EUROPEAN UNION
| 13/04 - | OVIEDO: - Informal Ecofin Council (also 14/04) |
| 15/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs Council (also 16/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Convention on the Future of Europe: plenary session (also 16/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: EU-Chile: Xth round of negotiations over an Association Agreement (until 26/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Foreign Affairs (also 16); Industry (until 17); Agric. (until 17); Budgetary Control (also 16); Fisheries (until 17).- Public Hearings "The future of mergers in the EU" (Economics Committee).- "Draft directive on tobacco advertising and sponsorship" (Legal Committee).- Joint EU-Romania parliamentary committee (also 16/04) |
| 16/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Co-operation Council with Russia |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Signature by Loyola de Palacio and Antonio Rodota, Director General of European Space Agency of document constituting the Galileo joint enterprise |
| - | BRUSSELS: EP: Committees: Environment (also 17); Employment (also 17).- Public hearing on options for promoting the growing of vegetable protein in the EU (Agriculture Committee). |
| 17/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | MADRID: - 2nd meeting of European, Latin American and Caribbean civil society organisations (organised by ETUC) (until 19/04) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Regional Policy (also 18); Constitutional Affairs (also 18); Women's Rights (also 18); Culture (also 18); Development (also 18).- Public hearings: Respecting fundamental rights - the situation in the EU in 2001 (Citizens' Freedoms Committee).- Nature and impact of nuclear reprocessing plants on EU local communities and regions, response to petitions received by EP (Petitions Committee) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conciliation Committee (EP-Council)"Equal treatment of men and women" |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-325/00 S/Commission (Officials' terms and conditions) |
| 18/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Australia - Commission ministerial consultations |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: hearing on sport and broadcasting rights (Culture Committee) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling in joint cases C-61/96, C-81/00, C-22/01, C-132/97 Spain/Council (fisheries policy), Ruling 290/00 Duchon (safety of migrant workers), Ruling C-9/00 Palin Granit (environment), Ruling C-332/00 Belgium/Commission (Agriculture) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Governors of the European Central Bank |
| 22/04 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture Council (also 23/04) |
| - | VALENCIA: - EuroMed conference of foreign ministers (also 23/04) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 13/04 - | BANFF (CANADA): G8 Environment Ministers meeting (also 14) |
| 15/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Green Week, our future in our hands, choosing another way of life (until 19/04) |
| - | SEGOVIA: - Seminar on enlargement, decentralisation and institutional reform (also 16) |
| 16/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Public hearing on integrating social criteria into EU public tendering legislation (EDF and Belgian delegation from Party of European Socialists): |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Viviane Reding meets G14 representatives |
| 17/04 - | BRUSSELS: - Public hearing "From Rio via Doha to Johannesburg: counterbalancing the WTO with strong environmental and social rules" (EP) |
| 18/04 - | PARIS: - OECD: - 4th high level meeting on steel (also 19/04) |
| 19/04 - | BARCELONA: - Launch of European Clinical Trials Platform |
| - | FLORENCE: - Assembly of the Regions of Europe: workshop on sustainable transport |
| - | SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: - Inauguration by Loyola de Palacio of 4th interparliamentary meeting on renewable energy in the EU |
| - | BERLIN: - Fifth European Women Sport's Conference |
| - | WASHINGTON: - G7 meeting |
| 20/04 - | WASHINGTON: - IMF/World Bank. Spring annual meeting (also 21/04) |