telecommunications markets" (Committee on Industry). - Public hearing on "Women and Fundamentalism" (Committee on Women's Rights) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: Court of Justice: Arguments joined cases C-122/99 P, C-125/99 P D v Council. - Court of First Instance: arguments T-120/99 Kik v OHMI (intellectual property) |
| 24/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Conference of Presidents. - Committee meetings: Culture, Youth, Education (and 25); Constitutional affairs (and 25); Legal Affairs and Internal Market (and 25) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (and 24/01) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Arguments T-82/00 Bic et al v Council (trade policy), arguments T-99/00 Samper v Parliament (civil servant statute) |
| 25/01 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Decision C-429/97 Commission v France (taxation), Decision C-413/98 Frota Azul-Transportes, Decision C-172/99 Oy Liikenne (social policy); arguments C-380/99 Bertelsmann (taxation), arguments C-118/99 France v Commission (agriculture). - Court of First Instance: Arguments T-9/98 Mitteldeutsche Erdöl-Raffinerie v Commission (competition) |
| 29/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture Council (and 30/01) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 22/01 - | STRASBOURG: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: winter session (to 26/01) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Committee on Culture and Education: public hearing on freedom of expression in Russia |
| 23/01 - | CANNES: - Conference on the European music industry and the new economy: A future for the self-employed, organised by Impala and the Commission (DG Culture and Audiovisual policy) |
| 24/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Forum for Employment (Adek) (and 25/01) |
| - | GENEVA: - Official visit by Mr Prodi to the United Nations (and 25/01) |
| 26/01 - | DAVOS: - World Economic Forum - annual meeting (to 29/01) |
| - | AACHEN: - 11th Charlemagne Colloquium: "The EU prior to Enlargement" (to 28/01) |
| - | INVERNESS: - Conference on the socio-economic diversification of regions dependent on fisheries, organised by the European Commission, Fisheries DG (and 27/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Social Observatory: Workshop on the Nice Treaty |
| 29/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Eurelectric/German Electricity Association (VDEW): "Germany at the centre of an integrated European power market" |
| - | HAMBURG: - Conference: "Aeronautics Days 2001: Preparing for the World Challenge - The Prospects for Aeronautics" (to 31/01) |
| - | PARIS: - CERI conference, with MEP Alain Lamassoure, on Europe in the wake of Nice |
| - | MAASTRICHT: - "A Truly Intergovernmental Conference?" - Seminar on implications of the Treaty of Nice for Europe, sponsored by the EIPA (and 30/01) |