WEEK FROM 6 TO 12 OCTOBER.

Monday 6 October

European Parliament

The President's diary

+ 9.00 - World Policy Conference

Parliamentary committees

Committee on Foreign Affairs

+ Exchange of views with Kalman Mizsei, EU Special Representative for the Republic of Moldova - 17:00

Committee on Development

+ The current situation in Cuba - Discussion with Elio Eduardo Rodriguez Perdomo, Cuban Ambassador

+ Legislative elections in Rwanda - Discussion with Michael Cashman (PES, UK) , EU Chief Observer, and Jurgen Schroder (EPP-ED, DE), Head of EP's Election Observation delegation

+ Use and production of biofuels in developing countries - Presentation of draft study by Steve Wiggins (Overseas Development Institute, London) - Debate with selected stakeholders: Ramon de Miguel, President of eBIO (European Association of biofuel producers), Robert Bailey, Policy Advisor at Oxfam International, Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Committee on Budgets

+ 2009 budget: Section III - Commission - Consideration and adoption of budget amendments

+ 2009 budget - other sections - Consideration and adoption of budget amendments

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

+ Discussion with Mrs. Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for Competition - 15:00

IASCF (International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation) Constitution Review 2008 - Report by Pervenche Beres (PES, FR) - Consideration of draft motion for a resolution in the presence of Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the Financial Reporting Council (UK) and Nicolas Veron, Research Fellow at Bruegel

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

+ Discussion with Zsuzsanna Jakab (Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - ECDC)

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

+ Public contracts in the fields of defence and security - Vote on report by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE, DE)

+ Transfers of defence-related products - Vote on report by Heide Ruhle (Greens/EFA, DE)

+ Protecting the Consumer: Improving consumer education and awareness on credit and finance - Vote on report by Iliana Malinova Iotova (PES, UK)

Consumer Markets Scoreboard - Vote on report by Anna Hedh (PES, SE)

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Committee on Culture and Education

+ Discussion with Joseph Blatter, FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) President

+ Discussion with Commissioner for multilingualism, Leonard Orban

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

+ Hearing on fundamental rights in the EU - see "public hearings"

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

+ Stage reached in procedures for Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon - Discussion with Micheal Martin T.D, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Margot Wallstrom, Vice President of the European Commission

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

+ Recommendations on the application of the principle of equal pay for women and men - Vote on report by Edit Bauer (EPP-ED, SK)

Public hearings

Fundamental Rights in the EU

MEPs will discuss the situation of fundamental rights in the EU with NGO representatives. This exchange of views takes place while a initiative report is being drafted by Giusto Catania (GUE/NGL, IT), and will cover four themes: institutional protection, immigration, discrimination and freedom of expression, and social and Children's rights. Panellists include speakers from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Migreurop and Reporters without borders.

Contact: Baptiste Chatain, Service de presse, libe-press@europarl.europa.eu, +32-2 28 40992 (BXL)

Council of Ministres

Eurogroup Meeting

The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean: Confronting the challenges of globalisation in a post-Lima Summit partnership?

The exchange of authentic instruments within the European Judicial Area

Mrs. Rachida Dati, Minister of Justice, is organising a conference on "The exchange of authentic instruments within the European Judicial Area" in partnership with the Conseil superieur du Notariat (High Council for the Notarial Profession).

Ministerial Conference "Internet of the Future"

The European Ministers for the Digital Economy have been invited by Eric Besson, the French Minister of State for the Development of the Digital Economy, to take part in the first European ministerial meeting on the issues surrounding the Internet of the Future in Nice on 6 October 2008.

PSC (CME 08)

European Commission

Travel and visits

+ 14.00: Mrs Margot Wallstrom receives Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Micheal Martin

+ 10.00: Mr Jacques Barrot participates in the inauguration of the Thales Security Solution Briefing Centre (Velizy Villacoublay site, France)

+ 18.00: Mr Jacques Barrot participates in the closing of the seminar "Circulation transfrontaliere des actes authentiques" (premises of the Conseil Superieur du Notariat, Paris)

+ Mrs Viviane Reding in Nice: gives a speech "Internet du Futur: ouvert, democratique et neutre" at the opening of the conference "Internet of Things, Internet of the Future" (09.30); attends the Ministerial conference on the Economic, Political and Technological Stakes of the Internet of the future (11.00)

+ Mr Stavros Dimas in the US (06-10)

+ 13.00: Ms Danuta Hubner meets Mr Vasily Kujbida, Minister of Regional Development and Building of Ukraine

+ Mr Joe Borg in Galicia (05-08) to meet with Mrs Carmen Gallego, Regional Minister for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs of Galicia: visit of the fishmarket and meeting with stakeholders in A Coruna, visit to the Galician Aquaculture Institute on the Island of Arousa (06, 16.30). Meeting with the representatives of the Galician Fisheries sector (12.00, Vigo); inauguration and visit of Conxemar Exhibition (17.15) (07)

+ Mr Louis Michel inaugurates the CIGEM (Centre d'Information et de Gestion des Migrations) in Bamako (06-07, Mali)

+ Mr Vladimir pidla in Vienna for the Conference on Labour Mobility: gives a speech at the 60th Anniversary of the Niederosterreich Chamber of Commerce (10.30)

+ Mr Andris Piebalgs visits the Severn Estuary and the Avonmouth Docks Wind Park (South West of England)

+ 21.00: Mr Leonard Orban participates in the opening Conference "The Danube - River of the European Future" and visits the exhibition "Place du Danube" in the presence of the Romanian President, Mr Traian Basescu (Representation de Baden-Wurttemberg)

Economic and Social Committee

+ Participation of an EESC delegation to the "Open Days 2008 - Regions and cities in a challenging world", organised by tthe Committee of the Regions

+ Public hearing: "Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania and the Slovakia - Comparison of industrial transition models". The CCMI continues its project to explore the evolution of the economies of Eastern European EU countries, from the point of view of industrial sectors. Aim of the project is the identification of best practices.

+ Mission of an EESC delegation to Mexico before the 3rd EU-Mexico civil society Forum (13-14 November, Brussels)

+ Meeting of the Euromed Follow-up Committee

+ 1st meeting with European civil society to establish the CARIFORUM - EC Civil Society Consultative Committee, as foreseen in the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EC and CARIFORUM - participation of Mr Dantin, President of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee of the EESC

Tuesday 7 October

European Parliament

The President's diary

+ 16.00 - Speech at exhibition "Breast cancer. Get yourself checked"

+ 17.35 - Opening of Atrium "Ledra Street" (Committee of the Regions)

+ 18.45 - Speech at American European Community Association

+ 19.15 - Speech at exhibition "The beauty of Guilin"

Parliamentary committees

Committee on Foreign Affairs

+ Legislative Elections in Angola, 5 September 2008 - Discussions with the EU Chief Observer, Ms Luisa Morgantini (GUE/NGL), and Fiona Hall (ALDE, UK), Head of the EP Election Observation delegation

+ Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EC and Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vote on report by Doris Pack (EPP-ED, DE)

+ Motion for a resolution on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part - Vote drafted by Doris Pack (EPP-ED, DE)

Committee on Development

+ Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries - Vote on report by Gay Mitchell (EPP-ED, IE)

+ The indictment and bringing to trial of Joseph Kony at the International Criminal Court - Vote on draft resolution

Committee on International Trade

+ Economic Partnership Agreement between the EC and Cariforum - see "public hearings"

Committee on Budgets

+ Continuation of vote on 2009 Budget

Committee on Budgetary Control

9:00

+ Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) - Vote on report by Ingeborg Gra[sz]le (EPP-ED, DE)

16:00 - 18:30

+ Follow-up of the 2006 discharge to the Parliament - Discussion in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Parliament, Harald Romer

+ Communication from the Commission: Progress report as at 31 March 2008 on the modernisation of the accounting system of the European Commission - Discussion with the Deputy Director-General for the Budget and Accounting Officer of the European Commission, Brian Gray

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

+ Insurance and reinsurance - Solvency II (recast) - Vote on report by Peter Skinner (PES, UK)

+ European system of national and regional accounts in the Community - Vote on report by Pervenche Beres (PES, FR)

+ Equivalence decision on the Transparency and Prospectus Directive - Vote on draft resolution by Peter Skinner (PES, UK) and Margarita Starkeviciute (ALDE, LT)

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

+ Protection for temporary workers and the relationship between the agency and the worker - Vote on second reading recommendation by Harlem Desir...