EUROPEAN UNION
| 25/10 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 28/10) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Justice and Home Affairs (and 26/10) - (On sidelines of Council) - Meeting of the JHA troika of the permanent partnership council with the Russian Federation |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: committees: international trade; environment, public health and food safety; civil liberties , justice and home affairs; human rights sub-committee: public hearing on human rights in Turkey |
| 26/10 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: declaration by Mr Barroso, in the presence of the Council: College's presentation of the Commissioners and their programmes, followed by a debate.- Speech by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: committees: Foreign Affairs; Budgets |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Political and Security Committee |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-406/03 Commission/ Ireland (environment and consumers).- Court of First Instance: ruling T-207/02 Falcone/ Commission (staff regulations) |
| 27/10 - | MAASTRICHT: - Informal Development Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: declarations by the Council and the European Commission on preparations for the European Council (4-5 November).- Declarations by the Council and the Commission on the EU-India Summit, on the result of the referendum and elections in Belarus, on the forthcoming elections in Ukraine |
| 28/10 - | STRASBOURG: - EP/Conference of the presidents: awarding of Sakharov Prize 2004 |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-164/01 P van den Berg/ Council and Commission (agriculture), ruling C-357/03 Commission/ Austria (social policy), ruling C-360/03 Commission/ Austria (social policy), ruling C-124/03 Artrada (agriculture), ruling C-148/03 Nürnberger Allgemeine Versicherung (Legal competence convention/execution of decisions), ruling C-421/03 Commission/ Austria (environment), ruling C-460/03 Commission/ Ireland (industrial policy), ruling C-497/03 Commission/ Austria (free movement of goods), ruling C-4/04 Commission/ Austria (industrial policy), ruling C-5/04 Commission/ Germany (industrial policy).- Court f First Instance: ruling T-35/01 Shanghai Teraoka Electronic/ Council (trade policy), joint affairs ruling T-219/02, T-337/02 Lutz Herrera/ Commission (staff regulations) |
| 29/10 - | ROME: - Ceremony for the signing of the Constitutional Treaty |
OTHER EVENTS
| 23/10 - | BERLIN/POTSDAM: - Opening speech and awarding of the "Europa Iris" Prize by Ms Kalniete to Patrons of Europa Prize 2004 at Festival of European media |
| - | LILLE: - Mr Lamy attends debate "We are all Europeans", organised by "Le Monde" |
| 26/10 - | NANCY: - 1st Convention of European players in river navigation "La Nouvelle Europe Fluviale" |
| 27/10 - | BEIJING: - "Cogeneration and decentralized energy". World Alliance for Decentralized Energy conference (and 28/10) |
| 28/10 - | BRUSSELS: - "Technology & Competition Law" (British Chamber of Commerce Conference) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - World Savings Banks Institute/ World Bank Conference (and 29/10) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Seminar "The EU's agenda for competition in coming years: what reforms are still needed?" (Centre for European Reform and Gplus Europe) |
| - | AMSTERDAM: - Conference of the Presidency of the EU entitled "Employment - Work for Europe" (and 29/10) |