The Dutch Presidency begins on 1 July 2004 and the website has been launched.
The main theme for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport’s contribution to the Presidency will be the relationship between health and other policies, with the emphasis on the interests of the citizens in an EU of 25.
For this purpose the ministry is to organize an ’Informal Council’, to discuss the relationship between the internal market and health.
July
| 8-9 | Competent Authorities on Medical Devices (CAMEDDEV) | (Rotterdam) |
September
| 7-9 | Conference Our Health and the Market | (The Hague) |
| 8-9 | Heads of European Veterinary Regulatory Authorities for medical products (HEVRA) / Heads of Agencies (HoA) | (The Hague) |
| 9-10 | Informal Council Health (Market & Health) | (Noordwijk) |
| 16-17 | Conference European Response to Public Health Risks from Emerging Zoonotic Diseases? | (The Hague) |
| 23-24 | EU - Sports Directors | (Rotterdam) |
October
| 4 | Employment, Soc. Policy, Health and Cons. Affairs | (Brussels) |
| 4-6 | European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA) | (The Hague) |
| 5-8 | Chief Veterinary Officers (CVO) | (Noordwijk) |
| 6 | Drug Information Association (DIA) | (Noordwijk) |
| 6-7 | EU National Coordinators for Drugs | (Rotterdam) |
| 7-8 | European Medicines Agencies Co-operation on Legal and legislative issues (EMACOLEX) | (The Hague) |
| 14-16 | Chief Dental Officers (CECDO) | (Maastricht) |
| 28 | Working Group Child Policy | (Rotterdam) |
November
| 4-5 | PharmacoVigilance Working Party (PhVig WP) | (The Hague) |
| 7-9 | EuroFestation | (Maastricht) |
| 15 | Education, Youth and Culture | (Brussels) |
| 17-18 | Chief Medical Officers (CMO) | (The Hague) |
| 18 | Conference ’Priority Medicines’ | (The Hague) |
| 22-23 | Future Equal Treatment in Europe (art. 13) | (The Hague) |
| 28-30 | National DG’s Youth | (Rotterdam) |
| 29-30 | HEVRA/HoA | (Rotterdam) |
December
| 1-2 | Informal Meeting Sport Ministers | (The Hague) |
| 2-3 | Closing event ’European Year of Education through Sport 2004’ | (Arnhem) |
| 6-7 | Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs | (Brussels) |
| 9-10 | ’Health care Professionals crossing borders’ | (Amsterdam) |
| 16-17 | High Level Committee on Health | (Amsterdam) |
