EUROPEAN UNION
| 19/05 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (and 20/05). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Romania Cooperation Council. |
| BRUSSELS: - Competitiveness Council. | |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (and 20); Economic and Monetary Affairs (and 20); Fisheries (and 20); Culture, Youth, Media and Sport (and 20); Development and Cooperation (to 21); Constitutional Affairs (and 20); Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (and 20). - Public hearing "Daphne Programme: assessment and outlook for future" (Committee on Women's Rights). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - XVIth EU/Latin America Interparliamentary Conference (to 22/05). |
| 20/05 - | ATHENS: - Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Energy (and 21). |
| - | ATHENS: - EU/Russia Justice and Home Affairs Minisiterial Troika. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (to 22); Budgetary Control (and 21); Employment and Social Affairs (and 21); Agriculture (and 21); Regional policy, transport and tourism (and 21). |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-465/00 Österreichischer Rundfunk and others (approximation of legislation), C-469/00 Ravil (free movement of goods), C-108/01 Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma and Salumificio S. Rita (agriculture), Ruling Joint Affairs C-138/01, C-139/01 Neukomm (approx. of legislation). - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-179/02 Pflugradt/ECB (statute of officials). |
| 21/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission. |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Budgets (and 22); Legal and Internal Market (and 22); Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (and 22); Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (and 22); Petitions (and 22). - Public hearing on "EU Budget and SMEs" (budgets committee). - Public hearing on "The road to Cancun: using trade agreements for development" (development and industry committees). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 4th EU parliamentary conference - Stability Pact countries organised by the EP chairing the parliamentary troika of the Stability Pact - "A new European Union policy for South East Erupoe" - A process of stabilisation and association renewed and accession prospects" (and 22). |
| 22/05 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-56/02 IHW Rebmann (Customs Union), C-462/99 Connect Austria (industrial policy), C-355/00 Freskot (agriculture), C-18/01 Korhonen (corporate law), C-103/01 Commission/Germany (approx. of legislation), C-393/01 France/Commission (agric.), C-441/01 Commission/PB (social policy). - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-249/01 Boixader Rivas/Parliament (statute of officials). |
| 23/05 - | ATHENS: - Conference of Presidents of the Parliaments of Europe (and 24). |
| 24/05 - | THESSALONIKI: - Informal Culture Council. |
| 26/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture/Fisheries Council (and 27/05). |
| - | CRETE: - EUROMED Conference (and 27/05). |
OTHER EVENTS
| 20/05 - | STRASBOURG: - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) - plenary session (to 22/05). |
| 21/05 - | KIEV: - 5th pan-European meeting of Environment Ministers (and 22/05). |
| 22/05 - | OHRID (MACEDONIA): - High Level Conference on improving border safety in the Balkans region (and 23/05). |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU Ministerial Conference "Health on-line 2003" (eHealth 2003) (and 23/05). |
| 23/05 - | PARIS: - G8 Foreign Affairs Ministers. |
| 26/05 - | PRAGUE: - European Trade Union Confederation: statutory congress (to 29/05). |