Meetings to be arranged in Finland:

The 4^th Medical Device Competent Authority Meeting 23^rd June 1999, Helsinki, Hanasaari
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

Conference on Active Strategies for an Ageing Work Force Turku 12^th –13^th August 1999
Organisers: Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Education, Social Insurance Institution, Central Pension Institute, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the City of Turku, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Working Seminar on the Reform and Simplification of Regulation 1408/71 (on social security) 3^rd –4^th September 1999 Helsinki, Marina Congress Center

EMEA Management Board Informal Meeting 13^th September 1999, Helsinki, Kalastajatorppa

Safety ‘99. European Conference on Safety in the Modern Society 15^th-17^th September 1999 Helsinki, Marina Congress Center
Organiser: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Meeting of the Safety and Health Commission for the Mining and the Other Extractive Industries (SHCMOEI) 23^rd –24^th September 1999 Tornio

EU co-ordination meeting on the harmonisation of the classification of chemicals 27th September, Helsinki
Organiser: Ministry of Social Affairs and Health/Department for Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment

CPMP (Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products) Informal meeting 30^th September –1^st October 1999, Helsinki
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

Heads of agencies (Medicinal Products) 5^th –6^th October 1999, Helsinki
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

Heads of Agencies (Veterinary Medicinal Products, HEVRA)
22^nd October 1999 Helsinki
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

International Symposium on Occupational Health for Europeans 3^rd –5^th November 1999 Helsinki, Marina Congress Center
Organiser: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Mutual Recognition Facilitation Group (to be confirmed) 4^th –5^th November 1999, Helsinki
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

National and European Policies in Combating Poverty 8^th –9^th November, Helsinki, Messukeskus

Expert meeting related to the EU level campaign on prevention of violence against women 8th-10th November, Jyväskylä
Organisers: National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of the Interior.
By invitation only.

The 12th Meeting of EMACOLEX
12^th November 1999 Helsinki
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

Meeting of the Competent Authorities
Meeting of the Committee under Council Directive 67/548/EEC (new substances and existing substances) 22^nd –24^th November 1999 Helsinki, Marina Congress Center

Meeting of the Chief Dentist Officers 26^th –28^th November 1999, Helsinki, Königstedt Manor
Organiser: STAKES

Heads of agencies (Medicinal Products) 25.-27.11.1999, Kuusamo
Organiser: National Agency for Medicines

Meeting(s) to be arranged in other EU-countries:

Health and Safety and Employability (Bilbao, Spain) 27^th –29^th September 1999
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