EUROPEAN UNION
| 12/12 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (and 13/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EU- Kirghizstan Cooperation Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (to 15/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: committee on civil liberties, committee on foreign affairs |
| 13/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Competitiveness Council - REACH |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Informal EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia ministerial meetings |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Intergroup on bio-ethical issues |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of justice: case C-78/03 P Commission/Aktionsgemeinschaft Recht und Eigentum (state aid), case C-411/03 SEVIC Systems (freedom of establishment) |
| 14/12 - | STRASBOURG: - EP session: declarations of the Council and the Commission on preparations for the European Council. - Awarding of the 2005 Sakharov Prize 2005 for freedom of thought |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: case T-135/02 Greencore Group/Commission, case T-209/01 Honeywell/Commission, case T-210/01 General Electric/Commission (competition), case T-69/00 FIAMM Technologies/Council and Commission, case T-151/00 Laboratoire du Bain/Council and Commission, case T-301/00 Groupe Fremaux and Palais Royal/Council and Commission, case T-320/00 CD Cartondruck/Council and Commission, case T-383/00 Beamglow/Parlement, case T-135/01 Fedon & Figli/Council and Commission (external relations) |
| 15/12 - | BRUSSELS: - EUROPEAN COUNCIL (AND 16/12) |
| - | MARRAKECH: - Euro-Mediterranean conference on transport (and 16/12) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: case C-86/03 Greece/Commission (harmonisation of legislation), case C-26/04 Commission/Spain (environment), joint case C-151/04, C-152/04 Nadin and Nadin-Lux (free movement of persons), case C-66/02 Italy/Commission (state aid), case C-344/03 Commission/Finland (environment), case C-148/04 Unicredito Italiano (state aid), case C-63/04 Centraian Property (taxation), case C-96/05 Commission/Greece (business law), joint case C-232/04, C-233/04 Güney-Görres (social policy).- Court of First Instance: case T-33/01 Infront WM/Commission (free movement of persons) |
| 19/12 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (and 20/12) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 10/12 - | International Human Rights Day |
| 12/12 - | MADRID: - Council of Europe Conference on “Cybercrime: a global challenge, a global response” (and 13/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the “CARS 21” high level group (Competitive Automotive Regulatory System for the 21st Century) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Opening address by Mr Frattini at the conference “Restarting Europe” |
| - | BRUSSELS: -Speech by Mr Potocnik at the Social Sciences and Humanities conference (EP) |
| - | BILBAO: - European Summit on noise at work, organised by the European Agency for safety and health at work |
| - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS seminar on “The role of interregionalism in the EU's foreign policy” |
| 13/12 - | HONG-KONG: - WTO ministerial conference under the Doha development programme (to 18/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe: first Forum of Roma and Travellers (to 15/12) |
| 15/12 - | BRUSSELS: - TEPSA conference “The ESDP-NATO relationship: a British view at the time of the UK Presidency” |
| 19/12 - | Brussels: - EPC (European Policy Centre) Breakfast Policy Briefing on “The priorities of the Austrian Presidency” |