EUROPEAN UNION
| 17/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (and 18/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Convention: session (and 18/03). |
| BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Foreign Affairs (to 19), economic and monetary affairs (and 18), legal and internal market (and 18), fisheries (and 18), culture (and 18), development (to 19); women's rights and equal opportunities (and 18). - Public hearing "Women the ambassadors of peace and security in the Middle East". | |
| 18/03 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs Council and External Relations (and 19/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ukraine and Moldova Cooperation Councils. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Budgetary control (to 20), environment (and 19), agriculture (and 19), regional policy (to 20). - Public hearings "New European strategy for South East Europe". - "A legal framework for free movement in the internal market of goods whose ownership is likely to be disputed". - "Women in the rural areas with a view to mid-term review of CAP". - "Education for All". - "Perotection and development of the European artistic heritage in the context of privatisation policies". |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Mr Byrne at launching of Public Health Programme (EP). |
| 19/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council (on saving tax and energy tax). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Trilogue: Pat Cox, Costas Simitis and Romano Prodi on enlargement, the financial perspectives and EP budgetary powers. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Conference of Presidents open to members of the Bureau. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committee: Citizens' freedoms (and 20), industry (and 20), employment, constitutional affairs - Study Day on the future of the Euratom Treaty in the European Constitution (and 20). - Public Hearing "Strengthening maritime security after Prestige oil tanker disaster". |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Forum on northern dimension organised by EESC with the participation of the Council of Baltic Sea States and representatives of the organised civil society. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - DG Employment and Social Affairs of the Commission: Conference to take mid-term stock of the Social Policy Agenda (and 20/03). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: rulings joint affairs T-188/01, T-189/01, T-190/01 Tsarnavas/Commission (officials' statute), ruling T-213/00 CMA CGM/Commission (competition), T-273/01 Innova-Privat-Akademie/Commission (external relations). |
| 20/03 - | BRUSSELS: - European Council (and 21/03). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Summit of Social Troïka with the Greek, Italian and Irish Prime Ministers, the Commission (Romano Prodi, Anna Diamantopoulou) and social partners. |
| BRUSSELS: - Summit of Liberal, Democrat and Reformers Party. | |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Heads of State and Government and Foreign Ministers with the Chairman of the European Convention, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Working dinners of Heads of State and Government (with Romano Prodi and Javier Solana), Foreign Ministers and Ministers of Economy and Finance. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: petitions. |
| - | FRANKFURT: - ECB: Governing Council. |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-3/00 Denmark/Commission (industrial policy), Ruling C-291/00 LTJ Diffusion (approx. of legislation), C-143/02 Commission/Italy (environment and consumers), C-187/00 Kutz-Bauer (social policy), C/135/01 Commission/Germany (agriculture), C-378/01 Commission/Italy (environment). |
| 21/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Working sessions of Heads of State and Government, Foreign Affairs Ministers and Economy and Finance Ministers. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Separate working lunches of the Fifteen with the Heads of State and Government and the Foreign Ministers and Ecofin of ten accession countries and three candidate countries. |