The Commissions of the European Parliament will meet in Brussels from Monday 17 to Thursday 20 March 2003. The main points on the agenda are as follows: International role of the Euro zone and first assessment of the introduction of coins and banknotes in Euros; European Year of the handicapped and European Parliament of the disabled; Conference: “Future of employment: the main challenges of the European strategy for employment”; Agricultural Fund Support for rural development; Cultural industry; “Television without frontiers” Fourth report on the application of the Directive of the Commission for culture; Programme eLearning in the Commission for culture; Public audition on the protection and development of the European artistic heritage in the context of policies of privatization; Tissues and cells of human origin; Breast tumours.
