EUROPEAN UNION
| 27/09 - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Commission (DG Regional Policy): Open Days on "Regional Policy practice and reform" (until 30/09) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (also 28); Internal Market and Consumer Protection (also 28).- Hearings of Commissioners designate: Vladimir Spidla (Employment, Social Affair): Employment and Women's Rights Committees; Jan Figel (Education, Culture)/ Culture and Employment Committees |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of EU's Political and Security Committee and North Atlantic Council |
| 28/09 - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Regional Development (also 29).- Hearings of Commissioners designate: Danuta Hübner (Regional Policy) Regional Policy Committee; Nellie Kroes (Competition) Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee; Dalia Grybauskaite (Budget) Budget and Budgetary Control Committees |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference "Promoting SMEs in the EU25" (at EP) |
| 29/09 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: International Trade (also 30); Transport and Tourism; Constitutional Affairs (also 30). - Hearings of Stavros Dimas (Environment)/ Environment Committee; Viviane Reding (Information Society, Audiovisual)/ Industry and Culture Committee; Jacques Barrot (Transport)/ Transport Committee |
| 30/09 - | THE HAGUE: - Justice and Home Affairs Council (also 1/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions: Plenary session "The Future of the Regional Policy" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Petitions Committee.- Hearings of Günter Verheugen (Enterprise and Industry)/ Industry Committee; Margot Wallström (Institutional Relations)/ Constitutional Affairs and Culture Committees; Laszlo Kovacs (Energy)/ Industry Committee |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of justice: Ruling C-275/02 Ayaz (Foreign relations), Ruling C-319/03 Briheche, Ruling C-359/03 Commission/Austria (social policy), Ruling C-496/03 Commission/ France (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-481/03 Commission/ Luxembourg (transport), Ruling C-475/01 Commission/ Greece (taxation), Ruling on combined cases C-397/01 to C-403/01 Pfeiffer (social policy) |
| 1/10 - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Hearing of Janez Potocnik (Research)/ Industry Committee |
| 4/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Protection Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Hearings of Peter Mandelson (Trade, International Competitiveness)/ International Trade Committee; Olli Rehn (Enlargement)/ Foreign Affairs Committee |
| - | THE HAGUE: - CoR/Economic and Social Policy Committee (ECOS): Seminar on Employment in the Lisbon Strategy |
OTHER EVENTS
| 27/09 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference "Accountancy in the Public Sector - Progress and Achievements" organised by the Commission, with the European Accountants' Federation |
| - | BRUSSELS: -High-ranking officials of EuroMed follow-up committee (also 28/09) |
| 28/09 - | BRUSSELS: - "Europe's Energy Outlook: Nuclear security and environmentally acceptable energy" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - AGM of Euroheat & Power "Towards local energy solutions" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference organised by Eurometals "Health Environment and Safety" (also 29) |
| - | TUNIS: - EuroMed ministerial summit on the future of the textile and clothing industries |
| 29/09 - | THE HAGUE: - "Brain Gain: the Instruments", organised by Dutch Presidency of EU (until 30) |
| - | OSLO: - Unice conference on "Public Procurement in EUROPE 2004 - new regime ahead" (public procurement directives) organised by Norwegian Confederation of Trade and Industry (until 1er/10) |
| 30/09 - | LEIDEN: - Conference organised by Dutch Presidency of the EU on ten years of change in European labour law and a programme for the future (also 1/10) |
| - | WASHINGTON: - Almunia to attend annual meeting of IMF and G7 (until 3/10) |
| 4/10 - | STRASBOURG: - Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: plenary session (until 8/10) |
| - | ISTANBUL: - Forum of foreign affairs ministers of EU and Islamic Conference (also 5/10) |