EUROPEAN UNION
| 11/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 14/12) |
| - | BRUSSELSL - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 12/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Transport and Telecommunications Council (also 12/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Committee meetings: Industry, Research and Energy; Legal Affairs; Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; Constitutional Affairs; Human Rights and Gender Equality; Human Rights |
| 12/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary: vote on appointment of new Bulgarian and Romanian Commissioners, with speech by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, followed by speeches by political group presidents. - Award of 2006 Sakharov Prize to Alexander Milinkievitch |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament committee meetings: Foreign Affairs; Development |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-380/03 Germany/European Parliament and Council (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-374/04 Test Claimants in Class IV of the ACT Group Litigation, Ruling C-446/04 Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation (freedom of establishment) |
| 13/12 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary: preparation for European Council - Council and Commission statements - Debate + vote on European Globalisation Fund |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: meeting of EU-Azerbaijan parliamentary cooperation committee delegation - First meeting of EP-Montenegro antiparliamentary committee (also 15) - Interparliamentary EP-Syria meeting (also 15/12) |
| 14/12 - | BRUSSELS: - European Council (also 15/12) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: temporary investigation committee on alleged use of European countries by CIA for illegal rendition and detention of prisoners |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-97/05 Gattoussi (external relations), Ruling C-170/05 Denkavit (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-257/05 Commission/Austria (freedom to supply services), Ruling C-283/05 ASML (area of freedom, security and justice), Ruling C-316/05 Nokia (intellectual property rights), Ruling C-217/05 Confederacion Espanola de Empresarios de Estaciones de Servicio (competition), Ruling C-401/05 VDP Dental Laboratory (taxation), Ruling C-138/06 Commission/UK, Ruling C-198/06 Commission/ Luxembourg (environment), Ruling C-223/06 Commission/Luxembourg (freedom of establishment), Ruling in joined cases C-485/03 to C-490/03 Commission/Spain (state aid) |
| 18/12 - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Conference of Presidents of political groups open to all MEPs |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Environment Council |
OTHER EVENTS
| 11/12 - | WARSAW: - Seminar on the contribution of senior control institutions to better accounting for use of EU funding (Mr. Kallas + Mr. Hubert Weber + Mr. Fazakas (EP's Budgetary Control Committee) + presidents of EU Member States' courts of auditors (also 12/12) |
| - | FLORENCE: - Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly's Social Affairs Commission joins forces with UNICEF to celebrate 60th anniversary of UNICEF with event focussing on children's rights |
| 12/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Conference of education ministers from new Bologna Process countries (Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) (at Council of Europe) (also 13/12) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Research Advisory Board plenary |
| 13/12 - | STRASBOURG: - Joint meeting of 'Comité Quart Monde européen' and Family and Child Protection Intergroup (at EP): 'Immigration and poverty' |
| 14/12 - | NAIROBI: - International Great Lakes conference (also 15/12) |
| 15/12 - | FLORENCE: Working Session of the Action Committee for European Democracy ('Amato Group') (also 16/12) |
| 18/12 - | PARIS: - Western European Union assembly plenary (until 20/12) |