EUROPEAN UNION
| 26/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture Council (and 27/02). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 27/02). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: environment, public health and consumer policy (and 27/02); citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs (and 27/02); budgetary control (and 27/02); agriculture and rural development (and 27/02); women's rights and equal opportunities (and 27/02); industry, external trade; research and energy (and 27/02); employment and social affairs (and 27/02); budgets (and 27/02); foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence policy (and 27/02) - public hearing "Iraq and the international community. |
| - | NICE: - Signing ceremony of the Treaty of Nice. |
| - | DUBLIN: - Meeting Göran Persson-Bertie Ahern - Beginning of EU capital tour (with view to preparation of European Council of Stockholm) (to 12/03). |
| 27/02 - | BRUSSELS: EU/Mexico Joint Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Estonia, EU-Latvia, EU-Lithuania Association Councils. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conciliation Committee on tobacco products (at the EP). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: legal and internal market committee. - Public hearing on "European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice": adoption of Union body of law by the candidate countries" (Committee on citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs). - Hearing of experts on "competition policy" (economic and monetary committee). |
| - | PARIS: - Romano Prodi-Jacques Chirac meeting. |
| - | BERLIN/VIENNA: - Meeting Persson/Schröder. - Meeting Persson/Schüssel. |
| 28/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: plenary session (and 1/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (and 1/03). |
| - | ATHENS/ROME: - Meeting Persson/Costas Simitis - Meeting Persson/Giuliano Amato. |
| 2/03 - | UPPSALA: - Informal Education/Research Council (and 3/03). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Meeting Persson/Jean Claude Juncker. |
| 5/03 - | THE HAGUE/PARIS: - Meeting Göran Persson/Wim Kok. - Meeting Persson/Chirac/Jospin. |
| BRUSSELS: - EP: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - Monetary dialogue. |
OTHER EVENTS
| 26/02 - | MILAN: - Meeting of G8 (and 27/02). |
| - | BRUSSELS: Energy and Oil Seminar (organised by "Institut français du pétrole). |
| 27/02 - | BRUSSELS: - North Atlantic Council: extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers. |
| - | PARIS: - Seminar on the "impact of the information society on professional and social relations in the EU" organised by Europe and Society (and 28/02). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of Steering Committee on Human Rights (CCDH) (to 2/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on "euro and competition on the markets - the experience of Chambers of Commerce in Europe with a view to the success of single currency" (Unioncamere). |
| 28/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Round table on "Reform of European Commission Services: Modernising the structure or a destabilising diversion?" (organised by Renouveau & Démocratie). |
| 1/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on e-Economy in Europe organised by the Commission (and 2/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Textiles Forum organised by the EP. |
| - | PARIS: - Telecommunications Forum. |
| - | NORRKOPING: - Seminar "Children affected by armed conflict and forced displacement - a child perspective in development cooperation and migration" (speech Nielson/Vitorino) (and 2). |
| 2/03 - | WELS/AUSTRIA: - "World Sustainable Energy Day 2001" (and 2/03). |
| 5/03 - | PARIS: - Workshop on "Sociology of Europe: the elite and political mobilisation". |