EUROPEAN LIVESTOCK AND MEAT TRADING UNION / EUROPÄISCHE VIEH- UND FLEISCHHANDELSUNION

Brussels, 3rd April 2007

O/REF: note N-001-2007-EN-REV.4

(1) tentative

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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS European Parliament 15-18 1 12-15 9-10 6-7 3-6 10-11 12-15 Plenary sessions 23-26 9-12 10-13 31 12-15 28-29 21-24 18-21 25-28 22-25 28-29 Council 8-9 21-22 European Council Brussels Brussels Agricultural Council 26-27 Formal sessions 29 19-20 16-17 7-8 11-12 16-17 24 22-23 26-27 19-20 cancelled 20=>22 16=>19 Informal sessions Mayence Porto Rheingan Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) Presidency: DE 11 8 13 8-11 28 Presidency: PT Veterinary Experts Group Presidency: DE Presidency: PT European Commission Standing Commmittee on the Food Chain C 5 10-11 Animal Health 6 14 11-12 3-4 5-6 3-4 4-5 2-3 6-7 4-5 O 26 M 22 Public Health I 18 20-21 20-21 24-25 23-24 19-20 17-18 18-19 16-17 20-21 18-19 T Management Committee 1 O Beef 16 7 18 30 19 18 ? 11 ? 21 L L 16 Pigmeat 7 21 18 30 19 18 ? 11 ? O cancelled G Sheepmeat I Poultrymeat 16 7 21 18 30 19 18 ? 11 ? E Trade Mechanisms 23 13 16 17 16 12 Committee cancelled C Forecast Group Beef 28-am Pigmeat 28-pm 25-pm Sheepmeat 30-pm Poultrymeat Advisory Group CAP simplification 16 Livestock production Organic production Beef 15-pm Pigmeat 27-pm 6-am O Sheepmeat 7-am Poultrymeat N Quality of agricultural S production 23-pm 27-am U Agriculture&Environment 2 L Rural development 11 T Promotion 25-pm 4 A 29 Food Chain, food T Animal Health and feed hygiene Plant Health legislation I legislation O European Food Safety Authority ~ EFSA

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS European Livestock and Meat Trading Union ~ UECBV 26+27+28 AGM Ghent BE 26-pm 20 Plenary Board Ghent Berlin BE 10-am 6-pm 22 30 Restricted Board Paris Brussels Rome Stockholm Section 9-pm ‘Live Animals’ Paris Secretaries General 14-pm 27-pm 27-am 14 5-pm 20 22 13 & Directors cancelled Committees 24-pm Board 17 Cork 13 European 23-24 20 20:00hrs Young Autumn YEMCo Board Dinner Farmer Conference Berlin 23-24 ANUGA Day Sweden Spring Cologne Brussels Conference Cork Working Group Supplying 27-am Animal Welfare Animal Health Beef Labelling Export 26-pm Import 7-pm Veterinary Issues 17 6 12 Carbon monoxide Sheep/goats WTO Task Force 20 Enlargement Berlin Other 15 ENSCA Board Brussels 11 OCEAN Göteborg Sweden European Association of Livestock Markets ~ AEMB 28+29 AGM Laissac FR 28 8 Board Laissac 11 Paris FR National Member Federations AGM BVVF Germany VDF 24-25 Austria BVF FEBEV Belgium FNCBPV Denmark DLMB ANAFRIC Spain ASOCARNE FMB Finland FMTA 18 FFCB 9 France FNICGV 21-22 Italy UNICEB 25 NIMA 1 Norway NMCO-OP 24-25 DMIA Netherlands NBHV 1-2 BMPA 17 IMTA 14 UK NIMEA SAMW 28 Sweden SMIA 3 Switzerland GVFI 27 Czech Rep CSZM 18 Turkey SETBIR 24 European Liaison Committee for the Agri-Food Trade ~ CELCAA AGM 30-am Secretaries General 23 27 30-pm International Meat Secretariat ~ IMS 25=>27 Regional Conference Brazil CONFERENCES/FAIRS/EXHIBITIONS 19=>28 Grüne Woche Berlin 12=>16 Prodexpo Moscow 3=>11 Agricultural Fair Paris 13=>17 ANUGA Cologne 4=>9 AGRIBEX Brussels