EU Business

HC Deb 01 November 2001 vol 373 cc808-10W

Phil Sawford

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for November and (b) major European Union events for the period 31 December to April 2002. [12433]

Peter Hain

The information is as follows:

November	Venue	Event
5	Brussels	Cultural and Audio-visual Council
6	Brussels	ECOFIN
8	Brussels	Development and Co-operation Council
12	Brussels	Employment and Social Affairs Council
15	Brussels	Health Council
16	Brussels	Justice and Home Affairs Council
19–20	Brussels	General Affairs Council
21–22	Brussels	Budget Council
26	Brussels	Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council
27	Brussels	Fisheries Council
29	Brussels	Education and Youth Council
No agendas are available yet

The following are the principal events in the EU between 1 December and April 2002 (certain relevant events are also included the list is based on the information available at the date of issue).

Month	Venue	Event
December
3	Brussels	Employment and Social Affairs Council
4	Bruges	Culture Council (Ministerial Informal)
4	Brussels	ECOFIN
4	Brussels	Energy Council
4	Brussels	Industry Council
7–8	Brussels	Transport and Telecommunications Council
7–8	Brussels	Justice and Home Affairs Council

Month	Venue	Event
10–11	Brussels	General Affairs Council
10	Brussels	Research Council
12–13	Brussels	Environment Council
14–15	Laeken	European Council
17–18	Brussels	Fisheries Council
18–19	Brussels	Agriculture Council
January
8	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
10	Brussels	Fisheries Council
11	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
17	Brussels	Budget Council (Evening)
18	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
21–22	Brussels	Agriculture Council
21	Brussels	Eurogroup (Evening)
21	Brussels	Political and Security Committee (Political Director) Spain
22	Brussels	ECOFIN
January
25	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
25–26	Brussels	Meeting of Employment Ministers (Ministerial Informal)
28–29	Brussels	General Affairs Council
30	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
February
1	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
7	Budapest	Political Directors Seminar
9–10	Brussels	Gymnich (Ministerial Informal)
11	Brussels	Eurogroup (Evening)
12	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
14	Brussels	Education and Youth Council
14–15	Brussels	Justice and Home Affairs Council (Ministerial Informal)
18–19	Brussels	General Affairs Council
18–19	Brussels	Agriculture Council
20	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
22–23	Brussels	Telecoms and Information Society Council (Ministerial Informal)
26	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
28	Brussels	Justice and Home Affairs Council
March
1	Brussels	Justice and Home Affairs Council (Evening)
1	Brussels	Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council
1	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
4	Brussels	Eurogroup (Evening)
5	Brussels	ECOFIN
5	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
7	Brussels	Employment and Social Affairs Council
8	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
11	Brussels	Research Council
11–12	Brussels	General Affairs Council
12	Brussels	Political and Social Affairs Committee
15–16	Barcelona	European Council
18–19	Brussels	Agriculture Council
19	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
21	Brussels	Environment
22	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
23–24	Brussels	Defence Meeting (Ministerial Informal)
25–26	Brussels	Transport and Telecom Council
26	Brussels	Political and Security Committee
April
5–6	Luxembourg	Migrations Council (ASEM Ministerial Informal)
8	Luxembourg	Fisheries Council
9	Luxembourg	Political and Security Committee
12	Luxembourg	Political and Security Committee
13–14	Luxembourg	ECOFIN (Ministerial Informal)
15–16	Luxembourg	General Affairs Council
17	Luxembourg	Political and Security Committee (EV)
19	Luxembourg	Political and Security Committee
22–23	Valencia	Euromed Conference
22–23	Luxembourg	Agriculture Council

Month	Venue	Event
25–26	Luxembourg	Justice and Home Affairs Council
26	Luxembourg	Political and Security Committee
27–30	Luxembourg	Agriculture Council (Ministerial Informal)
30	Luxembourg	Political and Security Committee