EUROPEAN UNION
| 29/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
| - | BERLIN: - EU-Afghanistan ministerial troika meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Speech by Jose Manuel Barroso on the soul of Europe |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Development (also 30); Budgetary Control (also 30); Culture and Education (also 30); Legal Affairs (also 30); Human Rights |
| 30/01 - | BRUSSELS: - ECOFIN Council |
| - | BERLIN: - Equality Summit organised by European ministers, trade unions, employers' organisations, equality promotion bodies and NGOs - Launch of 2007 as European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (also 31/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: Committees: Economic and Monetary Affairs; Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; Industry, Research and Energy; Petitions.- Public hearings: 'The new EU donor countries' (Development Committee and national parliaments); - The EU and the challenges of immigration (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-150/04 Commission/Denmark (free circulation of individuals).- Court of First Instance: Ruling T-340/03 France Télécom/Commission (competition) |
| 31/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: plenary session (also 1/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Solemn ceremony with the President of Romania, Traian Basescu |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Inaugural committee meetings (also 1/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Seminar on protecting critical European infrastructure (Civil Liberties Committee and NATO Parliamentary Assembly) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Public hearing on EU CO2 and car legislation organised by ADLE group |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-362/04 Minin/Commission (Common Foreign and Security Policy) |
| 1er/02 - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Solemn ceremony with President of Bulgaria, Georgui Parvanov |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Regional Development Committee; Investigation Committee into Equitable Life insurance company scandal.- Public hearing on Euratom and 50 years of the EU's nuclear policy (Industry, Research and Energy Committee) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-266/05 P Sison/Council (institutional law), Ruling C-199/04 Commission/United Kingdom (environment and consumers).- Court of First Instance: Ruling T-23/ 03 CAS/Commission (Customs Union) |
OTHER EVENTS
| 27/01 - | DAVOS: - Informal meeting of two dozen trade ministers on fringes of World Economic Forum |
| 29/01 - | European Sustainable Energy Week (until 2/02) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - 2007 European Renewable Energy Policy Conference (also 30) |
| - | BERLIN: - Conference on the CFSP, from Cologne to Berlin and beyond, operations, institutions and capacities (also 30/01) |
| - | GENEVA: - Peter Mandelson attends G20 summit |
| - | ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA): - Summit of African Union heads of state (also 30/01) |
| 30/01 - | BRUSSELS: - EurailFreight 2007 'Opening of the rail freight market - A new opportunity for rail,' organised by CER |
| 31/01 - | BRUSSELS: - 'Habitat social et cohésion de l'UE' - Conference on the Structural Funds 2007-2013' organised by CECODHAS and Committee of the Regions (also 1/02) |
| 2/02 - | PARIS: - Jose Manuel Barroso attends environment conference |
| - | WASHINGTON: Meeting of Middle East Quartet |