CALENDRIER du 1^er du 7 octobre

Transports, Telecommunications and Energy Council, Luxembourg (1+2) with participation of Mr Jacques BARROT (2)

13.00: Mr José Manuel BARROSO speaks at the "European Energy Challenges" conference, Madrid

1100: Mme Viviane REDING rencontre M. Hervé NOVELLI, secrétaire d'Etat auprès de la Ministre de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Emploi, chargé des Entreprises et du Commerce extérieur (Lux)

Discours d'ouverture de M. Joaquin ALMUNIAà la Conférence 'EMU Governance and Euro Changeover: Malta on the path to the euro' à Malte

12.00 Mr Joe BORG receives Ms Eva Kjer HANSEN, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark

15.00: Mr Janez POTOČNIK receives Mr Friedrich WAGNER, President of the European Physical Society

9h00: M. Louis MICHEL participe au séminaire annuel des experts ECHO (Bruxelles-Flagey)

Mr László KOVÁCS delivers opening speech at the EU Resources Conference (Budapest)

Speech by Ms Neelie KROES at European Energy Challenges Conference, Madrid

(12h00) Mrs Mariann FISCHER BOEL receives representatives of the Dutch Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture

Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER on official visit to Panama (29/09-01/10) and El Salvador (1-2/10).

Mr Vladimír ŠPIDLA in the Hague for the launch of the European Social Fund in the Netherlands

9h30 – Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers a speech at the Conference "European Energy Challenges" in Madrid

13.00: Mr José Manuel BARROSO receives the President of the Swiss Confederation, Ms Micheline CALMY-REY (followed by VIP corner)

18.30: Mr José Manuel BARROSO hosts publication ceremony of the book "La CE 1958-1972, histoire et mémoires d'une institution" (BERL)

Ms Viviane REDING in Slovenia: Meeting with representatives of telecom companies; Speech at the conference "Information Technology and the Intergenerational Dialogue"; Meeting with ministers: Mr Andrej VIZJAK, the Minister for the Economy .Mr Jure ZUPAN, Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology; Mr Vasko SIMONITI, Minister for Culture; Mr Žiga TURK, Minister of Government Office for Growth; Mr Tomaž TOPLAK, Head of the SME Union Slovenia and Mr Alojz PETERLE, MEP; visit to the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (Ljubljana)

(9h00) Discours d'ouverture de M. Joaquin ALMUNIA au EU-Russia Macro-Economic Dialogue

Ms Danuta HÜBNER signs Polish Operational Programmes in Royal Castle of Warsaw, in the presence of Polish Minister of Regional Development, Ms Grażyna GĘSICKA and regional authorities. The signing ceremony will be followed by a press conference

18.30 Mr Joe BORG receives Ms Tineke HUIZINGA, Secretary of State of the Netherlands for Transportation and Water Management

09.30: Mr Janez POTOČNIK launches the joint EU-MS Eurostars Programme in support of research intensive small & medium enterprises (IPC)

12.00: Mr László KOVACS receives Ms Christine LAGARDE, French Minister of Finance

12.30 Mr Markos KYPRIANOU will launch the Heart Health Charter at the Cypriot Parliament in Cyprus

(11h00) Mme Mariann FISCHER BOEL reçoit une délégation du "Freie Letzeburger Bauerverband"

Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER on official visit to Honduras (2-3/10).

9h45 - Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers a speech at the Lisbon Energy Forum in Lisbon and visits a "Solar Farm" (14.30)

Ms Meglena KUNEVA in Washington, USA (2-5.10). Lunch at the American European Business Council; Meeting with members of the Commerce Committee of the Senate, Meeting with members of the Commerce and Energy Committee of the Congress; Meeting with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission; Lunch with the American Chamber of Commerce; Meeting with Susan DINGEL, Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Meeting with Ms. Deborah MAJORAS, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission

09.00 réunion de la Commission

Ms Neelie KROES holds regular exchange of views with the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the EP (15h00)

15h00 - M. Leonard ORBAN devant la Commission CULT (PE)

Messrs José Manuel BARROSO (13.00), Stavros DIMAS (13.00) and Peter MANDELSON (16.15) receive the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ms Helen Elizabeth CLARK

15.00: Mr José Manuel BARROSO Barroso receives Mr Edmund STOIBER, chairman of the High Level Group advising the European Commission on the reduction of administrative burdens imposed by legislation in the Union (followed by VIP corner)

Discours de Mme Margot WALLSTRÖM à la conférence "Is the EU really listening to citizens? The abc of participatory democracy methods" organisée par le European Citizens Action Service (14.15 - Residence Palace)

Mme Margot WALLSTRÖM à l'inauguration de l'exposition itinérante "World Press Photo 2007" (19.00 - Tour&Taxi)

15h30 M. Jacques BARROT reçoit M.Philippe LOUIS-DREYFUS, Président de la European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA)

17.00: Mr Stavros DIMAS receives Mr Hilary BENN, the UK Environment Minister

(16h30) Speech of Mrs Mariann FISCHER BOEL at the conference on the occasion of the launch of "BirdLife CAP vision" - Bedford Hotel, Brussels

Ms Danuta HÜBNER is guest of honour and dinner speaker at the Joint Business Council of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in Dublin (19.40)

16:15 Mr Olli REHN meets the President Mr Branko CRVENKOWSKI and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Antonio MILOSOSKI from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

14.00: Mr László KOVÁCS receives Mr Stanton ANDERSON, CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce

Ms Benita FERRERO-WALDNER on official visit to Nicaragua (3-4/10). Participation in conference “A cien años de la Corte de Justicia Centroamericana - Primer Encuentro de Cortes Internacionales y Regionales de Justicia del mundo: Justicia, Integración y Derechos”

13h30 – Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers a speech at the International Nuclear Law Association in Brussels

Informal Meeting of Ministers for Gender Equality, Lisbon with participation of Mr Vladimír ŠPIDLA

Mme Margot WALLSTRÖM présente le suivi du Livre Blanc sur la Communication devant le comité "culture" du Parlement européen (9.30)

12.15: Press conference by Ms Viviane REDING and Mr Roberto VIOLA, Chairman of the European Regulators Group, on "Roaming: Have Mobile Operators Complied with the new Rules?"

12.30: Mr José Manuel BARROSO participates at the mobilization day of the European Disability Forum (Rue de la Loi, Bxl)

16.30: Mr José Manuel BARROSO participates at the "State of Europe" round table meeting (Palais d'Egmont, Bxl)

10h00 M. Jacques BARROT participe à la High Level conférence sur le thème "Rail Baltica - From Vision to Reality". Deux interventions sur les thèmes: "Rail Baltica: our vision" et sur la politique européenne du transport durable (Vilnius)

11h00 M. Jacques BARROT rencontre M. Valdas ADAMKUS, Président de la République de Lithuanie (Vilnius)

Participation de M. Franco FRATTINI à la conférence "7th Regional Ministerial Conferecne on Illegal Migration, Organised Crime, Corruption adn Terrorism" (Brdo - Slovenie)

M. Joaquin ALMUNIA à la réunion du Conseil de la Banque Central Européenne à Vienne

Ms Danuta HÜBNER in Madeira (4+5): speaks at the Annual Meeting of Presidents of the Outermost Regions; meeting with regional government; project visit

Mr. Janez POTOČNIK on visit in Bosnia-Herzegovina (4+5): Meeting with Mr Nikola SPIRIĆ, Prime Minister and Mr Sredoje NOVIĆ, Minister of Civil Affairs (4). Meeting with the Bosnian Academy of Sciences and Arts, including academic community, industry representatives and media (9.15) - Press conference (12.00) (5)

Mr Olli REHN in Paris: meeting with the French Foreign Minister, Mr Bernard KOUCHNER and Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, French Secretary of State for European Affairs.

Mr Vladimír ŠPIDLA in Lisbon: 11.30: delivers a closing speech on the Conference of Experts on Gender Equality

14h30 – Mr Andris PIEBALGS delivers a speech at the Energy Conference "Is the EU succeeding in diversifying its energy supply?" (Bxl, Residence Palace)

Participation of Mr Günter VERHEUGEN in the Asia-Pacific Conference in Korea (Seoul, 5+6)

09h00 M. Jacques BARROT participe au Forum Civitas 2007. Discours d'ouverture sur le thème de la mobilité urbaine durable (Kaunas)

Participation de M. Franco FRATTINI au "EU - Western Balkans Ministerial Forum" (Brdo - Slovenie)

1230 : Discours de Mme Viviane REDING, "La Politique Européenne de Télécommunications – une Politique pour l'Europe" devant un groupe de dirigeants d'entreprises au Cercle Royal Gaulois, Bxl

1700 : Participation de Mme Viviane REDING à la conférence sociale européenne (Lux)

14.00h: Participation of Mr László KOVÁCS in the EU Road-show in Hungarian schools (Budapest)

14.00 Mr Markos KYPRIANOU will give a keynote speech at the European Health Forum in Gastein (Austria)

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Eurogroup, Luxembourg

9

ECOFIN, Luxembourg

15, 16

General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC), Luxembourg

18, 19

22, 23

Agriculture and Fisheries Council, Luxembourg

25

26

EU/Russia Summit, Mafra

30

Environment Council, Luxembourg