EUROPEAN UNION
| 13/10 - | SINGAPORE: Mini-ministerial meeting of Trade Ministers (with Mr Lamy) (and 14). |
| 15/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Telecommunications Council. |
| - - | LUXEMBOURG: - Meeting of the Eurogroup. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: economic and monetary (and 16); environment, public health, consumer policy (and 16); budgets (and 16); womens' rights and equal opportunities (and 16); industry, external trade, research and energy (and 16); foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence policy (and 16); citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs (and 16); culture, youth, education (and 16); legal and internal market (and 16). - Hearing of experts: "Financial markets: insider dealings and market abuse" - "Capital market: prospectus to be published for securities". |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 17th Joint EU-EEA Parliamentary Commission (and 16/10). |
| 16/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Transport Council. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Ecofin Council. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Ecofin Council/Justice and Home Affairs. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Extraordinary JHA Council on terrorism. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Conference on Migration (at EP) (and 17/10). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Employment and Social Affairs Committee. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-212/00 Stallone (social security of migrant workers), Joint affairs rulings C-396/99, C-397/99 Commission/Greece (competition), C-429/99 Commission/Portugal (competition). |
| 17/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Extraordinary General Affairs Council on terrorism. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (and 18/10). |
| 18/10 - | SANTA LUCIA: - Annual EC-Cariforum ministerial meeting (and 19/10). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-354/99 Commission/Ireland (environment), C-441/99 Gharehveran (social policy), C-19/00 Siac Construction (company law). - Court of First Instance: Ruling -T-333/99 X / ECB (statute of officials). |
| 19/10 - | GENT: - Informal European Council. |
| 20/10 - | BRUSSELS: - European Conference devoted to combating terrorism. |
| 22/10 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 25/10). |
OTHER EVENTS
| 13/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on music in Europe. |
| 15/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Debate on the future of Europe (university professors belonging to the Jean Monnet network and MEPs and representatives of the European Commission) (and 16/10). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - GMES Conference (Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security). |
| 17/10 - | PARIS: - OECD: Forum on competition (and 18/10). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Forum on Sport. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: ministers' delegates. |
| - | World Day for the Refusal of Poverty. |
| 18/10 - | BARCELONA: - Energy/Transport Conference (and 19/10). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - 40th aniversary of the European Social Charter (Palais des Droits de l'Homme). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Forum "New social expectations and governance" (organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers) (and 19/10). |
| - | VENICE: - Eur. Commission for Democracy by Law (Venice Commission) (to 20/10). |
| 19/10 - | LEUVEN: - Conference organised by the Belgian Presidency: "A new architecture for social protection in Europe". |