EUROPEAN UNION
| 21/04 - | MALMO: - Informal EcoFin Council (the Fifteen and the governors of the central banks) - meeting with their counterparts from candidate countries. |
| 23/04 - | MANAMA/BAHREIN: - Joint EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Council. |
| - | VALPARAISO (CHILE): - 15TH Latin America-EU Inter-Parliamentary Conference (to 27/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: committees: industry, external trade, research and energy (to 25); women's rights and equal opportunities (and 24); temporary Echelon Committee (and 24); legal affairs and internal market (and 24); foreign affairs, human rights common security and defence policy (to 25); fisheries (and 24). |
| 24/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture Council (and 25/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: committees: citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs (and 25); budgets (and 25); regional policy, transport and tourism (to 26); employment and social affairs (and 25); agriculture and rural development (and 25); environment, public health and consumer policy (to 26); culture, youth, education, media and sports (and 25). - Public hearing on "Youth Policy). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of first Instance: ruling T-159/98 Torre/Commission (status of officials), ruling T-37/99 Miranda/Commission (status of officials). |
| 25/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Fisheries Council (and 26/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Commission meeting. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social committee: plenary session (and 26/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: committees: petitions (and 26); constitutional affairs (and 26); budgetary control (and 26); economic and monetary (and 26). - Public hearing on "Directive relating to the European Work's Council" (employment and social affairs committee). - Public hearing on "Protection of air passengers" (committee on regional policy, transport and tourism). - Public hearing on "Environmental impact assessment of certain public and private projects" (petitions committee). |
| 26/04 - | LUND: - Informal Internal Market/Consumer Council (to 28/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Temporary Committee on Human genetics: hearing of experts on genetics and medicine. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Public hearing (at ESC) "Defining the strategy for the EU's sustainable development - Points of view of civil society and public authorities" (and 27/04). |
OTHER EVENTS
| 21/04 - | NEW YORK: - Preparatory informal ministerial meeting for COP6 - Kyoto Protocol. |
| 23/04 - | STRASBOURG: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: session (to 27/04). |
| - | LONDON: - EBRD: tenth annual meeting (and 24/04). |
| - | STOCKHOLM: - Conference on "Counterfeiting and Piracy" (and 24/04). |
| 24/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Colloquium on governance "Bringing Europe closer to the citizens" (organised by the Association of Swedish local authorities, with the EP and the CEMR. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - TEPSA conference on "The European Union and Ukraine" (at the EP). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Inaugural speech by Ms. Wallstrom at "The Green week" conference. |
| - | THE HAGUE: - Network Democracy conference: Enhancing the Role of Political Parties (and 25) |
| - | SOLNA: - High-level meeting of sports officials and seminar on doping (to 27/04). |
| - | NACKA: - Meeting of high-level ASEM officials (to 27/04). |
| 26/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference (GEPE/SEP/TEPSA) on "The Belgian Presidency of the EU" (and 27/04). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on "Advancing the Packaging Waste Debate" (Forum Europe). |
| - | LUND: - Opening of seminar of Swedish consumer NGOs. |
| - | LIDINGO: - European Monitoring Centre for Employment (to 29/04). |
| - | LINKOPING: - Conference on "Disability Policy Planning in Europe" (and 28/04). |
| 29/40 - | WASHINGTON: - IMF/World Bank Development Committee Spring Meeting. |