EUROPEAN UNION
| 17/03 - | SALAMANCA: Culture and Audiovisual Ministerial Seminar (to 19/03). |
| 18/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture Council. |
| - | LE CAP: - ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: 4th Session (to 21/03). |
| - | TOLEDO: - Ministerial seminar on Trade; Euromed meeting (and 19/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: foreign affairs (to 20), budgets (and 19), citizens' freedoms and rights (and 19), social affairs (and 19), industry, foreign trade, research (and 19). |
| 19/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Informal meeting Council, Commission/Candidate country Agriculture Ministers. |
| BRUSSELS: - Meeting Messrs Prodi and Patten/President of Georgia Eduard Chevardnadze. | |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: regional policy, transport, tourism (to 21), legal affairs (and 20), agriculture (and 20), budgetary control (to 21), economic (and 20). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conciliation Committee on "2 or 3-wheeled vehicles", "6th Community Action Programme", "Public Health Programme", "Undesirable animal feed products". |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Jt. Aff.: C-393/99, C-394/99 Hervein and Hervillier (social security migrant workers), C-476/99 Lommers (social policy), C-13/00 Commission/Ireland (external relations), C-268/00 Commission/Netherlands (environment), C-426/98 Commission/Greece (taxation), C-224/00 Commission/Italy (principles of EC law). |
| 20/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of European Commission. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Extraordinary Plenary Session. |
| BRUSSELS: - Economic and Social Committee: plenary session. | |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Fisheries Committee (and 21).- Public hearing on "White Paper on Transport Policy" - EP/Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (and 21). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU/GCC: Formal negotiation session for free trade agreement (and 21/03). |
| 21/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Convention on the Future of Europe: plenary session (and 22/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: environment, public health; petitions. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-298/99 Commission/Italy (free provision of services), C-451/99 Cura Anlagen (free provision of services), C-174/00 Kennemer Golf & Country Club (taxation), C-267/00 Zoological Society of London (taxation), C-130/99 Spain/Commission (agriculture), C-36/00 Spain/Commission (State aid). |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Governing Council of European Central Bank. |
| 22/03 - | SARAGOSSA: - Informal Defence Council (and 23/03). |
| 25/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Transport and Telecommunications Council (and 26/03). |
OTHER EVENTS
| 18/03 | MONTERREY: - United Nations Conference on Development Financing (to 22/03). |
| 19/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Seminar UNICE/Dutch company for nature and the environment: "How to save money on transport and improve the environment". |
| 20/03 - | STRASBOURG: - CLRAE: mini-session Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (to 22/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Forum on intercultural dialogue: speeches by Mr Prodi and Ms Reding. |
| 21/03 - | MADRID: - European Congress for People with Disabilities: speech by Ms Diamantopoulou. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 9th EU-Japan Symposium on "Improving employment opportunities for older workers" (and 22/03). |
| WARSAW: - Eurelectric Conference "Towards a pan-European Energy Partnership" (and 22/03). | |
| - International Day for the elimination of racial discrimination. | |
| 22/03 - | SAINT-JACQUES-DE-COMPOSTELLE: - Seminar of Conference of CPMR (Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions) "What is the future of European transport policy?". |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: Exchange of views - delegates of Ministers/Council of Baltic Sea States. |
| 25/03 - | YORK: - Conference of European Informtion Association "The E-Revolution" (and 26/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Europe-Turkey Foundation: Conference Debate "Turkey and the Future of Europe". |