* 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

* 2003 – Jyrki Otila, Finnish quiz show judge and member of the European Parliament ( b. 1941 )

According to a 2003 study undertaken by the International Diabetes Federation ( IDF ) on the access to and availability of insulin in its member countries, synthetic ' human ' insulin is considerably more expensive in most countries where both synthetic ' human ' and animal insulin are commercially available: e. g. within European countries the average price of synthetic ' human ' insulin was twice as high as the price of pork insulin.

In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union ( comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements ), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.

Croatia became a World Trade Organization ( WTO ) member in 2000 and started the Accession of Croatia to the European Union in 2003.

The A4 connection from Zagreb to Varaždin and Čakovec exists since 2003, which was extended to the Hungarian border in October 2008 to complete the upgrade of the European route E71.

It applied in 2003, and began with accession negotiations in 2005 ( see also: Accession of Croatia to the European Union ).

For example, in a discussion of euthanasia presented in 2003 by the European Association of Palliative Care ( EPAC ) Ethics Task Force, the authors offered: " Medicalized killing of a person without the person's consent, whether nonvoluntary ( where the person in unable to consent ) or involuntary ( against the person's will ) is not euthanasia: it is murder.

In a 2003 European Commission report, TU / e was ranked as 3rd among European research universities ( after Cambridge and Oxford, at equality with TU Munich and thus making it the highest ranked Technical University in Europe ), based on the impact of its scientific research.

In 2003, a member of the European Parliament tabled a proposal in a temporary committee of the European Parliament that national civil ensigns be defaced with the European flag.

The November 2003 party convention was held in Dresden and decided the election platform for the 2004 European Parliament elections.

The first stage of the Galileo programme was agreed upon officially on 26 May 2003 by the European Union and the European Space Agency.

The European Union and the European Space Agency agreed in March 2002 to fund the project, pending a review in 2003 ( which was finalised on 26 May 2003 ).

The Scientific Steering Committee ( SSC ) of the European Union ( EU ) in 2003 stated that the risk associated with bovine bone gelatin is very low or zero.

In 2006 the European Food Safety Authority ( EFSA ) stated that the SSC opinion was confirmed, that the BSE risk of bone-derived gelatin was very small, and removed support for the 2003 request of excluding the skull and vertebrae of bovine origin older than 12 months from the material used in gelatin manufacturing.

* Casualty of War: A Childhood Remembered ( Eastern European Studies, 18 ) Luisa Lang Owen and Charles M. Barber, Texas A & M University Press, January, 2003, hardcover, 288 pages, ISBN 1-58544-212-7

Finland in the European Union ( F. Cass, 2003 ) online edition

During his military career, he served as Commander, United States European Command ( COMUSEUCOM ) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SACEUR ) from 2003 to 2006 and as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003.

From 1978 to 2003, the Phillies inducted one former Phillie and one former member of the Philadelphia Athletics per year.

Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson ( born December 25, 1958 ) is an American former baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics.

In 2003 the Parrish High School football team won the Alabama High School Athletics Association Class 1A State Championship.

* 2003 St. Catharines Athletics

* August – September – 2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris

They compete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference ( GLIAC ) in all 19 intercollegiate varsity sports and have won the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ( NACDA ) Directors ' Cup for NCAA Division II every year from 2004 to 2011 after finishing second in 2002 and 2003.

The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

While they've always been known as the Cougars since moving to Kane County, they were affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles in 1991 and 1992, with the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2002, the Oakland Athletics from 2003 until 2010, and with the Kansas City Royals for the 2011 and 2012 seasons before joining the Chicago Cubs for the 2013 season.

It was one of the host venues of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the main stadium for the 2003 Summer Universiade and the main venue of the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game ( ISBN 0-393-05765-8 ) is a book by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane.

* All-Time Men's Basketball Letterwinners through June 2003 – Marquette Athletics

Woodson was inducted into the Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.

On the track she was the bronze medallist over 5000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and was the 2006 African Champion over 10, 000 metres.

During his career, he played for the Texas Rangers ( 1989 – 95, 2000 – 02, 2004 – 05 ), the New York Yankees ( 1996 – 97 ), Oakland Athletics ( 1998 – 99 ), the New York Mets ( 1999 ), the Minnesota Twins ( 2003 ), and the Detroit Tigers ( 2006 – 08 ).

In 2003, the 50 kg of gold bars was reverted back to USD 1 million and Monaco was dropped from the league after it was awarded the IAAF World Athletics Final.

Velandia played with the San Diego Padres ( 1997 ), Oakland Athletics ( 1998 – 2000 ), New York Mets ( 2000 – 2003 ), Tampa Bay Devil Rays ( 2007 ), Toronto Blue Jays ( 2008 ), and Cleveland Indians ( 2008 ).

During the 2003 season with the Athletics, Foulke would distinguish himself as a closer, leading the league in saves and games finished, being named to the All-Star team and winning the American League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award.

The Stade de France is listed as a category four stadium by UEFA and has hosted matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, some matches for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, 2003 World Championships in Athletics, and the 2007 Rugby World Cup making it the only stadium in the world to have hosted both a Football World Cup final and a Rugby World Cup final.

The stadium hosted the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and since 1999 it has hosted the annual Meeting Areva athletics meet.

In 2003, the Stade de France was the primary site of the 2003 World Championships in Athletics.

Stade de France with uncovered athletics track during the 2003 World Championships in Athletics | 2003 World Championships

Previously, he played with the Oakland Athletics ( 1999 – 2003 ), San Diego Padres ( 2004 – 2005 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 2006 – 2008 ), and Cincinnati Reds ( 2009 – 2011 ).

My Dinh Stadium official operation on September 2, 2003 with the opening friendly match between the Vietnam U23 and the club Shanghai Shenhua which was playing at Chinese Super League.