No. 2007, December 2007

Index

• PUBLIC HEALTH : EXPERTS CALL FOR A TOTAL BAN ON MERCURY.
• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING : COURT SLAMS LIMITED ACCESS TO TEACHER COURSE IN SWEDEN.
• SOCIAL DIALOGUE.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE EU SLIGHTLY DOWN.
• WORKING TIME : REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF OFFSHORE WORKERS.
• GLOBAL EUROPE, SOCIAL EUROPE.
• WORKING CONDITIONS : QUALITY OF WORK ON THE INFORMAL COUNCIL MENU.
• TAXATION : SWEDEN TAKEN TO COURT OVER PENSION FUNDS.
• FISCAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SPAIN CLOSED.
• FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : ECJ BOLSTERS RESIDENCE RIGHTS OF NON-EU NATIONALS.
• SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES : CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF HEALTH COVER IN THE EU.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : LEGAL MIGRATION, POLICE DATA SHARING HOT TOPICS FOR 2007.
• WORKING CONDITIONS AND FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES : THE MARKET VERSUS UNIONS IN TWO CASES BEFORE THE COURT.
• EMPLOYMENT : EMPLOYMENT RATE UP IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2006.
• IMMIGRATION : DIRECT EFFECTS OF NON-DISCRIMINATION PRINCIPLE FOR A TUNISIAN.
• FORMAL WARNINGS FOR DISCRIMINATION.
• SOCIAL EUROPE : SOCIAL PLATFORM SETS NINE TESTS FOR THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY.
• ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICY : RECOMMENDATIONS ON LISBON NATIONAL REFORM PLANS.
• ONLINE PROTECTION.
• INTERVIEW WITH VLADIMIR SPIDLA, COMMISSIONER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS : THE GLOBALISATION FUND: FAST, EASY, EFFECTIVE AND INGENIOUS.
• EMPLOYMENT - GLOBALISATION : PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
• PARTY OF EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS : PES LISTS TEN PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW SOCIAL EUROPE'.
• POLAND: FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT.
• CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY : MEPS WANT TO MAKE BUSINESS MORE RESPONSIBLE.
• GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : THE FOUR PRINCIPLES, ACCORDING TO EP RAPPORTEUR ROSELYNE BACHELOT.
• GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT : SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PURCHASING POWER BETWEEN MEMBER STATES.
• EMPLOYMENT - GLOBALISATION : KEY FEATURES OF THE GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
• TAX DISCRIMINATION IN BELGIUM.
• EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY : USE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO CLOSE JOBS GAP.
• PUBLIC HEALTH : THE EU STUDIES CIGARETTES THAT GO OUT BY THEMSELVES.
• THREE QUESTIONS FOR LEONARD ORBAN, COMMISSIONER FOR MULTILINGUALISM : LANGUAGE A "FUNDAMENTALLY DEMOCRATIC ISSUE".
• FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : EU RELUCTANT TO OPEN JOB MARKETS TO ROMANIANS AND BULGARIANS.
• FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS : DUTCH RESTRICTIONS ON POSTING OF WORKERS DEEMED ILLEGAL.
• PUBLIC PROCUREMENT : COMMISSION LAUNCHES INFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS.
• FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT AND PROVISION OF SERVICES : SEVERAL COUNTRIES OUT OF LINE WITH EU RULES.
• SUPPLEMENTARY HEALTH INSURANCE : COMMISSION SENDS FORMAL REQUEST TO BELGIUM.
• ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION : PARLIAMENT ADOPTS IMMIGRATION PACKAGE.
• PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : PROCEEDINGS OVER NON-RECOGNITION OF DIPLOMAS.
• EUROPEAN MINIMUM WAGE.
• EDUCATION : ERASMUS ANNIVERSARY LEADS TO CALLS FOR INCREASED FUNDING.
• SOCIAL SECURITY - HEALTH CARE : EXPERTS EMPHASISE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN EUROPE'S HEALTH SPENDING.
• JEAN-PAUL COSTA/ECHR.
• PRISONS : POLISH OBJECTIONS TO THE TRANSFER OF SENTENCED PERSONS.
• EMPLOYMENT : SMALL IMPROVEMENT IN EU EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL - IMMIGRATION : SUMMIT APPROVES NEW MIGRATION MEASURES.
• REGRETS ABOUT WORKING TIME.
• OPINION : A STATUTE FOR MUTUAL INSURANCE FIRMS: TOWARDS EU RECOGNITION?
• EDUCATION : COUNCIL SETS OUT THE KEY SKILLS REQUIRED IN A GLOBALISED WORLD.
• EDUCATION - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS : NEW QUALITY CHARTER AIMS TO IMPROVE STUDY PERIODS ABROAD.
• EDUCATION : ERASMUS MUNDUS TO BE ENHANCED IN THE EU'S NEIGHBOURHOOD.
• PUBLIC HEALTH : COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON TOBACCO ADVERTISING.
• SOCIAL HOUSING ICELAND.
• POSTING OF WORKERS.
• DISCRIMINATION AGAINST EU-8.
• INTERVIEW WITH WOLFGANG SCHAUBLE AND BRIGITTE ZYPRIES : SCHAUBLE: "IT IS OUR DUTY TO INTEGRATE IMMIGRANTS".
• ROYAL AMBITIONS FOR A MORE SOCIAL TREATY.
• EMPLOYMENT POLICY - UNEMPLOYMENT : GERMAN LAW ON PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MUST BE REVISED.
• SOCIAL REFORMS IN AUSTRIA.
• FRANCE IS THE BABY CHAMPION'.
• WORKING TIME.
• ECJ SLAMS GERMAN SICK PAY SCHEME.
• SOCIAL SECURITY.
• TRADE UNION TRAINING.
• HEALTH SERVICES.
• SOCIAL CONFLICT : SPECIFIC RULE IN ROME II TO APPLY TO STRIKE ACTION.
• HEALTH CARE ABROAD.
• DENISE SORASIO/EC.
• PETER LINDVALD-NIELSEN/EESC.
• SOCIAL POLICY : MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN SOCIAL STATISTICS BUT SHORTCOMINGS REMAIN.
• INTERVIEW WITH BERNADETTE VERGNAUD, EP RAPPORTEUR : HEALTH SERVICES: "A LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT IS NEEDED".
• FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS : ADVOCATE-GENERAL: 1999 DIRECTIVE DOES NOT COVER PAY.
• FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS : COMMISSION AND SOCIAL PARTNERS DISPUTE ECJ OPINION.
• NANOTECHNOLOGY : EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT NEED TO INVESTIGATE HEALTH RISKS.
• HEALTH : COMMISSION WANTS TO BAN SMOKING IN ALL PUBLIC PLACES.
• WORKING TIME.
• RESEARCH ON INCLUSION.
• ACTIVE INCLUSION.
• CALL FOR SOCIAL DIALOGUE PROPOSALS.
• ETF YEARBOOK 2006 - SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR POVERTY REDUCTION.
• SOCIAL SECURITY : FRENCH SUPPLEMENTARY ALLOWANCE DEEMED TO BE NON-EXPORTABLE.
• SOCIAL POLICY : PHILOSOPHY AND PRIORITIES OF THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY.
• INTERVIEW WITH ERNEST-ANTOINE SEILLIERE, PRESIDENT OF BUSINESSEUROPE : HEAD OF EUROPEAN EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION SOUNDS THE ALARM.
• REPRESENTATION OF PERSONNEL : EXCLUDING YOUNG WORKERS WHEN CALCULATING STAFF NUMBERS IS ILLEGAL.
• STABILITY PROGRAMMES : RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FRANCE, GERMANY AND ITALY.
• INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : EMPLOYERS CALL FOR A MORATORIUM' ON LABOUR LAW.
• IMMIGRATION : PRESIDENCY PLANS TO SET UP NETWORK OF EDUCATION SPONSORS'.
• EUROPEAN YOUTH SUMMIT PREPARATIONS : EDUCATION, JOBS AND ENVIRONMENT ARE EU YOUTH'S TOP PRIORITIES.
• INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : SOCIAL ADDENDUM TO NEW CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY PROVING DIFFICULT.
• PENSIONS : PROGRESS ON PORTABILITY OF PENSIONS IN THE OFFING.
• INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (BERLIN) : QUALITY WORK, ADEQUATE SALARIES, NO MORATORIUM.
• HEALTH CARE : THREE MINISTERS SUPPORT A MORATORIUM ON LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
• ADVANCED THERAPIES : MEPS BREAK ETHICAL IMPASSE.
• HEALTH : KYPRIANOU TAKES THE FIGHT AGAINST TOBACCO INTO HOTEL ROOMS.
• EDUCATION : NEW QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK A PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
• ANTI-DISCRIMINATION : NGOS LAUNCH PETITION FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR THE DISABLED.
• GENDER EQUALITY : MEPS BLAST COMMISSION'S LACK OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
• RETIREMENT BENEFITS : EMPLOYEES LESS PROTECTED AGAINST AN EMPLOYER'S INSOLVENCY.
• DEMOGRAPHY : COHESION POLICY CAN HELP DEAL WITH DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGES.
• EMPLOYMENT POLICY : GERMAN LAW ON PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MUST BE REVISED.
• JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : MEDIA URGES EXCLUSION FROM ROME II ON EVE OF EP VOTE.