EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Weekly meeting: Tuesday December 14

Points on the agenda:

- Communication on the excessive deficit procedure for Germany and France (following the Court of Justice ruling)

- Green Paper on EU approach towards managing economic migration

- Information on the management of Structural Funds

- Nomination of the Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development representing the EU.

Travel and Visits:

- Monday December 13: Mr Verheugen and Mr Barrot attend the inauguration of the European Agency for Aerial Security(EASA) (Cologne); Mr Verheugen and Mr Barrot meet French and German students at the Friedrich Ebert Gymnasium (Bonn); Participation de Mr Dimas attends the UN annual conference on climate change (Buenos Aires); Mr Spidla attends a conference: 'Mehr und bessere Arbeitsplaetze fuer aeltere Arbeitnehmer' (Berlin); Mr Piebalgs attends the ministerial meeting of the South East Europe Energy Community (Athens); Speech by Mrs Hubner : "Future of Structural Programmes after 2006" at the Polish Regions Governors Convention (Bialowiez).

- Tuesday December 14: Mrs Wallstrom meets Vidal Quadras, Vice-President of the European Parliament (Strasbourg); Presentation by Mr Barroso of the Strategic Objectives of the European Commission 2005-2009 in an European Parliament plenary session (Strasbourg).

- Wednesday December 15: Mr Barroso meets the Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, and a delegation from the Presidency; Mr Almunia in Tallinn. Meeting with the Prime Minister, Juhan Parts; speech: "What the Euro brings to the Union" at the National Bank of Estonia and joint press conference with the National Bank of Estonia to present the selected design for the face of the Euro coins; speech on "Practical Preparations for the Introduction of the Euro in Estonia" at the Estonian Business School; Mr McCreevy to Berlin. Meeting with the Minister for the Economy and Work, Wolfgang Clement, Secretary of State for Finances, Caio Koch-Weser, and the...