EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, HEALTH AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS COUNCIL

 

5–6 DECEMBER 2007

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY - 5 DECEMBER

 

1.             Commission Communication on active inclusion

-               Council conclusions

 

2.             10 years of the European Employment Strategy

-               Council conclusions/Adoption of EMCO Opinion

 

3.             (poss.) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 93/104/EC on the Organisation of Working Time

Interinstitutional File: 2004/0209 (COD)

-               Political agreement

 

4.             (poss.) Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Working Conditions for Temporary Workers

Interinstitutional File: 2002/0072 (COD)

-               Political agreement/Progress report

 

5.             Commission Communication on Common Principles on Flexicurity

-               Council conclusions/Endorsement of EMCO and SPC opinion

 

6.             Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum requirements for enhancing worker mobility by improving the vesting and preservation of supplementary pension rights

Interinstitutional File: 2005/0214 (COD)

-               (poss.) Political agreement 

 

7.             Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems

Interinstitutional File: 2006/0006 (COD)

-               Partial general approach

 

8.             Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, and determining the content of Annex XI

Interinstitutional File: 2006/0008 (COD)

-               Partial general approach

 

9.             Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 883/04 and Regulation (EEC) No (…) to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by those provisions solely on the ground of their nationality

-               (poss.) Partial general approach

 

10.         Social Services of General Interest

-               Policy debate

 

11.         Annual follow-up to the Beijing Platform: indicators on women and poverty

-               Council conclusions

 

12.         (poss.) Gender mainstreaming in the JAI Council – gender and trafficking in human beings

-               Presidency report

 

13.         Follow-up of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (2007)

-               Council Resolution

 

14.         Balanced roles for women and men in work, family and private life

-               Council conclusions

 

15.         Single Market Review

-               Adoption of EMCO and SPC opinion