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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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Mr. Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the forthcoming business in the Council of the European Union for June; and if he will list the major European Union events for the next six months. [85608] Ms Quin: The list is as follows: European Calendar: June-November 1999 This calendar is primarily concerned with European Union matters, but certain other relevant events are also included. Events and dates quoted are based on the information available on the date of issue. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Venue Event June 1999 1 Dresden Agriculture Ministers (Informal) 3-4 Cologne European Council 7 Luxembourg Education Council 8 Luxembourg Health Council 10 Luxembourg Fisheries Council 10-13 European Parliament Elections 14 Luxembourg ECOFIN (possible) 14-15 Luxembourg Agriculture Council 17-18 Luxembourg Transport Council 21 Luxembourg Internal Market Council 21-22 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 22 Luxembourg Labour and Social Affairs Council (possible) 24-25 Luxembourg Environment Council 28 Luxembourg Culture and Audiovisual Council 28-29 Rio de Janeiro EU-Latin America/Caribbean Summit July 1999 2-3 Oulu Industry and Research Ministers (Informal) 9-10 Oulu Labour/Social Affairs Ministers (Informal) 12 Brussels ECOFIN 16 Brussels Budget Council 18-20 Savonlinna Culture and Audiovisual Ministers (Informal) 19-20 Brussels General Affairs Council 19-20 Brussels Agriculture Council 20-23 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 23-25 Helsinki Environment Ministers (Informal) 28-30 Brussels EU-ACP Ministerial Meeting August 1999 No Council Business September 1999 4-5 Saariselka Foreign Ministers (Informal) 10-11 Turku ECOFIN (Informal) 12-14 Tampere Agriculture Ministers (Informal) 13-14 Brussels General Affairs Council 13-17 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 16-17 Turku Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (Informal) 24-25 Tampere Education Ministers (Informal) 27-28 Kuopio Ministers of Housing 27-28 Brussels Agriculture Council 30 September-1 October Helsinki Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women and Men October 1999 4-5 Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council 4-5 Tampere Regional Policy Ministers 4-8 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 6 Luxembourg Transport Council 8 Luxembourg ECOFIN 11-12 Luxembourg General Affairs Council 11-12 Luxembourg Environment Council 15-16 Luxembourg Special European Council 18-19 Luxembourg Agriculture Council 22 Luxembourg Labour/Social Affairs Council 24-25 Helsinki Energy Ministers Task Force Meeting 25-29 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 26 Luxembourg Fisheries Council 28 Luxembourg Research Council 29 Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council November 1999 3-4 Brussels European Parliament Plenary 8 Brussels ECOFIN 8 Brussels Consumer Affairs Council 9 Brussels Industry Council 11 Brussels Development Council 12 Brussels Labour and Social Affairs Council (possible) 12-13 Helsinki Ministerial Conference on the Northern Dimension 15-16 Brussels Agriculture Council 15-16 Brussels General Affairs Council 15-19 Strasbourg European Parliament Plenary 18 Brussels Health Council 19 Brussels Youth Council 22 Brussels Fisheries Council (possible) 22-23 Brussels EU-ACP Ministerial Meeting (possible) 23 Brussels Culture and Audiovisual Council 26 Brussels Budget Council 26 Brussels Education Council 29 Brussels ECOFIN 29 Brussels Labour and Social Affairs Council 30 Brussels Telecommunications Council _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Monthly Forecast of Business: June 1999 The following subjects are likely to be discussed: 1 June 1999--Dresden--Agriculture Ministers (Informal) No formal agenda 3-4 June 1999--Cologne--European Council No formal agenda 7 June 1999--Luxembourg--Education Council Adoption of provisional agenda Adoption of list of "A" points New generation of programmes Leonardo II decision and negotiations on Socrates II (information from Presidency) Commission report on Socrates I (information from the Commission and exchange of views) Implementation of Leonardo II and Socrates II (information from the Commission) Implementation of Europass (information from the Commission) Contribution of Education to European Employment Pact (Presidency discussion paper) Forward planning in the field of education (Presidency discussion paper) (poss.) Conference of European Education Ministers in Budapest on 24-26 June 1999 (information from Presidency) Any other business 8 June 1999--Luxembourg--Health Council Morning Adoption of the agenda (poss.) Approval of the list of "A" items Future Community action in the field of public health Draft Council Resolution Exchange of views Antibiotic resistance--a strategy against the microbial threat Draft Council Resolution Communicable diseases Commission report on the 4th meeting of the EU-United States task force on communicable diseases 8159/99 SAN 52 Commission briefing on development in Europe Report on the State of Health in the Community (Migrants) Commission progress briefing Health issues in connection with the future enlargement of the community (A) Presentation of Commission working paper on "Health and Enlargement" (B) Preparation of informal Meeting with the Ministers of the countries applying for accession Approval of the annotated agenda Informal meeting with the Ministers of the applicant countries Afternoon Proposal for a Council recommendation on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields 0 HZ-3000 GHZ (0) (Legal basis: Article 152(4), second sub-paragraph) Adoption 9620/98 SAN 107 ECO 230 Integration of health protection requirements in Community policies Draft Council conclusions Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSES) Exchange of views Other business (A) WHO tobacco free initiative (Request by the Netherlands delegation) (B) Non-conventional medicine (Request by the Belgian Delegation) (0) Item on which a vote may be taken 10 June 1999--Luxembourg--Fisheries Council Adoption of the agenda Approval of the list of "A" items Proposal for a Council regulation laying down the details rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector (X) Legal basis: Article 37 of the Treaty Final adoption DOC. 13605/98 PECHE 413 Proposal for a Council regulation establishing a list of types of behaviour which seriously infringe the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (X) Legal basis: Article 37 of the Treaty Final Adoption DOC. 6030/99 PECHE 31 (poss.) Proposal for a Council regulation allocating the fishing possibilities for certain fish stocks and modifying regulation no. 48/99 (in particular the allocation of tacs for blue whiting and for new tacs for spurdog and northern shrimps) (X) (Commission proposal awaited) Final adoption Fisheries agreements with third countries: cost/benefit analysis State of play (oral report by the Commission) Fisheries relations with Morocco North Sea Conference--Intermediate Ministerial Meeting (IMM) 13-14 March 1997 Bergen, Norway--follow-up Report by the Commission (poss.) Presentation of Commission communication to Council and Parliament Conservation of sandeels Oral report on state of play by the Commission (at the request of the UK delegation) Other business Situation in the Adriatic as a consequence of the events in Kosovo (at the request of the Italian delegation) Organisation of future work (X) Item on which a vote may be requested. 10-13 June 1999--European Parliament Elections 14 June 1999--Luxembourg--ECOFIN (possible) No agenda yet available 14-15 June 1999--Luxembourg--Agriculture Council No agenda yet available 17-18 June 1999--Luxembourg--Transport Council No agenda yet available 21 June 1999--Luxembourg--Internal Market Council No agenda yet available 21-22 June 1999--Luxembourg--General Affairs Council No agenda yet available 22 June 1999--Luxembourg--Labour and Social Affairs Council (possible) No agenda yet available 24-25 June 1999--Luxembourg--Environment Council No agenda yet available 28 June 1999--Luxembourg--Culture and Audiovisual Council No agenda yet available 28-29 June 1999--Rio de Janeiro--EU-Latin America/Caribbean Summit No agenda yet available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

332 c120-4W; 85608

Session

1998-99

Subjects

EU action Council of Ministers European Council EC Agriculture Council EC Fisheries Council EU Foreign Affairs Council EC Finance Council EC Labour and Social Affairs Council EC Transport Council EC Health Council EU Environment Council EC Internal Market Council EC Education Council