WEEK FROM 15 TO 21 JANUARY.

• Position: Calendar

Monday 15 January

European Parliament

Plenary session

+ Welcoming of the new Bulgarian and Romanian Members

+ Address by the President of the European Parliament, followed by reactions from the political group leaders

Parliamentary committees

Committee on Development

+ Meeting with Louis MICHEL, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, on the situation in Somalia

Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners

Council of Ministers

Informal Meeting of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs

European Commission

Visits

+ Mr Barroso to meet Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and to be awarded an honorary degree from Sapienza University (Rome)

+ Mr Barroso to meet Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa (Ljubljana)

+ Messrs Barroso, Almunia and Potocnik to take part in "A welcome to the Euro" ceremony organised by Slovenian government and Slovenian Central Bank to mark the country's accession to the euro area (Ljubljana)

+ Mrs Ferrero+Waldner to visit China (12-17)

+ Mrs Fischer Boel to visit "Agromek" fair in Herning (Denmark)

+ Mr Mandelson to meet Japanese Agriculture Minister Toshikatsu Matsuoka

+ Mr Rehn to meet President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu

+ Mr Potocnik (Germany) to attend opening of Conference on Seventh Research Framework Programme (Bonn)

+ Mr Almunia to meet Slovenian Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk

+ Mr Kyprianou to meet Polish Agriculture Minister Andrzej Lepper (Warsaw)

+ Mrs Hubner in Poland for visit to Mazovia Region

+ Mr Dimas to meet Slovakia's Environment Minister Jaroslav Izak

Tuesday 16 January

European Parliament

Plenary session

+ Constituent session - Announcement of the candidates for election to the office of President

+ Election of President of Parliament - First ballot

+ Election of President of Parliament - Possibly, second ballot

+ Election of President of Parliament - Possibly, third ballot or

+ Election of Vice-Presidents of Parliament - First ballot

+ Election of President of Parliament - Possibly, fourth and last ballot or

+ Election of Vice-Presidents of Parliament - First or second ballot, or

+ Election of Parliament Quaestors

+ Election of Vice-Presidents of Parliament - First, second or third and last ballot

+ Election of Vice-Presidents of Parliament - Possibly, second or third and last ballot

+ Election of Vice-Presidents of Parliament - Possibly, third and last ballot

Council of Ministers

Conference: Future Prospects for Health Services in Europe

Conference: The 7th EU Research Framework Programme - Europe on its way to the top

The entire range of topics covered by the EU's Seventh Research Framework Programme will be presented during the BMBF's two-day launch event for RFP7, which is being organized in close cooperation with the European Commission. Workshops on a great number of individual topics of the Framework Programme will provide in-depth thematic information, which will be supplemented by practical advice for applicants.

European Commission

Weekly meeting

On the agenda:

+ Communication on pluralism in the media

+ National Allocation Plans for greenhouse gas emissions (Belgium, Cyprus, Netherlands).

Visits

+ Mr Rehn to meet Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema; participation in conference on "The European Perspective for the Western Balkans" (Rome)

Court of Justice

Grand Chamber

+ Judgment C-265/05 Perez Naranjo

Reference for a preliminary ruling - Cour de cassation - Civil chamber - Paris - Interpretation of Articles 4(2a), 10a., 19(1) and 95b of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (OJ English Special Edition 1971 (II), p. 416), as amended - National legislation making the grant of supplementary allowance from the National Solidarity Fund subject to a residence condition - Concept of a special non-contributory benefit - Listing of the allowance in Annex IIa to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71

+ Hearing C-64/05 P Sweden v Commission and Others

The text is not available in English

First Chamber

+ Opinion C-62/05 P Nordspedizionieri di Danielis Livio and Others v Commission

Appeal against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of 14 December 2004, in Case T-332/02 Nordspedizionieri di Danielis Livio & C. Snc and Others v Commission dismissing an action for the annulment of the Commission decision (REM 14/01) of 28 June 2002 informing the Italian authorities that there is no ground for the remission of import duties on a cargo of cigarettes destined for Spain on the ground that a fraud committed by third parties in the course of a Community transit operation does not constitute a special situation justifying the remission of import duties

Court of First Instance

First Chamber

+ Hearing T-103/05 P v Commission

Staff Regulations of Officials

Staff cases

+ Hearing T-459/05 MPDV Mikrolab v OHMI (manufacturing score card)

Community trade mark - Annulment of decision R 1059/2004-2 of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 19 October 2005 dismissing the appeal against the examiner's decision to refuse to register the word mark 'manufacturing score card' for goods and services in Classes 9, 35 and 42.

Second Chamber

+ Judgment T-53/05 Calavo Growers v OHMI - Calvo Sanz (Calvo)

Community trade mark - Action for annulment brought by the proprietor of the word Community mark "CALAVO" in respect of products in Classes 29 and 31 against decision R 159/2004/1of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (O.H.I.M.) of 8 November 2004, annulling the decision of the Opposition Division refusing in part to register the figurative trade mark "CALVO" for products in Classes 29, 30 and 31 on the ground that the statement of reasons for the opposition made by the applicant was not lodged in the language of the case

+ Hearing T-327/03 Al-Aqsa v Council

Annulment of Council Decisions 2003/480/EC of 27 June 2003 and 2003/646/EC of 12 September 2003 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism in so far as the applicant is included in the list of persons, groups and other entities to whom or to which those provisions apply

Fifth Chamber

+ Hearing T-339/05 MacLean-Fogg v OHMI (LOKTHREAD)

Community trade mark - Annulment of Decision R 1122/2004-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 20 June 2005 dismissing the appeal against the decision of the examiner refusing registration of the word mark 'LOKTHREAD' for goods in Class 6

Economic and Social Committee

+ Meeting of Mr. Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the EESC, with the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Guan Chengyuan

Conferences and Seminars

+ Conference: Europe in global, innovation-based competition: Meeting new challenges or searching for new protection ?

Subject: This conference presents recent work on these trends in order to contribute to the

policy debate. The focus is on European countries and on the potential contribution of EU policies, but our European debates should fully take into account the global context.

English - French interpretation will be available during the conference.

Organiser: IFRI with the support of JT International

Venue : IFRI - 27, rue de la Procession - 75015 Paris

Contact: IFRI, Tel: 33-(0)1 40 61 60 00

www.ifri.org

http://www.ifri.org/files/Economie/Program_conf_0116.pdf

+ Policy dialogue: Migration and remittances: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Subject: This dialogue coincides with the launch of a new World Bank study on migration and remittances in the Europe and Central Asia region

Organiser: The European Policy Centre, in cooperation with the King Baudouin Foundation and in collaboration with the World Bank,

Venue: Residence Palace, Maelbeek Room, 155 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels

Contact : European Policy Centre, Tel: 02 231 03 40, Fax: 02 231 07 04 - 02 230 74 72, Email: info@epc.eu

www.epc.eu

Wednesday 17 January

European Parliament

Plenary session

+ Programme of the German Presidency - Statement by the President-in-Office of the Council, German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Votes

+ Election of Quaestors of Parliament (possibly, second ballot)

+ Libyan death sentence imposed on medical personnel - Council and Commission statements followed by debate

+ Seventh and eighth annual reports on arms exports - Report by Raul Romeva I Rueda (Greens/EFA, ES)

+ Joint debate - The Community's railways:

+ (***II) Development of the Community's railways -...