European Briefing

Employment and Social Policy: European Commission (2002a): Commission communication on streamlining the annual economic and employment policy coordination cycles, COM (2002) 487 of 3 September 2002. European Commission (2002b): Communication from the Commission to the Council: Draft Joint Employment Report 2002, COM (2002) 621 of 13 November 2002.

Citizenship: European Commission (2002c): Proposal for a Council Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third country nationals for the purposes of studies, vocational training or voluntary service, COM (2002) 548 of 7 October 2002; European Commission (2002d): Proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries (Erasmus World) (2004-8), COM(2002) 401 of 17 July 2002. Return policy: European Commission (2002e): Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a Community return policy on illegal residents, COM (2002) 564 of 14 October 2002; Council of the European Union (2001): Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals, OJ L 149 of 2 June 2001.

Relations with the Candidate Countries/Future of Europe: European Convention (2002a): Preliminary draft Constitutional Treaty, CONV 369/02, 28 October 2002. Turkey and the future of Europe: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (2002): `Europe: pour ou contre l'adhsésion de la Turquie à l'Union européenne', in Le Monde, 9 November 2002. Le Monde (2002): Le Monde, 23 November 2002; European Parliament (2002): Resolution A5-0371/2002 on the progress made by each candidate country towards accession, 20 November 2002; Verhofstadt G. (2002): `Montesquieu and the European Union', speech delivered to the College of Europe, 18 November 2002. Working group on Social Europe: European Convention (2002b): Motions to the Praesidium according to Article 2 and Article 15 of the Working Methods, CONV 300/02, proposed by Mrs Anne Van Lancker, Mr Johannes Voggenhuber and Mrs Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, 26 September 2002; European Convention (2002c): Working Group on Social Europe, CONV 421/02, 22 November 2002. European Governance: European Commission (2002f): Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: `The Commission's Legislative and Work Programme for 2003', COM (2002) 590 of 30 October 2002.

Health and safety at work: European Commission (1993): Proposal for a Council Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (COM/92/560), OJ C 77, 18 March 1993; Conciliation Committee (2002): Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) (17th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC), Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (C5-0501/2002) 1992/0449ACOD, 25 October 2002.

Equal opportunities: Council and European Parliament (2002): Directive 2002/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 amending Council Directive 76/207/EEC 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 269, 5 October 2002, pp. 15-20.