§ Lord Sewelasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list the forthcoming business in the Council of European Union for August; and list the major European Union events for the next six months. [HL3689]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalMonthly Forecast of EU Business: August 2000
There are no European Councils scheduled for this month. This calendar is primarily concerned with European Union matters, certain other relevant events are also included. Events and dates quoted are based on the information available on the date of issue.
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European Calendar: July-December 2000 Date Location Event August There are no Councils scheduled for this month. September 2–3 Evian Foreign Ministers (Informal) 3–5 Biarritz Agriculture Council (Informal) 4–8 Strasbourg EP Plenary 11–12 Paris Education (Informal) 15 Paris EU/Ukraine Summit 9–10 Versailles ECOFIN Council (Informal) 175WA
European Calendar: July—December 2000 Date Location Event 18–19 Brussels General Affairs Council 18 Brussels IGC Ministerial 25–26 Brussels Agriculture Council 26 (tbc) Brussels Culture Council 28 Brussels Internal Market/Consumer Council 28 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council 29 Brussels ECOFIN Council October 2 Paris EU/US Ministerial Meeting 2 Luxembourg Transport Council 2–7 Strasbourg EP Plenary 3 Luxembourg Telecommunications Council 9 Luxembourg IGC Ministerial 9–10 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 10 Luxembourg Environment Council 13–14 Biarritz European Council (Informal) 16–17 Luxembourg Labour and Social Affairs Council 17 Luxembourg ECOFIN JHA Council 19–21 Seoul Europe/Asia Summit 23 China EU/China Summit 23–24 Luxembourg Agriculture Council 23–27 Strasbourg EP Plenary 25 Luxembourg Education Council 30 (tbc) Paris EU-Russia Summit November 3 Brussels Social Affairs Council 3 Paris EU/Canada Ministerial 5 Brussels IGC Ministerial Conclave 7 Brussels ECOFIN Council 7 Brussels Environment Council 9 Brussels Education/Youth Council 13–14 Marseilles Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Summit (possible) 13–17 Strasbourg EP Plenary 16 Brussels Research Council 17 Brussels Fisheries Council 20–21 Brussels General Affairs Council 20–21 Brussels Agriculture Council 23 Brussels Culture/Audio-visual Council 23 Sochaux European Conference Ministerial 23–24 Brussels Budget Council 27–28 Brussels ECOFIN Council 27–28 Brussels Labour and Social Affairs Council 30 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council
European Calendar: July—December 2000 Date Location Event 30 Brussels Internal Market/Consumers Council 29–30 Gaborone EU/Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial December 1 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council 3 Brussels IGC Ministerial Conclave 4–5 Brussels General Affairs Council 4 Brussels Telecommunications Council 5 Brussels Energy and Industry Council 7–8 Nice European Council 11 Brussels Health Council 11–15 Strasbourg EP Plenary 14–15 Brussels Fisheries Council 18 Brussels Environment Council 18 Brussels ECOFIN Council 18 Not yet known EU/United States Summit 19 Brussels Environment Council 19–20 Brussels Agriculture Council 19 Not yet known EU/Canada Summit 20–21 Brussels Transport Council 22 Brussels Telecommunications Council January 12 Brussels Fisheries Council (possible) 22 Brussels ECOFIN 29–30 Brussels General Affairs Council 29–30 Brussels Agriculture Council