EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Main events in the week beginning March 17:

* Weekly meeting, Wednesday, March 19, in Brussels. On the agenda:

- Briefing note on progress of WTO negotiations on Doha Development Agenda;

- Follow-up report on Green Paper on criminal-law protection of the Community's financial interests and creation of the European Prosecutor's Office;

* Travel and visits:

- Monday, March 17: Mr Prodi meets Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych; Mr Kinnock meets Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Budget Minister Johan Vande Lanotte; Mr Nielson meets Norwegian Development Minister Hilde Frafjord Johnsen; Mr Patten meets Canada's Foreign Minister William Graham, and Afghan Foreign and Finance Ministers Abdullah Abudulla and Ashraf Ghani; Mr Lamy meets Ukraine's Economy Minister Valeryi Khoroshkovskyi, US Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Allan Larson, and Austria's Agriculture Minister Joseph Proll; Mr Vitorino meets Ruud Lubbers, High Commissioner for Refugees

- Tuesday, March 18: Loyola de Palacio and Mr Liikanen meet Romanian Industry and Energy Minister Dan Ioan Popescu; Mr Lamy meets Argentina's Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Redrado; Ms de Palacio meets Gian Carlo Cimoli and Johannes Ludewig, President and Secretary-General of the Community of European Railways (CER); Mr Lamy meets representatives of the pharmaceutical industry: Tom McKillop (AstraZeneca), Jean-Pierre Garnier (GSK) and Igor Landau (Aventis); Mrs Reding presents the 'Memoire et Gratitude' award to Pierre Wynants, chef at 'Comme Chez Soi' restaurant

- Wednesday, March 19: Messrs Prodi and Verheugen meet the President of Lithuania Rolandas Paaksas; Mr Prodi meets Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis; Mr Nielson meets South Africa's Vice-President Jacob Zuma; Mrs Reding meets the Foreign Minister of Bosnia Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic; Mr Busquin meets Yuri Koptiev...