§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the forthcoming business in the Council of the European
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Date Venue Event February 6-7 Valladolid Ministerial Seminar on Democracy and Development 9-10 Brussels Gymnich1 11 Brussels Eurogroup2 14 Brussels Education and Youth Council 14-15 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council1 18-19 Brussels General Affairs Council 18-19 Brussels Agriculture Council 22-23 Brussels Telecoms and Information Society Council1 28 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council March 1 Brussels Justice and Home Affairs Council2 1 Brussels Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council 4 Brussels Eurogroup2 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 18-19 Brussels Agriculture Council 21 Brussels Environment 23-24 Brussels Defence Ministers Meeting1 25-26 Brussels Transport and Telecom Council 27-28 Monterrey, Mexico Financing and Development Conference April 5-6 Luxembourg Migrations Council1 8 Luxembourg Fisheries Council 13-14 Luxembourg ECOFIN1 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 Council2 May 3-4 Brussels Tourism Council2 6 Brussels Eurogroup2 7 Brussels ECOFIN 9 — Europe Day 13 Brussels General Affairs Council with Defence Ministers 17-18 Madrid EU-LAC Summit 21 Brussels Internal Market, Consumers and Tourism Council 23 Brussels Culture and Audio-visual Council 24-26 Brussels Environment Council1 27-28 Brussels Agriculture Council 30 Brussels Development Council 30 Brussels Education and Youth Council 31-1 June Brussels Transport Council1 Union for January and also the major European Union events for the period between 31 January and June 2002. [28333]
§ Peter HainFollowing is the information:
January
- 10—Brussels—Fisheries Council
- 17—Brussels—Budget Council (evening)
- 21—Brussels—Eurogroup (evening)
- 21-22—Brussels—Agriculture Council
- 22—Brussels—ECOFIN
- 25-26—Brussels—Meeting of Employment Ministers (ministerial informal)
- 28-29—Brussels—General Affairs Council.
The following are the principle events in the EU between 1 February and June 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 Venue Event June 3 Brussels Employment and Social Affairs Council 3 Brussels Eurogroup2 4 Brussels ECOFIN 6-8 Brussels Foreign Affairs Council4 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 Telecom Council 17-18 Brussels General Affairs Council 21-22 Seville European Council 24 Brussels General Affairs Council5 24-25 Brussels Environment Council 25 Brussels ECOFIN 26 Brussels Health Council 1 Ministerial informal 2 Evening 3 ASEM ministerial informal 4 ASEM Ministers 5 Possible