§ Lord Dubsasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for January; and what are the major European Union events for the period between 1 February and 31 July 2003. [HL871]
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean:
Business in the Council of the European Union, January-July 2003
- 9—Brussels—Meeting of the Presidium
- 9—Brussels—Agriculture & Fisheries Council (to be confirmed)
- 16—Brussels—Meeting of the Presidium
- 20—Brussels—EUROGROUP (Evening)
- 20—Brussels—Convention Plenary
- 20–21—Brussels—Agriculture & Fisheries Council
- 21—Brussels—ECOFIN
- 24—Nafplion—Employment Council (Ministerial informal)
- 27–28—Brussels—General Affairs & External Relations Council
WA 16 - 28—Brussels—EU-ASEAN Ministerial
- 30—Brussels—Meetings of the Presidium
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European Calendar: February-July 2003 Date Location Event February 2003 5 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 6–7 Brussels Convention Plenary 10–11 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council (tbc) 13 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 17 Brussels EUROGROUP (evening) 18 Brussels ECOFIN 20 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council (tbc) 22 Thessaloniki Energy Council (Ministerial informal) 24–25 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations Council Agriculture & Fisheries 26 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 27–28 Brussels Convention Plenary 27–28 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs Council 28 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council March 2003 1–2 Ioannina Informal Education 3 Brussels Competitiveness Council 4 Brussels Environment Council 6 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 6 Luxembourg Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council 6 Luxembourg EUROGROUP (evening) 7 Luxembourg ECOFIN 7 Luxembourg Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 13 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 14–15 Athens Informal Defence Meeting 17–18 Brussels Convention Plenary 17–18 Luxembourg Agriculture & Fisheries Council 18–19 Luxembourg General Affairs & External Relations Council 21 Brussels European Council 27 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 27–28 Luxembourg Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 27–28 Athens EU-Rio Group, EU-MERCOSUR 28–29 Veria Informal Justice & Home Affairs 31 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council (tbc) April 2003 2 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 3–4 Brussels Convention Plenary 4 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs 4–6 Hania (Crete) Informal ECOFIN (Ministerial) 5 Lisbon Europe—Africa Summit 5 Ioannina Ministerial Meeting on Education (Informal) 10 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 11–13 Chania ECOFIN (Informal) 14 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 14 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries 16 Athens European Conference 16 Athens Signature Of The Accession (Provisional date) 23 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 24–25 Brussels Convention Plenary 18WA
European Calendar: February-July 2003 Date Location Event May 2003 2–4 (Greece) Gymnich (Informal Foreign Ministers) 5 Athens Informal Environment (Ministerial) 5–6 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council (tbc) 8 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 12–13 Corfu Agriculture (Ministerial informal) 12–13 Brussels Competitiveness 12 Brussels EUROGROUP 13 Brussels ECOFIN 14 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 14 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 15–16 Brussels Convention Plenary 16 Brussels EU—ACP Ministerial 16–17 Halkidiki Informal Regional Policy (Ministerial) 16–18 Cruise off Greece Informal Transport & Merchant Marine (Ministerial) 17 Brussels EU—W. Balkans (Zagreb Process) 19 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (+ Defence) 20 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 22 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 24 Thessaloniki Informal Culture (Ministerial) 26–27 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 26–27 Athens EUROMED Conference (midterm (Ministerial) 27 Brussels Environment Council 28 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 30–31 Brussels Convention Plenary 31 St, Petersburg EU—Russia Summit June 2003 2 Brussels EUROGROUP 2–3 Alexandroupoli Development Co-operation (Ministerial informal) 2–3 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 3 Brussels ECOFIN 4 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 5–6 Brussels Convention Plenary 5–6 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs Council 5–6 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council 6 Rhodes Informal Public Administration 11 Brussels Meeting of the Presidium 11–12 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 12–13 Brussels Convention Plenary 17–18 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 20 Halkidiki European Council 21 Halkidiki Zagreb Process II Summit 22 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 24 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council July 2003 10 Varese Informal Council/Troika 11–12 Varese Informal Council of Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs 17 Treviso Informal Meeting of the EU Employment Committee
European Calendar: February-July 2003 Date Location Event 21 Rome Meeting of MISEP focal points (Mutual Information System on Employment Policies in Europe) 24 Milan European Conference on Discrimination