House of Lords written question – answered at on 7 April 2003.
Lord Milner of Leeds
Labour
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for April: and what are the major European Union events for the period between 1 May and 31 October 2003.
Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Minister of State (Middle East), Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Minister of State (Trade), Department of Trade and Industry, Minister for Trade and Investment and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also Department of Trade and Industry), Minister of State (Trade and Investment) Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (also FCO), Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
| Date | Location | Event | ||
| April | ||||
| 2 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 3–4 | Brussels | Convention Plenary | ||
| 4 | Brussels | Justice & Home Affairs | ||
| 4–6 | Hania (Crete) | Informal ECOFIN (Ministerial) | ||
| 5 | Lisbon | Europe-Africa Summit | ||
| 10 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 14–15 | Luxembourg | General Affairs & External Relations | ||
| 14 | Brussels | Agriculture & Fisheries | ||
| 16 | Athens | Signature of the Accession Treaty | ||
| 17 | Athens | European Conference | ||
| 23 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 24–25 | Brussels | Convention Plenary | ||
| May | ||||
| 2–4 | Olympia | Gymnich (Informal Foreign Ministers) | ||
| 3–4 | Athens | Informal Environment (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 5–6 | Brussels | Education, Youth & Culture Council (To be confirmed) | ||
| 8 | Brussels Corfu | Meeting of the Presidium Agriculture (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 12–13 | Brussels | Competitiveness | ||
| 12 | Brussels | EUROGROUP | ||
| 13 | Brussels | ECOFIN | ||
| 14 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 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 (+ Defence) | ||
| 20 | Brussels | General Affairs & External Relations | ||
| 22 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 24 | Thessaloniki | Informal Culture (Ministerial) | ||
| 26–27 | Brussels | Agriculture & Fisheries Council | ||
| 26–27 | Crete | EUROMED Conference (Mid Term Ministerial) | ||
| 27 | Brussels | Environmental Council | ||
| 28 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 30–31 | Brussels | Convention Plenary | ||
| 31 | St Petersburg | EU-Russia Summit | ||
| June | ||||
| 2 | Brussels | EUROGROUP | ||
| 2–3 | Brussels | Transport, Telecom & Energy Council | ||
| 3 | Brussels | ECOFIN | ||
| 4 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 5–6 | Brussels | Convention Plenary | ||
| 5–6 | Brussels | Justice & Home Affairs Council | ||
| 5–6 | Brussels | Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council | ||
| 6 | Rhodes | Public Administration (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 11 | Brussels | Meeting of the Presidium | ||
| 11–12 | Brussels | Agriculture & Fisheries Council | ||
| 12–13 | Alexandroupoli | Development-Co-operation (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 12–13 | Brussels | Convention Plenary | ||
| 13 | Brussels | Environment Council | ||
| 17–18 | Luxembourg | General Affairs & External | ||
| 20 | Halkidiki | EUROPEAN COUNCIL | ||
| 21 | Halkidiki | Zagreb II Summit | ||
| 22 | Brussels | General Affairs & External Relations | ||
| 24 | Brussels | Employment, Social Policy, Health & Consumer Affairs Council | ||
| July | ||||
| 2–3 | Rome | Research (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 4–5 | Naples | Transport Infrastructure (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 6 | Brussels | Trade (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 10 | Varese Varese | Informal Council/Troika Informal Council of Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs | ||
| 15–16 | Brussels | ECOFIN | ||
| 10 | Varese | Informal Council/Troika | ||
| 11–12 | Varese | Ministers of Labour & Social Affairs | ||
| 15–16 | Brussels | ECOFIN | ||
| 17–18 | Treviso | EU Employment Committee (Informal) | ||
| 18–20 | Montecatini | Energy & Environment (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| 22–23 | Brussels | Agriculture & Fisheries Council | ||
| 22 | Brussels | General Affairs & External Relations | ||
| 24–25 | Milan | European Conference on Discrimination | ||
| 25–26 | Verona | Education (Ministerial Informal) | ||
| August | ||||
| No Meetings Planned | ||||
| September | ||||
| Viterbo | Telecommunications (Ministerial Informal) | |||
| Stresa | ECOFIN (Informal Council) | |||
| 19–20 | Rome | Justice & Internal Affairs (Informal Council) | ||
| 22–23 | Brussels | Competition ( Internal Market, Industry & Research) | ||
| 29–30 | Brussels | General Affairs & External Relations | ||
| 29–30 | Brussels | Agriculture & Fisheries Council | ||
| October | ||||
| 2–3 | Brussels | Justice & Internal Affairs | ||
| 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 & Consumer Affairs | ||
| 27 | Brussels | Environment Council | ||
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