DIARY-France to March 16

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Paris local time is GMT + 1 hours.

DATE GMT LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD MEDIAN PRIOR

TIME FORECAST

03/02 0848 0948 Services PMI Jan 58.7

0848 0948 Composite PMI Jan 59.2
05/02 0745 0845 Trade balance Dec
5.3 bln

0745 0845 French exports Dec 28.90 bln

0745 0845 French imports Dec 34.20 bln
0745 0845 State budget Dec
143.3 bln

1100 1200 OECD lead Dec

08/02 0730 0830 BOF survey Jan
10/02 0745 0845 Current account Dec
3.8 bln

0745 0845 Industrial output Dec +1.1 pct

11/02 0745 0845 Ind. investment Q4
12/02 0745 0845 Payrolls (prelim) Q4
0.6 pct

0745 0845 GDP (prelim) Q4 +0.3 pct

19/02 0745 0845 Business morale Feb 92

0758 0858 Flash mfg PMI Feb

0758 0858 Flash ser PMI Feb

0758 0858 Flash com PMI Feb
23/02 0745 0845 Housing starts Jan
10.6 pct

0745 0845 Consumer prices Jan +0.3 pct

0745 0845 Consumer spending Jan +2.1 pct

24/02 0745 0845 Unemployment(govt) Jan
25/02 0745 0845 Consumer morale Feb
29

0745 0845 Producer prices Jan

01/03 0848 0948 Manufacturing PMI Feb

03/03 0848 0948 Services PMI Feb

0848 0948 Composite PMI Feb

04/06 0745 0845 ILO unemployment Q4 9.5 pct

05/03 1100 1200 OECD lead Jan

08/03 0730 0830 BOGF survey Feb

09/03 0745 0845 Trade balance Jan

0745 0845 French exports Jan

0745 0845 French imports Jan

10/03 0745 0845 Industrial output Jan

11/03 0745 0845 Payrolls (revised) Q4

0745 0845 State budget Jan

12/03 0745 0845 Current account Jan

16/03 0745 0845 Consumer prices Feb

POLITICAL/ECONOMIC/GENERAL EVENTS ------------------Tuesday February 2, 2010----------------------

PONTOISE, Ile de France - Start of Concorde crash trial. U.S. airline Continental and five people will stand trial over the 2000 Concorde crash near Paris which killed 113 people.

CORSICA - President Sarkozy delivers speech on issue of sustainable development. ------------------Wednesday February 3, 2010--------------------

PARIS - President Sarkozy meets President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek (1100 GMT).

PARIS - President Sarkozy meets Crown Prince of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (1200 GMT).

NATIONWIDE - French rail unions stage one-day strike to protest against restructuring plans. ------------------Thursday February 4, 2010---------------------

PARIS - Auction of OAT treasury notes (0850 GMT). The French Treausry will auction between 7.0 and 8.0 billion euros of 5.0 percent Oct. 2016 OATs, 3.5 percent, April 2020 OATs and 4.75 percent April 2035 OATs.

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy holds regular bilateral summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (0900 GMT).

PARIS - President Sarkozy meets Chinese Foreign Minister Jiechi Yang (1600 GMT). ------------------Friday February 5, 2010---------------------

IQALUIT, Canada - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde attends meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors.

PARIS - President Sarkozy holds meeting with Andorran authorities (1100 GMT). ------------------Monday February 8, 2010-----------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT).

STRASBOURG - European Parliament Plenary session (to Feb. 11). ------------------Tuesday February 9, 2010----------------------

PARIS - Economy Minister Christine Lagarde holds joint press conference with Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg. ------------------Thursday February 11, 2010--------------------

BRUSSELS - President Sarkozy attends European Council meeting. ------------------Monday February 15, 2010----------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT).

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy meets major unions to open discussions on pension reforms. ------------------Wednesday February 17, 2010-------------------

PARIS - NATO Parliamentary Assembly, annual meeting at the OECD. ------------------Thursday February 18, 2010--------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTAN medium-term treasury notes (0950 GMT).

PARIS - Auction of OATi index-linked treasury notes (1050 GMT). ------------------Monday February 22, 2010----------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT). ------------------Thursday February 25, 2010--------------------

RWANDA, GABON - Official visit by President Sarkozy.

PARIS - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Agriculture Ministerial meeting (to Feb. 26). ------------------Saturday February 27, 2010--------------------

PARIS - 35th Annual Cesar Awards. ------------------Monday March 1, 2010--------------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT). ------------------Wednesday March 3, 2010-----------------------

PARIS - Start of Paris autumn/winter 2010 fashion week (to March 11). ------------------Thursday March 4, 2010------------------------

PARIS - Auction of OAT treasury notes (0850 GMT).

STRASBOURG - The European Court of Human Rights is due to hear a case brought against Russia by shareholders in collapsed oil firm YUKOS. The former YUKOS management accuses the Russian justice system of violating several articles of the European Convention on Human Rights in prosecuting the company for alleged tax offences and seeks $98 billion as compensation. ------------------Monday March 8, 2010--------------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT).

STRASBOURG - European Parliament plenary session (to March 11).

GLOBAL - International Women's Day. ------------------Monday March 15, 2010-------------------------

PARIS - Auction of BTF treasury bills (1350 GMT).



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