EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Main activities in the week beginning 15 January:* Weekly meeting of the Commission: Wednesday 17 January in Strasbourg. Points on the agenda:- Initiative for least-developed countries- the EU and Kaliningrad- Situation regarding the environment in the Balkans- Regulation on the statute and financing of the European political parties- Initiatives of the Member States in the framework of Titles IV (atomic energy) and VI (judicial and police co-operation on penal matters) of the Treaties and the collegiality of the taking of position by the Commission* Official visit of Mr Prodi to Morocco: 13-15 January* Participation of Mr Solbes at the meeting of the Finance Ministers of ASEM: 13-14 January, Kobe, Japan* Mr Patten at the EU-Japan Ministerial meeting: 15 January in Stockholm* Mr Fischler in Berlin: 17 to 20 January. Participation in the Agriculture and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Bundestag on the future of the CAP and enlargement; participation in the joint meeting of the Ministers for Agriculture and the Environment of the German Lander on the environmental aspect of the CAP and conference of international press; speech* Official visit of Mr Patten to Moscow: 18-19 January. Meetings with the Prime Minister, Mr Kasyanov, the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Khristyenko, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov* Mr Busquin in Berlin: 18 January. Visit to the...