EUROPEAN UNION
| 19/10 - | DUBLIN: - 2nd Irish Referendum on Nice Treaty |
| 21/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - General Affairs Council - External Relations (also 22/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - EU - Israel Association Council |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - High level meeting on Nordic Dimension |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary session (until 24/10) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committees: Budget; Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, Economic and Monetary, Industry, Foreign Trade, Research and Energy; Employment and Social Affairs; Agriculture; Fisheries, Petitions |
| 22/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - EEA Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting between Romano Prodi and the President of Hungary, Ferenc Madl |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/GUE/NGL: Hearing on Iraq |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committees: Citizens' Freedoms and Rights; Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy; Temporary Foot and Mouth |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Conciliation meeting on the European Solidarity Fund |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C94/00 Roquette Frères (Competition), Ruling C-241/01 National Farmers' Union (Agriculture).- Court of First Instance: Ruling T-310/01 Schneider Electric/Commission (Competition), Ruling T-178/00 Pflugradt/ECB (Officials terms and conditions) |
| 23/10 - | STRASBOURG: - Conference of Presidents: selecting winner of Sakharov Prize 2002 |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/GUE/NGL: "Towards an international instrument for cultural diversity" |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-388/00 ILS Institut für Lernsysteme/OHIM- Educational Services, Ruling T-6/01 Matratzen Concord/OHIM - Hukla Germany, Ruling T-104/01 Oberhauser/OHIM - Petit Liberto (intellectual property), Ruling on combined cases T-269/99, T-271/99, T-272/99 Diputación Foral de Guipuzkoa/Commission (state aid), Ruling on combined cases T-346/99, T-347/99, T-348/99 Diputación Foral de Alava/Commission (state aid) |
| 24/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Informal European Council (also 25/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting between Prodi, Rasmussen and Reding and 30 "Erasmus ambassadors" to celebrate the millionth Erasmus student |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB Governing Council |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-81/01 Borie Manoux, Ruling C-121/00 Hahn (Agric.), Ruling C-455/00 Commission/Italy (Social Policy), Ruling C-82/01 P Aéroports de Paris/Commission and Alpha Flight Services (Competition), Ruling C-99/01 Linhart (approximation of legislation) |
| 25/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Telecoms Regulation Group |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-5/02 Tetra Laval/Commission (Competition) |
| 28/10 - | BRUSSELS: - European Convention: Presidency and plenary session (also 29/10) |
| - | COPENHAGEN: - Meeting with candidate countries |
OTHER EVENTS
| 21/10 - | Copenhagen: - Speech by Liikanen at the biotech conference |
| 23/10 - | MADRID: - Eurailspeed Conference 2002 "High speed trains - success and challenges" (until 25/10) |
| - | COPENHAGEN: - Commissioner Nielson at "Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis" seminar |
| 24/10 - | PRAGUE: - European Conference on Central and Eastern European countries - "Social Economy 2002 - Enlarging the social economy" (also 25/10) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Conference "The transformation of the European financial system" (also 25) |
| 27/10 - | AMSTERDAM: - 29th "International Small Business Congress" (until 30/10) |
| - | CANJUERS (VAR): - Euratox 2002 - European Civil Protection Exercise (also 28/10) |
| 28/10 - | AALBORG - "Growth, Prosperity, Patents" - meeting organised by the Presidency (also 29/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on human and social capital in the knowledge society (also 29/10) |