EUROPEAN UNION
| 18/02 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council (and 19/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: foreign affairs, human rights, joint security and defence policy (on 20); agriculture (and 19); industry, foreign trade, research and energy (and 19); legal affairs and internal market (and 19); employment and social affairs (and 19) |
| 19/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Association Councils with Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ministerial EU/Croatia |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: environment, public health and consumer policy (and 20); regional policy, transport and tourism (on 21), budgetary control (on 21); culture, youth, education, media and sport (and 20); freedoms and rights of citizens, justice and home affairs (and 20); economic and monetary affairs (and 20).- Public hearing "Promoting Fundamental Standards at Work and and Company Responsibility" (Employment Committee).- Public hearing "A Global Dimension to a New Trans-Atlantic Partnership" (Foreign Affairs Committee and Industry Committee).- Hearing "The future of European Tourism" (Regional Policy Committee, transport and tourism) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-35/99 Arduino (competition), Ruling C-309/99 Wouters (competition), Ruling C-256/00 Besix (convention legal competency/enforcement of decisions), Ruling C-295/00 Commission/Italy (transport), Ruling C-366/00 Commission/ Luxembourg (environment) |
| 20/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (and 21/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: committees: constitutional affairs; petitions (et 21); fishing (and 21); development and co-operation (and 21).- EP delegation meeting at the Convention on the future of Europe.- Public hearing "Universities and Higher Education in EU and non-EU Countries" (culture committee) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER Meeting 1 |
| 21/02 - | VITORIA: - Informal Ministerial meeting: Telecommmunications and Information Society (on 23/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Commission meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: EP: temporary committee on foot and mouth disease: initial meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER Meeting2 |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of justice: Ruling C-416/98 Commission/ Nea Energeiaki Technologia (institutional law), Ruling C-65/00 Commission/ Italy (environment and consumers), Ruling C-215/00 Rydergard (social welfare and migrant workers) |
| 22/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Intervention by Mr Barnier at the Advisory Group CEPS (institutional reform ) |
| 23/02 - | MADRID: - Speech by Mr Liikanen to Ministers responsible for SMEs |
OTHER EVENTS
| 18/02 - | SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: - Conference on violence against women, organised by the Spanish Presidency |
| - | BARCELONA: - Speech by Ms Reding on the opening of the first Forum on European televised programmes |
| 19/02 - | BRUSSELS: - Presentation of pedagogical Tellus programme by ECYF (at EP) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - CERCAL: "EU and Latin America: A Partnership with a Bright Future" |
| 20/02 - | BRUGES: - Ms Reding at the official opening of Bruges the European capital of culture |
| 21/02 - | MAASTRICHT: - EIPA Seminar: "Understanding the Union's Decision-making Process: principles, procedures and practices" (and 22/02) |
| 25/02 - | BRUSSELS: - "Doha and After?", dinner-debate organised by the Belgian Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce |