EUROPEAN UNION
| 18/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| 19/10 - | THE HAGUE: -Meeting of EU-Russia ministerial Troika |
| - | ISTANBUL: - Meeting of EP's Greens/EFA Group (to 22/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-200/02 Chen and others (free movement of persons), ruling C-472/02 Siomab (environment and consumers), ruling C-31/03 Pharmacia Italia (alignment of legislation) |
| 20/10 - | LISBON: - EU/Mercosur ministerial meeting (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) to try to finalise negotiations on free-trade agreement |
| - | THE HAGUE: - SADC ministerial meeting (Southern Africa Development Cooperation) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| BRUSSELS: - EP: Temporary committee on the financial perspectives | |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC/CCMI: hearing on the "Implications of proposed legislation on chemical products (Reach) for the competitiveness of other sectors of industry" |
| 21/10 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Ecofin Council |
| - | OTTAWA: - EU-Canada ministerial meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/Conference of the presidents of the political groups - meeting with Mr Barroso |
| - | THE HAGUE: - Bureau of the Committee of the Regions: extraordinary meeting.- CoR/committee on sustainable development: conference on "towns and country: finding a new balances in the urbanised areas of the EU" organised by the Dutch Presidency and the Committee of the regions |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-8/03 BBL (taxation), ruling C-445/03 Commission/ Luxembourg (freedom to provide services), ruling C-64/02 P OHIM Erpo Möbelwerk (intellectual property), ruling C-288/02 Commission/ Greece (transport), ruling C-447/02 P KWS Saat/ OHIM (intellectual property), ruling C-477/03 Commission/ Germany (transport) |
| 25/10 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 28/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Justice and Home Affairs Council (and 26/10) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 18/10 - | NOORDWIJK: - Summit of the Towns 2004 (and 19/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Agency for health and safety at work - Exhibition of European Health and Safety at Work week at EP (to 22/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the secretaries general of the Committee of the Regions, European Associations and du CLRAE |
| 20/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference at the Senate on "From collective defence to joint defence? European security and defence in the age of international terrorism" - Conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signature, on 23 October 1954, of the Paris Agreements modifying the 1948 Treaty of Brussels, and creating the Assembly of the WEU |
| 21/10 - | BRUSSELS: - Conference organised by Philippe Herzog of "Confrontations Europe" on "After the White Paper of SGIs (Services of general interest): action priorities" |
| - | TAORMINA: - Seminar "European territorial cooperation post 2006: the regions' proposals" organised by the Conference of the Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) and the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) (and 22/10) |
| 22/10 - | PARIS: - Conference at the Senate "European Security and Defence Policy: experience and prospects opened up by draft Constitutional Treaty" - Commemoration of 50th anniversary of signing of Paris Agreements |
| - | BRUSSELS: - End conference on local residential services for people living with disability (and 23/10) |
| - | AMSTERDAM: - Day of Competition |