EUROPEAN UNION
| 6/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumers Council (also 7/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Budget Committee |
| 7/12 - | BRUSSELS: - ECOFIN Council |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-240/02 Koninklijke Cooperatie Cosun/ Commission (customs union) |
| 8/12 - | THE HAGUE: - EU-China Summit |
| 9/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (also 10/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Political and Security Committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Speeches by Barroso ("Lisbon Strategy"), Verheugen, Hübner and Figel at the 2nd UNICE Competitiveness Day "Play to Win" (EP) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-19/02 Hlozek (social policy), Ruling C-460/02 Commission/Italy (transport), Ruling C-177/03 Commission/France (CEEA), Ruling C-36/03 Approved Prescription Services (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-79/03 Commission/Spain (environment and consumers), Ruling C-123/03 P Commission/Greencore Group, Ruling C-523/03 Commission/Biotrast (institutional law), Ruling C-219/03 Commission/Spain (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-56/04 Commission/Finland (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-88/04 Commission/UK (approximation of legislation) |
| 10/12 - | THE HAGUE: - Troika of EU-US foreign ministers |
| 13/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 16/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 14/12) |
| - | MAASTRICHT: - Ministerial conference on professional training (until 15/12) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 6/12 - | SOPHIA: - Ferrero-Waldner to address OSCE ministerial meeting |
| - | ROTTERDAM: - Interreg III C Forum on "Assessing interregional cooperation in the EU" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - "Public-private partnerships" conference organised by the British Chamber of Commerce (Belgium) |
| - | LJUBLJANA: - Speech by Potocnik on "Strengthening Competitiveness of the Enlarged EU" at a conference organised by EIBA (European International Business Academy) |
| 7/12 - | BRUSSELS: - AGM of ECHO partners |
| - | BERLIN: - Speech by Fischer Boel at German government's conference on organic farming |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Barrot attends conference on "The Future of Mobility - Europe's Innovation Strength" organised by the Hans Seidel Stiftung |
| 8/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Speech by Kallas on "Coordinating the audits of EU Member States" at a seminar organised for the Supreme Audit Institutions of the 10 new Member States |
| 9/12 - | PARIS: - G7 meeting of health ministers (also 10/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of foreign ministers at NATO headquarters. NATO-Russia Council and Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
| - | WROCLAV/POLAND: - Ministerial conference on defining the future of European cultural policy - meeting of culture, education, youth and sports ministers from across Europe for the ceremonies to commemorate 50 years of the Council of Europe's European Cultural Convention (also 10/12) |
| - | PARIS: - DAC/OCDE: High ranking officials on the Development Assistance Committee (also 10/12) |
| - | PARIS: - OCDE: Conference on improving efficiency in fighting corruption - Forum OCDE/Transparency International (also 10/12) |
| 10/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Rehn attends conference on Turkey, also attended by Erdogan. |