The UK presidency of the EC: Diary of Council meetings and events

JULY

1: Commission visits London

4: EC/Japan Summit

6-10: European Parliament, plenary session

12-17: European 'Cricketer' Cup

13: Ecofin

13-14: Agriculture

16-17: Informal Transport meeting

20: Foreign Affairs

23: Budget

SEPTEMBER

4-6: Informal Ecofin, Bath

6: European Night at the Proms

6-8: Culture Colloquium, London and Birmingham

7: 'Partners or rivals? Europe and the world after 1992', Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

12-13: Informal Foreign Affairs

14-18: European Parliament, plenary session

18-20: Informal Environment, Gleneagles

21-22: Agriculture

22: Internal Market

28: Ecofin

28-29: Informal Agriculture, Cambridge

30-1 October: EC Justice Ministers to attend opening of Legal Year, London

OCTOBER

5: Foreign Affairs

12: Research

12-13: Informal Employment and Social Affairs, Chepstow

19: Ecofin

19: Fisheries

20: Environment

26-27: Agriculture

26-27: Transport

26-30: European Parliament, plenary session

NOVEMBER

3: Consumer affairs

6-7: Informal Trade

9: Foreign Affairs

10: Internal Market

12: Culture

13: Health

16-17: Agriculture

16-20: European Parliament, plenary session

17: Budget

18: Development

19: Telecommunications

23: Ecofin

23: Fisheries

24: Industrial Affairs

24-25: Housing Ministers conference, London

27: Education

30: Energy

30-1 December: Immigration Ministers, Trevi

DECEMBER

1: Employment and Social Affairs

7-8: Foreign Affairs

7-8: Transport

9: Research

11-12: Summit, Edinburgh

14-18: European Parliament, plenary session

14: Ecofin

14-15: Agriculture

15-16: Environment

17-18: Internal Market

21: Foreign Affairs

21-22: Fisheries