§ Baroness Davidasked Her Majesty's Government:
What will be the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for March; and what are the major European Union events for the period between 31 March and August 2002. [HL3115]
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§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanSee attached.
March 2002
- 1—Brussels—Justice and Home Affairs Council (Evening)
- 1—Brussels—Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council
- 4—Brussels—Eurogroup (Evening)
- 4—Brussels—Environment Council
- 5—Brussels—ECOFIN
- 7—Brussels—Employment and Social Affairs Council
- 11—Brussels—Research Council
- 11–12—Brussels—General Affairs Council
- 15–16—Barcelona—European Council
- 18—Toledo—Meeting of Trade Ministers (Ministeral Informal)
- 18–19—Brussels—Agriculture Council
- 19—Toledo—EUROMED Trade Ministers Meeting
- 23–24—Brussels—Defence Ministers Meeting (Ministerial Informal)
- 25–26—Brussels—Transport and Telecom Council
- 27–28—Minterry, Mexico—Financing and Development Conference
The following are the principal events in the EU between 1 April and August 2002 (certain relevant events are also included; the list is based on the information available at the date of issue).
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Date Location Event April 5–6 Luxembourg Migrations Council (ASEM Ministerial Informal) 8 Luxembourg Fisheries Council 13–14 Luxembourg ECOFIN (Ministerial Informal) 15–16 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 22–23 Valencia Euromed Conference 22–23 Luxembourg Agriculture Council 25–26 Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council 27–30 Luxembourg Agriculture Council (Ministerial Informal) May 3–4 Brussels Tourism Council (Ministerial Informal) 6 Brussels Eurogroup (Evening) 7 Brussels ECOFIN 9 Europe Day 13 Brussels General Affairs Council and Defence Ministers meeting 17–18 Madrid EU-Latin America and Caribbean Summit 21 Brussels Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council 23 Brussels Culture and Audio-visual Council 24–26 Brussels Environment Council (Ministerial Informal) 27–28 Brussels Agriculture Council 30 Brussels Development Council 30 Brussels Education and Youth Council 31–1 June Brussels Transport Council (Ministerial Informal)
Date Location Event June 3 Brussels Employment and Social Affairs Council 3 Brussels Eurogroup (Evening) 4 Luxembourg ECOFIN 6–8 Brussels Foreign Affairs Council (ASEM Ministers) 6–7 Brussels Industry and Energy Council 10–11 Brussels General Affairs Council 10–11 Brussels Agriculture Council 11 Brussels Fisheries Council 13–14 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council 17–18 Brussels Transport and Telecoms Council 17–18 Brussels General Affairs Council 21–22 Seville European Council 24 Brussels General Affairs Council (Evening) 24–25 Brussels Environment Council 25 Luxembourg ECOFIN 26 Brussels Health Council July 6 Copenhagen ASEM Ministers for Finance 12 Brussels ECOFIN 12–13 Kolding Meeting of Employment and Social Policy Ministers (Informal) 15–16 Brussels Agriculture Council 19 Brussels Budget Meeting 19–21 Arhus Environment Ministers meeting (Informal) 22–23 Brussels General Affairs Council August 31–1 Elisnore Gymnich (Ministerial Informal)