BIRMINGHAM: Commission President Jacques Santer and Economics Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy attend the G8 (Group of Seven plus Russia) summit (to 17 May).
PARIS: Financial Affairs Commissioner Mario Monti speaks at the Euro-enterprises conference on The euro and tax harmonisation.
GLASGOW: Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan and Consumer Commissioner Emma Bonino participate in the Annual Bilderberg Meetings.
CYPRUS: SME Commissioner Christos Papoutsis visits (to 16 May).
LIEGE: Commission Droit et Vie des Affaires and the University of Lige’s Institut d’Etudes Juridiques EuropŽennes conference on State aids in EC law and Belgian law (2nd day) (Contact: 32 4/366 2814).
Saturday 16 May
LINKOPING (Sweden): Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Anita Gradin participates in a commercial fair for Women entrepreneurs.
VERONA: Committee for the Defence of Foreign Lecturers international conference on Monitoring the institutions of the European Union concerning freedom of movement of persons (Contact: 39 45/800 3408).
Monday 18 May
LONDON: EU-US summit.
BRUSSELS: EU internal market ministers meet. Provisional agenda includes the European Company Statute and genetically-modified organisms.
BRUSSELS: EU development ministers meet.
GENEVA: World Trade Organisation ministerial conference (to 20 May). Trade Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan attends.
BRUSSELS: The European Policy Centre forum on Risk assessment (Contact: 32 2/231 0340).
Tuesday 19 May
BRUSSELS: EU finance ministers meet. Provisional agenda includes Commission’s 1999 budget and annual fraud report, Agenda 2000 financial questions and lunch with the social partners.
BRUSSELS: EU telecommunications ministers meet. Provisional agenda includes electronic signatures and liberalisation of the market.
BRUSSELS: African, Caribbean and Pacific Commissioner Jo‹o de Deus Pinheiro receives Dominican Republic Prime Minister Mr James.
BRUSSELS: Business Software Alliance and Price Waterhouse conference on The contribution of the packaged software industry to the western Europe economies (Contact: 33 1/44 546 150).
Wednesday 20 May
LONDON: Business Intelligence conference on Turning intellectual capital into a strategic asset (to 21 May) (Contact: 44 (0)181/879 3300).
BEDFORD (UK): Cranfield School of Management conference on European Monetary Union: the implications for your business (Contact: 44 (0)1234/751 122).
Thursday 21 May
BRUSSELS: EU institutions closed for Ascension Day.