§ Mr. Ernie RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list(a) the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for May and (b) the major European Union events for the next six months. [120680]
§ Mr. VazThe information is as follows:
Monthly Forecast of EU Business: May 2000
This calendar is primarily concerned with European Union matters, but certain other relevant events are also included. Events and dates quoted are based on the information available on the date of issue.May 2000
2 May—Brussels—Telecommunications Council
- 1. Adoption of the agenda
- 2. (poss.) Approval of the list of "A" items
- 3. Commission communication entitled "The European positions for the World Radiocommunications Conference 2000 (WRC-2000)"
- Council conclusions
- 6981/00 ECO 54 AVIATION 7 TRANS 37
- 7788/00 ECO 89 AVIATION 14 TRANS 58
- 4. Conference on Digital Terrestrial Television (DVB-T) on 17 and 18 February 2000 in Lisbon
- Presidency briefing
- 7527/00 ECO 72 AUDIO 13
- 5. Review of the electronic communications regulatory package: outcome of the public consultation
- presentation by the Commission
- policy debate
- 7754/00 ECO 87
- 6. (poss.) Postal services
- Commission briefing
- 7. Other business
- (a) Outcome of the public consultation on the "EU" Oral presentation by the Commission
- 5971/00 ECO 26
- (b) Commission communication on the organisation of the management of the Internet
- Presentation by the Commission
- (c) Recommendation and communication from the Commission on access to the local loop, including local loop unbundling
Presentation by the Commission70W
Date Venue Event May 2 Brussels Telecommunications Council 3-4 Brussels European Parliament Plenary 5-7 San Miguel, Azores Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers 8 Brussels ECOFIN Council 8 Lisbon EU/New Zealand Ministerial 11 Brussels Health Council 15-16 Brussels Agriculture Council 15-16 Oporto WEU Council 15-19 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 16 Brussels Culture Council 17 Moscow EU/Russia Summit 18 Brussels Industry Council 3-4 May—Brussels—European Parliament Plenary
(poss.) Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community on the Food Aid Convention 1999(poss.) Proposal for a Council regulation laying down certain control measures in respect of vessels flying the flag of non-contracting parties to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)(poss.) Proposal for a Council regulation amending the fifth time Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organismsCodecision procedureFirst reading
(poss.) Proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation (EC) amending Regulation 5EEC No 3528/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against the atmospheric pollutionProposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation (EC) extending Regulation (EC) No 443/97 on operations to aid uprooted people in Asian and Latin American developing countries8 May—Brussels—ECOFIN Council
- Commission recommendation on the broad economic policy guidelines—Orientation debate
- (poss.) Amendment to the UCITS Directive
- (poss.) Amendment to the Money Laundering Directive
- (poss.) Directive on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions
- Draft EU budget 2001—Orientation debate
- Any other business
- 11 May—Brussels Health Council
- 15-16 May—Brussels—Agriculture Council
- 15-19 May—Brussels—European Parliament Plenary
- 16 May—Brussels—Culture Council
- 17 May—Brussels—EU/Russia Summit
- 18 May—Brussels—Industry Council
- 18 May—Brussels—Development Council
- 22-23 May—Brussels—General Affairs Council
- 23 May—Brussels—EEA Council
- 23 May—Brussels—Association Councils With Slovakia and Slovenia
- 23 May—Brussels—Peace Implementation Council
- 25 May—Brussels—Internal Market Council
- 29-30 May—Brussels—Justice and Home Affairs
- 30 May—Brussels—Energy Council
No agendas currently available
European Calendar: May-October 2000
71W72WThis calendar is primarily concerned with European Union matters; but certain other relevant events are also included. Events and dates quoted are based on the information available on the date of issue.
Date Venue Event 18 Brussels Development Council 22-23 Brussels General Affairs Council 23 Brussels Association Councils with Slovakia and Slovenia 23 Brussels EEA Council 23 Brussels Peace Implementation Council 25 Brussels Internal Market Council 25-26 Lisbon EuroMed Foreign Ministers Meeting (Informal) 28-30 Evora Agriculture Council (Informal) 29-30 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council 30 Brussels Energy Council June 5 Luxembourg ECOFIN Council 6 Luxembourg Social Affairs Council 7 Fiji ACP/EU Ministerial 8 Fiji Signing of post Lomé convention 8 Luxembourg Education Council 13-4 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 13-6 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 15 Luxembourg Research Council 16 Luxembourg Fisheries Council 19-20 Luxembourg Agriculture Council 19-20 Sta. Maria da Feira European Council 21-3 Cyprus 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference of the Ministers of Industry 22-3 Luxembourg Environment Council 26-27 Luxembourg Transport Council 28 Lisbon EU/India Summit July 3-7 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 6-7 Lille Culture Council 7-8 Paris Social Affairs Council (Informal) 10-11 Brussels General Affairs Council 15-16 Paris Environment Council (Informal) 17 Brussels ECOFIN Council 17-18 Brussels Agriculture Council 24 Brussels Budget Council 27 Bangkok ASEAN Regional Forum (AFR) Ministerial 28-29 Bangkok ASEAN Post Ministerial 28-29 Arles Justice and Home Affairs Council (Informal) August There are no Councils scheduled for this month September 1-2 Evian Gymnich 3-5 Biarritz Agriculture Council (Informal) 6 New York EU/Ukraine Summit 9-10 Paris (tbc) ECOFIN Council (Informal) 18 Brussels Telecommunications Council 18-19 Brussels General Affairs Council 25-26 Brussels Agriculture Council 28 Brussels COFIN Council 28 Brussels Internal Market Council 28-29 Marseilles Justice and Home Affairs Council October 2 Luxembourg Transport Council 9-10 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 10 Luxembourg Environment Council 13-14 Biarritz European Council 16 Paris EU/S Ministerial meeting 16 Paris EU/Canada Ministerial meeting 17 Luxembourg ECOFIN Council 19 Luxembourg Fisheries Council 19-21 Seoul Europe/Asia Summit 23 China EU/China Summit 23-24 Luxembourg Agriculture Council 25 Luxembourg Education Council