Commissioner Joe Borg Visits the Federal Republic of Germany – 31 August to 2 September 2005

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Brussels, 31 August 2005

Commissioner Joe Borg visits the Federal Republic of Germany – 31 August to 2 September 2005

Wednesday 31 August 2005 1700 hrs Meeting with Ms Renate Künast Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture 1830 hrs Meeting with State Secretary Georg-Wilhelm Adamowitsch Federal Minister of Economics and Labour 1930 hrs Meeting and dinner with Mr Manfred Stolpe Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing

Thursday 1 September 2005 0900 hrs InWater Tec 2005 Fair, Fachhochschule Kiel – University of Applied Sciences Kiel Speech by Commissioner Borg ‘Perspectives of a European Maritime Policy’ Followed by a tour of the Fair 1250 hrs Panel Discussion at the Color Line Company building, 1400 hrs Press Conference at the Color Line Company building 1505 hrs Visit to the Kieler Howaldswerke-Deutsche Werft AG shipyards 1630 hrs Visit to the GEOMAR Leibniz Institute for Maritime Research 1900 hrs Attends Dinner hosted by Mr Peter Harry Carstensen, Prime Minister of the Land Schleswig-Holstein

Friday 2 September 2005 0845 hrs Welcome by Prime Minister Harald Ringstorff 0900 hrs Visit of the Institute for Baltic Sea Maritime Research in Warnemünde 1030 hrs Visit of the Maritime Simulation Centre (Department of navigation of the Wismar Technical University in Warnemünde) 1200 hrs “Kurhaus- conference centre,” Warnemünde, Welcome by Dr. Till Backhaus, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, and meeting with representatives of the fishing industry within the framework of a “Fish Lunch” given by Prime Minister Ringstorff 1300hrs Press Conference 1615 hrs Meeting with the First Mayor (Prime Minister) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Mr Ole von Beust 1715 hrs Conference at the International Tribunal for the Law of Sea Address by Commissioner Borg “Oceans and the Law of the Sea: Towards New Horizons“ 2000 hrs Dinner hosted by Secretary of State for Economics and Labour, Mr Gunther Bonz, together with participants from shipping companies and port industries Speech by Commisioner Borg: ‘The Forthcoming Green Paper on Maritime Affairs: Ports as catalysts of development’.