HL Deb 20 April 2004 vol 660 cc9-11WS
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

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

Date Location Event
April
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)
May
1 Dublin Enlargement Event
4–6 Dublin EuroMed Foreign Ministers
6–7 Botswana EU-ACP Council of 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
Date Location Event
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 of General 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
25–26 tbc EU-US Summit
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 Agriculture and Fisheries Council
22 Brussels Coreper 2
23 Brussels Coreper 1
August
No meetings planned
September
1 Brussels Coreper 1
2 Brussels Coreper 2
3–4 Maastricht Gymnich
5–7 Noordwijk Agriculture and Fisheries (informal)
8 Brussels Coreper 1
8 Brussels Coreper 2
9–10 Noordwijk Health (informal)
11 Scheveningen ECOFIN
13–14 Brussels GAERC
15 Brussels Coreper 1
16 Brussels Coreper 2
17 Brussels Coreper 1
17–18 Noordwijk Informal Ministerial Defence
20–21 Brussels Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Date Location Event
22 Brussels Coreper 1
22 Brussels Coreper 2
24 Brussels Competitiveness Council
27 Brussels (Possible) Council Transport, Telcom and Energy
29 Brussels Coreper 1
29 Brussels Coreper 2
30 Den Haag JHA (informal)