§ Lord Hughes of Woodsideasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for December, and what are the major European Union events for the period between 1 January and 30 June 2003. [HL364]
§ The Minister for Trade (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)Business in the Council of the European Union, December 2002 including major European Union events, 1 January to 30 June 2003 is as follows:
December
- 2—Brussels—Meeting on Macro Economic Dialogue (Ministerial Troika)
- 3—Brussells—ECOFIN
WA 102 - 2–3—Brussels—Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council
- 4—Brussels—Meeting of the Praesidium
- 5–6—Brussels—Transport, Telecom & Energy Council
- 9—Brussels—General Affairs Council
- 9–10—Brussels—Environment Council
- 12–13—Copenhagen—European Council
- 16–19—Brussels—Agricultural & Fisheries Council
- 19—Brussels—Meeting of the Praesidium
- 20—Brussels—Justice & Home Affairs & Civil Protection Council
- 20–21–Brussels—Convention Plenary—External Action & Defence Working Group Conclusions
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Date Location Event January 2003 9 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 9 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council (tbc) 16 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 20 Brussels EUROGROUP (evening) 20 Brussels Convention Plenary 20–21 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 21 Brussels ECOFIN 24 Nafplion Employment Council (Ministerial Informal) 27–28 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations Council 28 Brussels EU-ASEAN Ministerial 30 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium February 2003 5 Brussels Meeting of the Praesdium 6–7 Brussels Convention Plenary 10–11 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council (tbc) 13 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 17 Brussels EUROGROUP (evening) 18 Brussels ECOFIN 20 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council (tbc) 22 Thessaloniki Energy Council (Ministerial Informal) 24–25 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations Council Agriculture & Fisheries 26 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 27–28 Brussels Convention Plenary 27–28 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs Council 28 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council March 2003 1–2 Ioannina Informal Education 3 Brussels Competitiveness Council 4 Brussels Environment Council 6 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 6 Luxembourg Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council 6 Luxembourg EUROGROUP (evening) 7 Luxembourg ECOFIN 7 Luxembourg Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 13 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 14–15 Athens (Informal Defence Meeting) 17–18 Brussels Convention Plenary 17–18 Luxembourg Agriculture & Fisheries Council 18–19 Luxembourg General Affairs & External Relations Council 104WA
Date Location Event 21 Brussels European Council 27 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 27 Veria Justice and Home Affairs Council (Ministerial Informal) 27–28 Luxembourg Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 27–28 Athens EU–Rio Group, EU-MERCOSUR 28–29 Veria Informal Justice & Home Affairs (Veria) 31 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council (tbc) April 2003 2 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 3–4 Brussels Convention Plenary 4 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs 4–6 Hania (Crete) Informal ECOFIN (Ministerial) 5 Lisbon Europe—Africa Summit 5 Ioannina Ministerial Meeting on Education (Informal) 10 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 11–13 Chania ECOFIN (Informal) 14 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 14 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries 16 Athens European Conference 16 Athens Signature of the Accession (Provisional Date) 23 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 24–25 Brussels Convention Plenary May 2003 2–4 Greece Gymnich (Informal Foreign Ministers) 5 Athens Informal Environment (Ministerial) 5–6 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council (tbc) 8 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 12–13 Corfu Agriculture (Ministerial Informal) 12–13 Brussels Competitiveness 12 Brussels EUROGROUP 13 Brussels ECOFIN 14 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 14 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 15–16 Brussels Convention Plenary 16 Brussels EU—ACP Ministerial 16–17 Halkidiki Informal Regional Policy (Ministerial) 16–18 Cruise off Greece Informal Transport & Merchant Marine (Ministerial) 17 Brussels EU—W. Balkans (Zagreb Process) 19 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (plus Defence) 20 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 22 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 24 Thessaloniki Informal Culture (Ministerial) 26–27 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 26–27 Athens EUROMED Conference (Mid Term Ministerial) 27 Brussels Environment Council 28 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 30–31 Brussels Convention Plenary 31 St Petersburg EU—Russia Summit June 2003 2 Brussels EUROGROUP 2–3 Alexandroupoli Development Co-operation (Ministerial Informal) 2–3 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 3 Brussels ECOFIN 4 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 5–6 Brussels Convention Plenary
Date Location Event 5–6 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs Council 5–6 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council 11 Brussels Meeting of the Praesidium 11–12 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 12–13 Brussels Convention Plenary 17–18 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 20–21 Thessaloniki European Council 22 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations 24 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council