ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE.

Agenda of the EU's Economic and Social Committee Plenary Session in Brussels on May 29-30. The Committee should adopt its opinion on the following subjects:- Options for the reform of pension schemesRapporteur: Mrs Cassina (Workers, Italy)Co-rapporteur: Mr Byrne (Employers, Ireland)- Co-ordination of economic policies in the long term (exploratory opinion)Rapporteur: Mrs Konitzer (Workers, Germany)- Minimum standards for determining refugee status of third-country nationalsRapporteur: Mrs Le Nouail (Workers, France)- An open method of co-ordination for the Community immigration policyRapporteur: Mrs zu Eulenburg (Various Interests, Germany)- Short-term residence permit issued to victims of action to facilitate illegal immigrationRapporteur: Mr Pariza Casta?os (Workers, Spain)- Packaging and packaging wasteRapporteur: Mr Adams (Various Interests, United Kingdom)- Rules applicable to motor vehicle salesRapporteur: Mr Regaldo (Employers, Italy)- Towards a global partnership for sustainable developmentRapporteur: Mr Ehnmark (Workers, Sweden)- Computerising the movement and monitoring of excisable productsRapporteur: Mr Wilkinson (Employers, United Kingdom)- Sales promotions in the Internal MarketRapporteur: Mr Dimitriadis (Employers, Greece)- Five specific programmes implementing the framework programme 2002-2006 for the research/RTD programme 2002-2006 -...