EUROPEAN UNION
| 9/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the Eurogroup |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 12/03) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: committees: Foreign Affairs; Economic and Monetary Affairs; Industry, Research and Energy; Internal Market and Consumer Protection; Regional Development; Agriculture and Rural Development; Culture and Education; Legal Affairs; Constitutional Affairs; Women's Rights and Gender Equality |
| 10/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Economic and Monetary Affairs Council |
| - | PRAGUE: - EU-Turkey ministerial troika |
| - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the commissioners group on fundamental rights, tackling discrimination and equal opportunities, + special International Women's Day meeting (EP) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee (also 11/03) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-169/07 Hartlauer (freedom of establishment), Ruling C-345/06 Heinrich (institutional law) |
| 11/03 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: Budgets Committee |
| 12/03 - | PRAGUE: - Meeting of defence ministers (also 13/03) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: debates on violations of human rights and democracy (Guinea Bissau, - Philippines, - support for the special tribunal for Sierra Leone) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting between Vladimir Špidla and European trade unions and employers |
| - | PRAGUE: - Conference on food quality policy (also 13/03) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-320/07 P Antarctica/ OHIM (intellectual property), Ruling C-458/07 Commission/Portugal (industrial policy), Ruling C-342/08 Commission/Belgium, Ruling C-402/08 Commission/Slovenia (environment), Ruling C-298/08 Commission/Greece (transport) |
| 13/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of COREPER |
| - | BRUSSELS - Sale of environmental products - Investing in environment projects in the developing world |
| 16/03 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 17/03) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 9/03 - | BRUSSELS: - High-level conference on the future of transport (also 10/03) |
| - | DOHA/QATAR: - 7th Doha Natural Gas Conference (until 12/03) |
| 10/03 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting between US Vice-President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (at the North Atlantic Council) |
| - | COPENHAGEN: - Congress on climate change: “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions” (until 12/03) |
| 11/03 - | DUBLIN: - “Forum Intégration et identités en Europe” organised by Notre Europe |
| - | PRAGUE: - Conference on EU-NATO relations, organised by WEU Assembly |
| 12/03 - | BARCELONA: - 2009 EIB annual forum “Connecter l'Europe en finançant la mobilité et des villes durables” (also 13/03) |
| 13/03 - | ISPRA: - Janez Potoènik attends opening of new Joint Research Centre laboratory for checking car and lorry CO2 emissions |
| 14/03 - | LONDON: - Meeting of G20 finance ministers to prepare for 2 April London summit |
| 15/03 - | European Consumers' Day |
| 16/03 - | ISTANBUL: - 5th World Water Forum (until 22/03) |
| - | MARSEILLES: - 2009 annual conference on wind energy, organised by EWEC (until 19/03) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Round table organised by Security & Defence Agenda on “Re-thinking European naval power” |