Digest

Employment and social policy: Council of the European Union (2003a): 2535th Council meeting – Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs, Luxembourg, 20 October 2003, Press Release: Luxembourg (20/10/2003) – Press: 302 No: 13538/1/03. European Commission (2003a): Employment in Europe 2003, Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, 9 October 2003.

Citizenship: Fundamental rights: European Commission (2003b): Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union. Respect for and promotion of the values on which the Union is based, COM (2003) 606 of 15 October 2003.

Future of the Union/Relations with the candidate countries: European Convention (2003a): Report from the presidency of the Convention to the presidency of the European Council, CONV 851/03 of 18 July 2003; European Convention (2003b): Letter from Mr Giuliano Amato, on behalf of the Party of European Socialists, Mr Elmar Brok on behalf of the European People’s Party and Mr Andrew Duff, on behalf of the European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party, (Proposals transferred to the presidium on the Constitution’s procedures on revision and entry into force), CONV 833/03, 24 July 2003, http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/03/cv00/cv00833en03.pdf and Letter from Mr Giuliano Amato, on behalf of the Party of European Socialists, Mr Elmar Brok on behalf of the European People’s Party and Mr Andrew Duff, on behalf of the European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party(the other proposals), CONV 829/03 of 22 July, http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/03/cv00/cv00829en03.pdf; European Commission (2003c): Commission Communication. A Constitution for the Union. Opinion of the Commission, under article 48 of the treaty on the European Union, on the meeting of a Conference of representatives of the governments of the member states with a view to revising the treaties, COM 2003 (548) of 17 September 2003, http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/fr/com/pdf/2003/com2003_0548fr01.pdf; European Parliament (2003a): Resolution A5-0299/2003 of the European Parliament on the draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe regarding the opinion of the European Parliament on the convening of the Intergovernmental Conference, 24 September 2003, http://www3.europarl.eu.int/omk/omnsapir.so/pv2?PRG=CALDOC&TPV=PROV&FILE=20030924&TXTLST=1&POS=1&LASTCHAP=7&SDOCTA=7&Type_Doc=FIRST&LANGUE=EN; European Central Bank (2003): Opinion of the European Central Bank of 19 September 2003, OJ C No. 229 of 24 September 2003, http://www.ecb.int/pub/legal/c_22920030925en00070011.pdf; European Commission (2003d): Opinion of the Commission on the recommendation of the European Central Bank for a Council decision on the amendment of article 10 paragraph 2 of the statutes of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (under article 10 paragraph 6 of the statutes), COM (2003) 81 of 19 February 2003; European Parliament (2003b): Legislative Resolution A5-0063/2003 of the European Parliament on the recommendation of the European Central Bank concerning a Council decision on an amendment to article 10.2 of the statutes of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, 13 March 2003; Council of the European Union (2003b): Council conclusions on the voting methods within the board of governors of the European Central Bank. 2485th Council Economic and Financial Affairs, 18 February 2003. The Ecofin Council of 7 March ‘noted a legislative text on a recommendation concerning the voting methods within the board of governors of the European Central Bank and noted the reservations expressed by Finland and the Netherlands’; Council of the European Union (2003c): Decision 2003/223/CE of the Council meeting at the level of heads of state and government on 21 March 2003 on an amendment to article 10.2 of the statutes of the European System of Central banks and of the European Central Bank, JO L 83 of 1 April 2003 pp. 66–8; Chairman of the European Convention (2003): Speech by the Chairman of the Convention, Verbatim, 4 July 2003, http://www.europarl.eu.int/europe2004/textes/verbatim_030704.htm; United Kingdom (2003): A Constitutional Treaty for the EU – The British Approach to the European Union Intergovernmental Conference 2003, 9 September 2003. The United Kingdom succeeded in keeping the right of veto on matters of foreign policy, social and tax policy. They also dispute the term ‘minister’ for foreign affairs of the Union. http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/FoE_IGC_Paper_cm5934_sm,0.pdf; Spain and Poland (2003): Spain and Poland’s ministerial statement on the IGC, 30 September 2003, http://www.mae.es/mae/ACTUALIDAD/verDocumento.jsp?idNodo=60839&plantilla=PlantillaComunicadoSinScroll&color=%237BA5C8; Bulletin quotidien Europe, No. 8556, 4 October 2003; IGC (2003): The Council Presidency, IGC 1/03 of 3 October 2003 http://ue.eu.int/igcpdf/en/03/cg00/cg00001.en03.pdf

Health care: European Health Insurance Card: European Commission (2003e): Commission communication concerning the introduction of a European health insurance card, COM (2003) 73 of 17 February 2003; European Commission (2003f): Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation 1408/71/EEC on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community, and Council Regulation 574/72/ EEC fixing the procedure for implementing Regulation 1408/71/EEC in respect of the alignment of rights and the simplification of procedures, COM (2003) 378 of 27 June 2003.

Equal opportunities: Maternity leave: European Court of Justice (2003a): Opinion of the Advocate-General LÈger, M.K. Alabaster, C-147/02,delivered on 30 September 2003. Equality, diversity and enlargement: European Commission (2003g): Equality, Diversity and Enlargement, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs, October 2003.

Social protection: ETUC/UNICE/UEAPME/CEEP (2003): Common letter ‘streamlining’ final (2003.102.6),of 16 September 2003.

Working conditions: Health and safety at work: European Commission (1990): Commission Recommendation 90/326/EEC of 22 May 1990 to the Member States concerning the adoption of a European schedule of occupational diseases, OJ L No. 160 of 26 June 1990, pp. 39–48; European Commission (1996): Commission communication concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases, COM(96) 454 of20 September 1996; European Commission (2003h): Commission Recommendation concerning the European schedule of occupational diseases of 19/09/2003,C(2003) 3297 of 19 September 2003, http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2003/sep/occ_disease_en.html.

European Commission (2002): Commission communication to Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Adapting to change in work and society: a new Community strategy on health and safety at work 2002-06’,COM (2002) 118 of 11 March 2002. Doctor’s working time: Court of Justice (2003b), Judgement on the reference for a preliminary ruling in Case C-151/02, Landeshauptstadt Kiel v. Norbert Jaeger, 9 September 2003. Council of the European Union (1993): Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, OJ L No. 307 of 13 December 1993, p. 18.