Nbr. 2012, January 2012

Index

• TEMPORARY AGENCY WORK : EUROCIETT BLASTS INCOMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE.
• EMPLOYMENT SLIPS IN EU.
• EP BACKS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL INITIATIVE.
• EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS : COMMISSION RECOMMENDS BETTER POLICY MIX.
• WORKING CONDITIONS : EP CALLS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SECURITY AT WORK.
• GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : RENAULT: EP APPROVES FRENCH AID REQUEST.
• YOUTH COUNCIL : MINISTERS SEEK WAYS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF MOBILITY.
• DANISH CAPITALS OF CULTURE IN 2017.
• EDUCATION COUNCIL : AGENDA TO PROMOTE ADULT LEARNING.
• EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : MINISTERS SEE NEED FOR "RADICAL STRUCTURAL REFORMS".
• INTERNET : COALITION OF COMPANIES TO PROTECT CHILDREN ONLINE.
• EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : SOCIAL SECURITY: COUNCIL ADOPTS GENERAL APPROACH.
• SALZBURG WINS EU AWARD FOR DISABLED-FRIENDLY CITIES.
• EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : EGF: MINISTERS BURY CRISIS DEROGATIONS.
• EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : ACTIVE AGEING: COUNCIL RECOMMENDS COMMON PRINCIPLES.
• HEALTH COUNCIL : MINISTERS REACT POSITIVELY TO 2014-2020 HEALTH PROGRAMME.
• ASYLUM : COMMISSION AIMS TO BOOST EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY.
• EGF AID IN GREECE AND IRELAND.
• PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : UNANIMOUS WELCOME FOR PROFESSIONAL CARD.
• ECONOMIC MIGRATION : COMMISSION STILL HESITANT.
• SERVICES OF GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST : COMMISSION ABOLISHES DISPUTED DE MINIMIS THRESHOLDS.
• SERVICES OF GENERAL ECONOMIC INTEREST : FEWER CONSTRAINTS ON STATE AID FOR SGEIS.
• EMPLOYMENT : NEW INITIATIVE TO CREATE JOBS FOR YOUTH.
• SOCIAL EUROPE LAGGING BEHIND.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL : SCHENGEN EXPANSION: PRESSURE BUILDING ON THE DUTCH.
• LIECHTENSTEIN TO BECOME 26TH MEMBER STATE.
• EP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO SINGLE PERMIT.
• STRUCTURAL FUNDS : MAXIMUM CO-FINANCING FOR COUNTRIES HIT HARDEST BY CRISIS.
• EMPLOYMENT/TRAINING : EMPLOYERS PRESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 2020 STRATEGY.
• HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : REINSTATING VISAS: STATES WANT MORE FLEXIBILITY.
• SOCIAL PARTNERS : TREATY CHANGE: UNIONS HAVE THEIR SAY.
• HEALTH : CROSS-BORDER DISEASES: REINFORCED EU ROLE.
• BORDER SURVEILLANCE : COMMISSION PROPOSES EUROSUR.
• HEALTH : INFORMATION TO PATIENTS: COMMISSION'S THIRD ATTEMPT.
• FOODSTUFFS : NEW RULES SOON ON FRUIT JUICES.
• PUBLIC SERVICES : BARROSO COMMUNICATION LEAVES OPEN QUESTIONS.
• ASYLUM/GREECE : TRANSFER OF ASYLUM SEEKERS: COURT SETS LIMITS.
• HEALTH CARE : ECJ: HOSPITALS CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS.
• EU STAFF REGULATIONS : CIVIL SERVANTS CHALLENGE COMMISSION'S FORMAL REFORM PROPOSALS.
• ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION : COURT RULES ON APPLICATION OF RETURN DIRECTIVE.
• QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PILOTS HARMONISED.
• EU-WIDE TOY SAFETYaCAMPAIGN.
• EAPN ADDRESSES CONCERNS TO EUROPEAN COUNCIL.
• EGF ASSISTANCE IN DENMARK, GERMANY AND PORTUGAL.
• LABOUR COSTS RISE.
• FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS : COURT CLARIFIES CONDITIONS FOR RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
• IMMIGRATION : OVER 9% OF EUROPE'S POPULATION FOREIGN-BORN'.
• EUROPEAN YEAR 2012 : ACTIVE AGEING AND SOLIDARITY IN LIMELIGHT.
• INSURANCE : GENDER CAN NO LONGER BE DECISIVE RISK FACTOR.
• EMPLOYMENT : SOCIETY FOOTS HIGH BILL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE NOT IN WORK OR EDUCATION.
• DEFECTIVE BREAST IMPLANTS : A CASE OF FRAUD, NOT DYSFUNCTION, SAYS HSC.
• WHITE PAPER ON PENSIONS ANNOUNCED FOR FEBRUARY.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE STABLE IN EUROZONE AND EU.
• HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : SCHENGEN AREA: MEMBER STATES WANT TO KEEP THEIR PREROGATIVES.
• SOCIAL POLICY : OPINION ON EU'S IMPACT DIVIDED.
• POSTING OF WORKERS : EXEC AIMS TO INTRODUCE PRINCIPLE OF JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.
• ASYLUM : COMMISSION SUPPORTS RAPID ALERT SYSTEM.
• EMPLOYMENT : REPLACEMENT NEEDS MAY JUSTIFY REPEATED FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS - ECJ.
• MATTHIAS GROOTE NEW ENVI COMMITTEE CHAIR.
• HEALTH/CONSUMERS : COMMISSION TO ENHANCE TRACEABILITY OF MEDICAL DEVICES.
• EMPLOYMENT : ECJ RULES ON RIGHT TO PAID ANNUAL LEAVE.
• YOUTH EMPLOYMENT : SOCIAL PARTNERS WANT ACTION, NOT WORDS.
• SOCIAL SECURITY : COURT CLARIFIES RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES ON OFFSHORE PLATFORMS.
• ENTERPRISES : DEBATE OPENS ON HOW TO MANAGE RESTRUCTURING DURING CRISIS.
• SWOBODA TAKES OVER AS S&D LEADER.
• EMPLOYMENT : LABOUR MARKET AND SOCIAL SITUATION DETERIORATE.
• EU CIVIL SERVANTS : COMMISSION TAKES COUNCIL TO COURT OVER SALARY ADJUSTMENT.
• EDUCATION : AT 25, ERASMUS PROGRAMME STILL RELEVANT - VASSILIOU.
• EMPLOYMENT : EXEC HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF GOOD QUALIFICATIONS.
• ETUC SLAMS GREEN PAPER ON RESTRUCTURING.
• DANISH PRESIDENCY : THORNING-SCHMIDT: "EUROPE AT WORK AGAIN".
• ACTIVE AGEING : EUROPEAN YEAR 2012 LAUNCHED IN COPENHAGEN.
• EUROBAROMETER : TACKLING POVERTY SHOULD BE PARLIAMENT'S TOP PRIORITY.
• EMPLOYMENT : GLOOMY FUTURE FOR GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND.
• EMPLOYMENT : STUDY: SIX IN TEN JOBS CREATED BY SMALL ENTERPRISES.
• FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION : NGO COALITION URGES EU NOT TO SHELVE DIRECTIVE.
• FAMILY REUNIFICATION : MEPS NOT KEEN ON REVISION OF DIRECTIVE.
• ROMA INTEGRATION : ONLY 15 STATES HAVE SUBMITTED NATIONAL STRATEGIES.
• PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : MEPS REACT POSITIVELY TO COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL.
• SCHENGEN ACQUIS: PARTICIPATION OF NON-EU STATES.
• AGEING : CITIZENS WANT TO REMAIN FREE TO WORK LONGER - EUROBAROMETER.
• INTERVIEW WITH KAREN HAEKKERUP, DANISH MINISTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INTEGRATION : "WE HAVE TO RECONCILE ECONOMIC SPHERE WITH SOCIAL SPHERE".
• EP APPROVES VISA CODE.
• SOCIAL PARTNERS : UNIONS PLAN DAY OF ACTION ON 29 FEBRUARY.
• SOCIAL PARTNERS : AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY LAUNCHES SOCIAL DIALOGUE.
• INTERVIEW WITH LASZLO ANDOR, COMMISSIONER FOR EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND INCLUSION : ACTIVATION OF YOUNG AND OLDER PEOPLE A PRIORITY.
• COMMON FISHERIES POLICY : COMMISSION SPELLS OUT SOCIAL DIMENSION OF CFP REFORM.
• POSTING OF WORKERS : MONTI II: RECONCILING ECONOMIC FREEDOMS AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.
• SOCIAL ECONOMY : NEW LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR EUROPEAN FOUNDATIONS.
• FOODSTUFFS : EP REJECTS NEW LIST OF AUTHORISED NUTRITION CLAIMS.
• MEPS ON SPORTS.
• COMBATING VIOLENCE : PARLIAMENT CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF DAPHNE PROGRAMME.
• INTERVIEW WITH PHILIPPE DE BUCK, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF BUSINESSEUROPE : SUMMIT DECLARATIONS NEED TO BE TRANSLATED INTO CONCRETE ACTIONS.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL : LEADERS SUPPORT REALLOCATION OF STRUCTURAL FUNDS.
• UNEMPLOYMENT : JOBLESS RATE STABILISES IN EU.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL : DECLARATION ON GROWTH AND JOBS FAILS TO CONVINCE.
• EUROPEAN COUNCIL : MEPS BEMOAN FISCAL DISCIPLINE FOCUS, CALL FOR GROWTH.
• MEDICAL DEVICES : PIP SCANDAL: INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE.
• LABOUR LAW : SOCIAL SECURITY: MEPS SUPPORT COUNCIL'S POSITION.
• PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : MEPS DIVIDED OVER HARMONISATION OF TRAINING.