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European Parliament (Strasbourg):
- 14-17 September: plenary session
EU Presidency (Brussels):
- 13-15 September: Informal Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers -
- 14-15 September: General Affairs and External Relations Council
- 15 September: ACP Working Party (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific)
- 16 September: Coreper I-II; Working Party Humanitarian and Food Aid; Africa Working Party
- 17 September: Informal European Council; Working Party on Development Cooperation
ACP Secretariat:
- 15 September: World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
- 16 September: Information Day-European Joint Research Centre
- 18 September: ACP-EC negotiating meeting of Group II – Revision Cotonou Agreement
For more information please consult the calendar on our webpage http://brussels.cta.int/
The 2959th Council meeting on Agriculture and Fisheries held in Brussels on 7 September 2009 took note of the request made by Poland, supported by Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Austria, Slovakia and Finland, inviting the Commission to take concrete measures aimed at stabilising the cereals market. Poland suggested a number of new possible intervention instruments and the rapid use of existing ones under EC legislation.