Digest

Employment and Social Policy: European Commission (2001a): Communication from the Commission: Commission Realising the European Union's potential: consolidating and extending the Lisbon strategy, contribution of the European Commission to the Spring European Council, COM (2001) 79 of 7 February 2001. European Council (2001): Presidency Conclusions, Stockholm European Council, 23 and 24 March 2001, SN 100/01. Various: Joint Assessments (2001): Joint Assessment of Employment Priorities in Poland, signed by Mrs Anna Diamantopoulou European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs and Mr Longin Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Poland Komolowski, 30 January 2001.

Joint Assessment of Employment Priorities in Estonia, signed by Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, Anna Diamantopoulou and Prime Minister Mart Laar and Estonian Social Affairs Minister Eiki Nestor Tallinn, 19 March, 2001.

Citizenship: Asylum and Immigration: European Commission (2000b): Proposal for a Directive concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long term residents, COM (2001) 127 of 13 March 2001.

European Commission (2000c): Proposal for a Council Directive setting out minimum standards on the reception of asylum applicants by EU Member States, COM181 of 3 April 2001.

Visa: Council of the European Union (2001a): Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement, OJ L no 81 of 21 March 2001.

European Commission (2001d): Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation 1683/95 laying down a uniform format for visas.

Proposal for a Council Regulation on a uniform format for forms for affixing the visa issued by Member States to persons holding travel documents which are not recognised by the Member State drawing up the Form.

Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals, COM(2001) 157 of 23 March 2001. Council of the European Union (2000): Council Decision 2000/777/EC of 1 December 2000 on the application of the Schengen acquis in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and in Iceland and Norway – Declarations, OJL no 309 of 9 December 2000.

Relations with the future Member States: European Commission (2001e): Eurobarometer, Report Number 54, April 2001.

European Commission (2001f): Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Second report on economic and social cohesion, COM (2001) 24 of 31 January 2001. Stability and Association Agreement: European Union – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2001): Stabilisation and Association Agreement, (Signature) Luxembourg, 10 April 2001, Press: 143 – no: 7835/01 and Council of the European Union (2001b): Council Decision of 9 April 2001 on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part.

Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, OJ L no 124 of 4 May 2001.

Equal opportunities: European Commission (2000g): Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Annual report on Equal opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union 2000, COM (2001) 179 of 2 April 2001. United Nations (2000): Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. A/S-223/Rev. 1. Draft resolution II Further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. UN 2000. Council of the European Union: Council Directive of 10 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women, OJ L no 45 of 19 February 1975.

Council Directive of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions, OJ L no 39 of 14 February 1976.

Council Directive of 11 December 1986 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity, including agriculture, in a self-employed capacity, and on the protection of self-employed women during pregnancy and motherhood, OJ L no 359 of 19 December 1986.

Council Directive of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), OJ L no 348 of 28 November 1992.

Council Directive of 3 June 1996 on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, OJ L no 145 of 19 June 1996.

Council Directive of 15 December 1997 on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination based on sex, OJ L no 14 of 20 January 1998.

Council Directive of 19 December 1978 on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of social security, OJ L no 6 of 10 January 1979.

Council Directive of 24 July 1986 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes, OJ L no 225 of 12 August 1986.

Council Directive of 20 December 1996 amending Directive 86/378/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in occupational social security schemes, OJ L no 46 of 17 February 1997.

Social Protection: Pensions: European Commission (2000h): Commission communication to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Region: The elimination of tax obstacles to the cross-border provision of occupational pensions, COM (2001) 214 of 2001.

Health and safety at work: Council of the European Union (1994, 1995): Council Regulation EC no 2062/94 1 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, as amended by Council Regulation EC no 1643/95 2 of 29 June 1995, OJ L no 216 of 20 August 1994 and OJ L 156 of 7 July 1995.

European Commission (2001i): Communication from the Commission to the Council regarding the Commission's report on the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, COM(2001) 163 of 23 March 2001.