HL Deb 01 March 2004 vol 658 cc44-5WS
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

The forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union is as follows:

Date Location Event
March
1–2 Cork ASEM Finance Deputies' Meeting
2 Brussels Environment Council
3 Brussels COREPER 1
3 Brussels COREPER 2
4–6 Co. Clare Youth Ministerial Conference
4–5 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs (Ministerial Informal)
8 Brussels Meeting of Eurogroup
8–9 Ankara EU Ministerial Troika with Turkey
8–9 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council
9 Brussels ECOFIN
10 Brussels COREPER 2
10 Brussels COREPER 1
11 Dublin EU/Russia Ministerial Meeting (Troika)
12 Brussels COREPER 1
17 Brussels COREPER 1
18 Brussels COREPER 2
18 Ottawa EU Canada Summit (Troika)
18–19 Dublin OECD Ministers Conference
19 Brussels COREPER 1
22 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council
22–23 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC)
24 Brussels COREPER 1
24 Brussels COREPER 2
24–25 Brussels Meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee
25–26 Brussels EUROPEAN COUNCIL
30 Dublin EU/Ukraine Ministerial Meeting (Troika)
30 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs (Ministerial Informal)
31 Brussels COREPER 1
April
2 Punchestown Meeting of Eurogroup
2–3 Punchestown ECOFIN
7–8 Co. Wicklow Ministerial Conference on Communicating Europe
16–17 Tullamore GYMNICH
17 Co. Kildare ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting
26–27 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC)
26–27 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council
27 Luxembourg EU/Russia Permanent Partnership Council (Troika?)
29–30 Brussels Meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee
29–30 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs (Ministerial Informal)

Date Location Event
May
6–7 Dublin EuroMed Foreign Ministers
7 Limerick Meeting of Ministers with responsibility for Equality
9–11 Killarney Agriculture Informal Ministerial Meeting
10 Brussels Meeting of Eurogroup
11 Brussels ECOFIN
11–12 Cork Health Ministers Consultative Meeting
14–16 Waterford Informal Meeting of EU Environment Ministers
17–18 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC)
19–20 Offaly Informal Budget Committee
21 Moscow EU/Russia Summit (Troika)
23–25 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council
24–25 Brussels Meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee
24–25 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council
25–27 Co. Galway Conference on Islands and Territorial cohesion—Meeting New Challenges
27–28 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council
27–31 Dublin Ministers and Directors General of Public Administration
28 Guadalajara EU-Latin America/Caribbean Summit
June
1–2 Luxembourg Health Council
1 Dublin Development Ministers' Meeting
1 Luxembourg Meeting of Eurogroup
2 Luxembourg ECOFIN
8 Luxembourg Justice & Home Affairs Council Meeting
10–11 Luxembourg Transport, Telecom & Energy Council
14–15 Luxembourg General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC)
17–18 Brussels EUROPEAN COUNCIL
21–22 Luxembourg Agriculture & Fisheries Council
21–22 Brussels Meeting of the Economic and Financial Committee
28–29 Luxembourg Council Meeting of EU Environment Ministers
July
1 Brussels COREPER 2
2–3 Maastricht Competitiveness (Informal)
7 Brussels COREPER 1
7–8 Brussels COREPER 2
8 tbc EU-Ukraine Summit
8–10 Maastricht Social Policy (Informal)
9–10 Amsterdam Transport (Informal)
12–13 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC)
12–14 Rotterdam Informal Ministerial Education Youth and Culture
14 Brussels COREPER 1
15 Brussels COREPER 2
16–18 Maastricht Environment (Informal)
19 Brussels JHA Council
19 Brussels Agricultural and Fisheries Council
22 Brussels COREPER 2
23 Brussels COREPER 1
August
No meetings planned