EUROPEAN UNION
| 30/04 - | Open day at the European institutions to celebrate Europe Day (9 May): in Brussels, (30 April), Strasbourg (7-8 May) and Luxembourg (30 April -8 May) |
| 2/05 - | LUXEMBOURG: - EU/Japan Summit |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Week given over mainly to preparations for plenary session in Strasbourg |
| 3/05 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: joint affairs ruling C-387/02, C-391/02, C-403/02 Berlusconi (company law) |
| 4/05 - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Conference of the Presidents |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-335/04 Commission/ Austria (social policy).- Court of First Instance: ruling T-22/04 Reemark/ OHIM - Bluenet (Westlife) (intellectual property), ruling T-359/02 Chum/OHIM - Star TV (intellectual property), ruling T-398/03 Castets/ Commission, ruling T-30/04 Sena/ AESA (staff regulations) |
| - | BERLIN: - ECB: Meeting of the Council of Governors |
| 6/05 - | BUDAPEST: - Conference of the presidents of the national parliaments and of the EP (and 7/05) |
| 8/05 - | LUXEMBOURG: - Informal ministerial meeting on Agriculture (to 10/05) |
| 9/05 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 12/05) |
| 10/05 - | MOSCOW: - EU-Russia Summit |
OTHER EVENTS
| 1/05 - | NEWFOUNDLAND/CANADA: - Conference “High Seas Fisheries and the UN Fish Agreement” (2/05) |
| 2/05 - | PARIS: - Ministerial-level meeting of the International Energy Agency (and 3/05) |
| - | PARIS: - OECD Forum 2005: Security, stability, development: engines of the future (and 3/05) |
| - | PARIS: - Conference on the “Europe of culture” (and 3/05) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Speech by Mr Kyprianou: “Labelling and its implications for consumers” at “Consumer Policy Perspectives” conference |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Opening speech by Mr Potocnik at “FP7 Programme, Lisbon Process” conference (EP) |
| - | TALLINN: - Speech by Mr Verheugen: “Lisbon Strategy Challenges” before representatives from business world and government officials |
| - | ROME: - Speech by Mr Frattini to the colloquium on “Europe, enlargement, rules and market”, organised by Confservizi |
| - | PUNTA DEL ESTE/URUGUAY: - First Conference of the Parties to the Convention of Stockholm on persistent organic pollutants (POP) (to 6/05) |
| 3/05 - | PARIS: - Annual ministerial meeting of the Council of the OECD (and 4/05) |
| - | PARIS: - Ms Fischer Boel attends meeting of the FIPs (Five interested Parties - EU, US, Australia, India, Brazil) |
| 4/05 - | PARIS: - Ministerial meeting of the “Doha Development Round” |
| - | PRAGUE: - Mr Spidla attends “One year after enlargement” conference |
| - | KRAKOW: - Seminar of the Education Ministers of the Council of Europe on “Teaching memory and cultural heritage” (as part of the Polish presidency of the Committee of the Ministers of the Council of Europe and on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the camps) (to 6/05) |
| 6/05 - | KYOTO: - ASEM Asia Europe Meeting (foreign ministers) (and 7/05) and EU/Japan ministerial meeting |
| 5/05 - | ISTANBUL: - Speech by Mr Rehn to the Istanbul 2005 Forum |
| 9/05 - | Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration |