EUROPEAN UNION
| 10/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 13/12). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Research Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 11/12). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committees: economic and monetary; budgets; citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs. |
| 11/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Membership conferences at ministerial level with candidate countries (and 12/12). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committee on foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence policy and development and cooperation committee. - EP: meetings of political groups (and 12/12). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-376/00 Commission/Italy (environment). - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-138/00 Erpo Möbelwerk / IPO (intellectual property), T-191/99 Petrie / Commission (law institutions), T-46/00 Kvitsjoen / Commission (fisheries). |
| 12/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Environment Council. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: solemn session - ceremony for awarding Sakharov Prize 2001. |
| 13/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Social Dialogue Summit (participation by Mr Prodi and Ms Diamantopoulou). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-324/99 D aimler-Chrysler (environment and consumers), C-1: 100 Commission/France (agriculture), C-93/00 Parliament/Council (agriculture), C-340/00 P Commission/Cwik (statute of officials), C-372/00 Commission/Ireland (industrial policy), C-107/01 Commission/Luxembourg (transports), C-206/00 Mouflin (social policy), C-446/00 P Cubero Vermurie/Commission (statute of officials), C-131/00 Nilsson (agriculture), C-235/00 CSC Fiancial Services (taxation), C-317/99 Kloosterboer Rotterdam (agriculture), C-481/99 Heininger (environment and consumers), C-79/00 Telefonica de Espana (industrial policy). - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-45/98 Krupp Thyssen Stainless/Commission (CA), T-47/98 Acciai speciali Terni/Commission (CA), T-48/98 Acerinox/Commission (CA). |
| 14/12 - | LAEKEN: - EUROPEAN COUNCIL (and 15/12). |
| - | LAEKEN: - Informal Eurogroup Council. |
| - | LAEKEN: - Informal Ecofin Council. |
| 17/12 - - | BRUSSELS: Fisheries Council (and 18/12). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Special Plenary Session. |
OTHER EVENTS
| 10/12 - | International Human Rights Day. |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Seminar organised by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe on "Church-State relations regarding the exercise of the right of religious freedom" (and 11/12). |
| - | PARIS: - Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Bureau. |
| 11/12 - | PARIS: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Committee on culture, science. |
| 12/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on the prevention and control of foot and mouth disease (and 13/12). |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe |
| - | PARIS: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: committee on political issues (and 13). |
| 13/12 - | PARIS: Parl. Assembly of the Council of Europe: committee on migration - conference on situation of illegal migrants in the Member States of the Council of Europe (and 14/12). |
| 14/12 - | PARIS: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Committee on social issues. |
| 17/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on "Popularisation of sciences in Eurpe and European regions" (and 18/12). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Assembly of the Platform of European NGOs in the social sector. |