EUROPEAN UNION
| 13/03 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 16/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Competitiveness Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committees: Development; Economic and Monetary Affairs; Justice and Internal Affairs; temporary committee on alleged use of European countries by CIA for transport and rendition of illegal prisoners; Human Rights Subcommittee.- Debate on prostitution connected with sports events and human trafficking |
| 14/03 - | BRUSSELS: - ECOFIN Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: - College of Commissioners to meet President of Germany, Horst Köhler (who will also be meeting Jose Manuel Barroso) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-177/04 Commission/France (institutional law) |
| 15/03 - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting between Jose Manuel Barroso and the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/European Fourth World Committee Intergroup meeting on minimum income as a tool to combat poverty |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-129/04 Develey/OHIM (intellectual property), Ruling T-35/04 Athinaiki Oikogeniaki Artopoiia/OHIM - Ferrero (intellectual property), Ruling T-15/02 BAF/Commission (competition), Ruling T-26/02 Daiichi Pharmaceutical/Commission (competition), Ruling T-226/04 Italy/Commission (agriculture) |
| 16/03 - | VIENNA: - Education Council (also 17/03) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: 1st citizen forum: Enlargement |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Jose Manuel Barroso attends EESC plenary |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-3/04 Poseidon Chartering (freedom of establishment), Ruling C-234/04 Kapferer (area of freedom, security and justice), Ruling C-94/05 Emsland-Stärke (agric.), Ruling C-332/04 Commission/Spain, Ruling C-518/04 Commission/Greece (environment and consumer affairs), Ruling on combined cases C-131/04, C-257/04 Robinson-Steele (social policy) |
| 20/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 21/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Foreign Affairs Committee (also 21/03) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 15/03 - | MOSCOW: G8 energy ministers (also 16/03) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of EU and Council of Europe |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe Congress of local and regional powers: spring session (until 17/03) |
| - | THE HAGUE: - Conference on funding terrorism (also 16/03) |
| 16/03 - | TRIER: - ERA conference (Europäische Rechtsakademie) on taxation and social security problems encountered by workers moving around the EU |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Fourth European Business Summit (also 17/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Conference on resistance to the EU, Euroscepticism and national civic culture, organised by ULB (university) (also 17/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Round table on Italy and relaunch of Lisbon Strategy (organised by Unioncamere) |
| - | LISBON: - Conference on European health reforms with regard to the ageing population, organised by AEIP (Association européenne des Institutions paritaires de la protection sociale) |
| - | MEXICO: - World Water Forum (until 22/03) |