[0] EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Main activities in the week of February 18-24:* Weekly meeting of the Commission: Thursday February 21 in Brussels. Points on the agenda:- Report on the implementation of the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines- Draft Decision on a merger case under Article 8(2) of Council Regulation N?4064/89 (Haniel/Fels) * Visits by Commissioners- February 18: Mr Nielson in Mozambique, Mauritius and the Seychelles (February 15-23); Mr Lamy in Cambodia (February 18-19); Speech by Mr. Monti to the Competition Law Association (London); Speech by Mr Liikanen at the "Sustainable Decision Making Conference" (Maastricht); Speech by Mr Busquin to the Conference "Humanitarian mine clearance: the need to rapidly reinforce a coherent European strategy"; Speech by Mrs Reding to the opening of the 1st Forum of European Televised Programs (Barcelona); Participation of Mrs Diamantopoulou in a conference on violence against women, organised by the Spanish Presidency (Santiago de Compostela); - February 19: Mr Monti before the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs of the EP; Mr Liikanen before the Tourism Committee of the EP; Ms de Palacio meets the British Minister for Transport, John Spellar; Mr Solbes meets the Committee of Directors of Eurostat (Luxembourg); Mr Verheugen meets the Romanian Secretary of State for European Affairs and Minister for Regional Planning, Mrs Hildegarde Puwak; Speech by Mr Verheugen and Mr Patten before three committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of NATO; Participation of Mr Patten in the Transatlantic Journalists Forum; Participation of Mr. BYRNE in the "WHO European Ministerial Conference for a Tobacco-free Europe" (Warsaw) - February 20: Mr Patten before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the EP; Mr Patten before the Development Committee of the EP; Mr Barnier before Regional Policy Committee of the EP; Mrs Reding at the official opening of Bruges as European City of Culture - February 21: Mrs Wallstr?m in Slovakia (February 21-22). Meetings with the Prime Minister, Mikul?s Dzurinda, and the Minister for the Environment, L?szl? Mikl?s (Bratislava); Mr Patten gives "Newman Lecture" in University College (Dublin); Opening Speech by Mrs Diamantopoulou at the EU-US Seminar. - February 22: Mr Liikanen at the informal Telecoms and Information Society meeting (Vitoria); Mr Prodi, Mr Bolkestein and Mr Solbes at the Conference "Mid-Term Review of Progress towards European Financial Integration" (Solvay Library); Speech by Mr Patten to the Club...