§ The Minister for Europe (Mr. Denis MacShane)The forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union from September 2003 to March 2004 is as follows:
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Date Location Event September 2003 3–5 Viterbo Telecommunications (Ministerial) 4–5 Benevento Informal Youth Affairs (Ministerial Informal) 5–6 Riva del Gymnich (Informal Foreign) Garda 5–6 Milan Informal Health Ministerial 12–13 Stresa ECOFIN (Informal Council) 12–13 Rome Justice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council) 14–15 Syracuse Informal Audio-Visual Telecoms and Culture Ministerial 20–23 Taormina Informal Agriculture Council 22–23 Brussels Competition (Internal Market, Industry & Research) 25–26 Lucca Informal Children's Affairs 26–27 Erice Community Regional Cohesion Policy (Ministerial Informal) 29–30 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations Council (GAERC) 29–30 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 23–25 Cernobbio Informal Terrestrial Digital 25 Catania Informal Internal Market/Industry Ministerial 27 Brussels Environment Council October 2–3 Brussels Justice & Internal Affairs 3–4 Rome Defence (Ministerial Informal) 7 Brussels ECOFIN 9–10 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 13–14 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) 13–14 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 16–17 Brussels European Council 20–21 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 24–25 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council 27–28 Brussels Justice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council) 27 Brussels Environment Council November 4 Brussels ECOFIN 6 Brussels Justice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council) 6–7 Catania European Conference on Employment 17–18 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) 17–18 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 18 Milan European Conference on Immigration & Labour Market 24–25 Brussels ECOFIN
Date Location Event 24–25 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council 27–28 Brussels Justice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council) December 1–2 Rome Euromed Meeting 1–2 Brussels Employment, Social Policy Health and Consumer Affairs Council 1–3 Rome Informal Public Administration Ministerial 4–5 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 5–7 Rome Closing Conference for the European Year of the Disabled 8–9 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) 12–13 Brussels European Council 15–17 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 16 Brussels ECOFIN 22 Brussels Environment Council January 2004 8 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 16–17 Brussels Employment & Social Policy (Ministerial Informal) 16–17 Ireland (venue tbc) Informal Employment and Social Policy 19 Brussels Eurogroup 20 Brussels ECOFIN 22–23 Ireland (venue tbc) Justice & Home Affairs (Ministerial Informal) 26–27 Brussels General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) February 10 Brussels ECOFIN 19 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs (Ministerial Informal) 23–24 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC) 23–24 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs (Ministerial Informal) 26 Brussels Education, Youth & Culture Council March 4–5 Brussels Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs (Ministerial) 8–9 Brussels Transport, Telecom & Energy Council 9 Brussels ECOFIN 11 Brussels Competitiveness Council 22–23 Brussels General Affairs & External Relations (GAERC) 22–23 Brussels Agriculture & Fisheries Council 25–26 Brussels European Council 31 Brussels Justice & Home Affairs (Ministerial Informal)