EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Main activities in the week beginning April 8:* Weekly meeting of the Commission: Tuesday April 9 in Strasbourg. Points on the agenda (subject to change):- Communication on conference interpretation in the context of enlargement: a strategy for the Joint Interpreting and Conference Service (SCIC) until 2004- Communication on a strategy for the Translation Service: 2002 and afterwards- Two merger cases under Regulation 4064/89- Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate an economic partnership agreement of with the ACP regions and states- Communication on chapter 30 ("Institutions") of the accession negotiationsCommunication on the multiannual programme for actions in the field of energy: "Intelligent Energy for Europe" Programme (2003-2006)- Protocol to amend the Paris Convention on civil nuclear liability- Communication on EU-USA co-operation on regulation and transparency- Communication on negotiations with Switzerland* Visits by and to Commissioners:- Monday April 8: Mr Prodi and Mr Patten meet the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Miroljub Labus; Mrs Diamantopoulou to attend the second world conference on the ageing of the population; Speech of Mr Busquin to the 2002 Congress of the Institute of Physics "European Research Area: How can Europe's R&D capacity beat the world's best performers?" (Brighton); Speech by Mrs Reding to the conference on cultural patronage (Madrid); Mr Lamy, Mr Nielson and Mr Patten meet Louise Frechette, Associate Secretary-General of the United Nations; Speech of Mr Monti before the Economic and Social Committee (THESE); Participation of Mr Liikanen in the 3rd Forum for Innovative Enterprises (Stockholm); Mr Patten meets the President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic.- Tuesday April 9: Mr Fischler meets Elliot Morley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fishing and Food (Strasbourg).- Wednesday April 10: Participation of Mr Patten in the EU/US ministerial meeting (Madrid); Participation of Mr Liikanen in the Euro-Mediterranean conference of Industry Ministers (Malaga); Participation...