EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Weekly meeting: Thursday December 9 in Brussels

Points on the agenda:

- Communication on proposals for action plans within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy;

- Proposal for Action Plans EU with Moldova, Ukraine, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian Authority

- Initial debate on the strategic objectives of the new Commission for 2005-2009

- Merger case; decision on the ENI/Electricidad de Portugal-Gas de Portugal case

- Decision on a competition case involving Choline Chloride

Travel and Visits:

- Monday December 6:Mr Dimas meets the Greek Finance Minister, Georgios Alogoskoufis; Mr Piebalgs meets Erhard Busek, Special Co-ordinator for the South Eastern Europe Stability Pact; Mr Dimas meets a delegation of the Green 9 (9 environmental NGOs);Mr Spidla meets the Czech Prime Minister, Stanislav Gross, and the Interior Minster, Frantised Bublan (Prague). Mr Figel travels to Prague; meetings with the Prime Minister, Stanislav Gross, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cyril Svoboda, the minister for Culture, Pavel Dostal, and the Minister for Education and Sports, Petra Buzkova. Mr McCreevy travels to Paris. Meetings with the Minister and Deputy Minister for the Economy, Finances and Industry, Herve Gaymard and Patrick Devedjian, and the deputy minister for European Affaires, Claudie Haignere; meeting with Michel Pebereau, president of BNP-Paribas, and Gerard Mestrallet, president of Suez. Mr Mandelson meets the US Trade Representative, Robert Zoellik (Paris). Mrs Ferrero-Waldner attends the OSCE ministerial (Sofia). Mr Michel makes an Official Visit to Ethiopia. Speech by Mr Potocnick: "Strengthening Competitiveness of the Enlarged EU" at the conference "Enhancing Competitiveness of the Enlarged EU", organised by EIBA (European International Business Academy) (Ljubljana).

- Tuesday December 7: Mr Barrot meets the Luxembourg Minister for Transport, Lucien Lux, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Nicolas Schmit, and the Secretary of State to the Minister for Transport, Mr Schmitt; Mr Dimas meets the Luxembourg Minister for the Environment, Lucien Lux; Mr Figel meets the Luxembourg ministers for Youth, Marie-Jose Jacobs, and Culture, Francois Biltgen; Mr Kallas meets Philippe Maystadt, president of the European Investment Bank; Mr Kallas meets representatives for the environment in Estonia. Mr Barrot attends a conference 'The future of Mobility - Europe's Innovation strength', organised by the Hans Seidel Stiftung; Mr...