Employment and social policy: European Council (2004): Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council, 25/26 March 2004. European Commission (2004a): Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Scoreboard on implementing the social policy agenda, COM (2004) 137 of 1 March 2004; European Commission (2004b): Communication on strengthening the implementation of the European Employment Strategy, Proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of Member States, Recommendation for a Council recommendation on the implementation of Member States’ employment policies, COM (2004) 239 of 7 April 2004 http://europa.eu.int/eurlex/en/com/pdf/2004/com2004_0239en01.pdf; European Commission (2004c): Commission Recommendation on the 2004 update of the Broad Guidelines of the Economic Policies of the Member States and the Community (for the 2003–2005 period), COM (2004) 238 of 7 April 2004 http://europa.eu.int/eurlex/en/com/pdf/2004/com2004_0238en01.pdf
2.
Citizenship: Free movement of people and access to labour market: Documents concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, Annexes V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XII and XIV (Annexes VII and XI exclude Cyprus and Malta), JO L 236 of 23 September 2003, pp. 803–924; Asylum:NGOs press release (2004): Refugee and Human Rights Organisations Across Europe Express Their Deep Concern at the Expected Agreement on Asylum Measures in Breach of International Law, 28 April 2004 http://www.amnesty-eu.be/1/ECRE-HRW-AI_JHA_Council_29_04_04.doc). Asylum: Council of the European Union (2004a): 2579th Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting – Luxembourg, 29 April 2004 Press: 123 No. 8694/04 and Amended proposal for a Council Directive on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status, 8771/04, ASILE 33, 30 April 2004 http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/04/st08/st08158-ad01.en04.pdf; Council of the European Union (2004b): 2579th Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting – Luxembourg, 29 April 2004, Press: 123 No. 8694/04 and Council Directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted, 8043/04, ASILE 23, 27 April 2004, http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/04/st08/st08043.en04.pdf
3.
Future of the Union/Relations with the candidate countries: Intergovernmental Conference: Intergovernmental Conference (2004a): Report on the Intergovernmental Conference, CIG 70/04 of 24/03/2004; United Kingdom (2003): A Constitutional Treaty for the EU – the British Approach to the European Union Intergovernmental Conference 2003, 9 September 2003; Intergovernmental Conference (2004b): IGC 2003 – Meeting of Focal Points (Dublin, 4 May 2004) working document CIG 73/04 of 29 April 2004. Candidate countries: European Parliament (2004a): European Parliament resolution A5– 0204/2004 on the 2003 regular report of the Commission on Turkey’s progress towards accessionof 1 April 2004; Council of the European Union (2004c): 2576th General Affairs Council meeting– Luxembourg 26 April 2004, Press: 115 No. 8566/04; European Commission (2004d): Communication from the Commission Opinion on Croatia’s Application for Membership of the European Union, COM (2004) 257 of 20 April 2004. Various: European Parliament (2004b): Decision B5–0227/2004 approving the Commission in its new form, 5 May 2004.
4.
Health care: Commission Communications on health care cooperation: European Commission (2004e): Communication from the Commission: follow-up to the High Level reflection process on patient mobility and health care developments in the European Union, Brussels, COM (2004) 301 of 20 April 2004; European Commission (2004f): Communication from the Commission. Modernising social protection for the development of high-quality, accessible and sustainable health care and long-term care: support for the national strategies using the ‘open method of coordination’, COM (2004) 304 final of 21 April 2004; European Commission (2004g): Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, ‘e-Health – making healthcare better for European citizens: an action plan for a European e-Health Area’, COM 2004/356 of 30 April 2004. A Communication on social services of general interest including public health?: European Commission (2004h): Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: White Paper on services of general interest, COM (2004) 374 of 12 May 2004; European Parliament (2004c): European Parliament Resolution A5–0484/2003 on the Green Paper on services of general interest, of 14 January 2004; European Commission (2004i): Commission Staff Working Paper Report on the Public Consultation on the Green Paper on Services of General Interest, SEC (2004) 326 of 15 March 2004. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): European Parliament and Council (2004): Regulation (EC) No. 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control, OJ L 142 of 30 April 2004. Ruling on competition rules and sickness fund associations: European Court of Justice (2004a): ECJ, 16 March 2004, AOK Bundeseverband v Ichthyol-Gesellschaft Cordes, Hermani & Co., C-264/01, C-306/01, C-354/01, C-355/01).
5.
Equal opportunities: Ruling on maternity leave and annual leave: European Court of Justice (2004b): ECJ, 18 March 2004, Maria Paz Merino Gomez v. Continental Industrias del Caucho SA, C- 342/01. Equal treatment between men and women: European Commission (2004j): Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, COM (2004) 279, 21 April 2004.
6.
Social Dialogue: Council of the European Union (1994): Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Communityscale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees, OJ L 254 of 30 September 1994; European Commission (2000): Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of the Directive on the establishment of a European works council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Communityscale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees(Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994, COM (2000) 188 of 4 April 2000; European Parliament (2001): Resolution A5–0282/2001 PE 308.750/ 28); European Economic and Social Committee (2003): Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Practical application of the European Works Council Directive (94/45/ EC) and on any aspects of the directive that might need to be revised (Exploratory opinion), CESE 1164/2003, 24 September 2003.
7.
Working conditions: European Commission (2004k): Second phase of consultation of the Social Partners at Community level concerning the revision of Directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time, 19 May 2004, http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/labour_law/docs/wtd_en.pdf; European Court of Justice (2000): Judgment of the Court of 3 October 2000 in case C-303/98, Sindicato de Medicos de Asistencia Pública (Simap) v. Conselleria de Sanidad y Consumo de la Generalidad Valenciana, European Court reports 2000, p. I-07963; European Court of Justice (2003): Judgment on the reference for a preliminary ruling in Case C-151/02, Landeshauptstadt Kiel v. Norbert Jaeger, 9 September 2003 (not yet published); 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 307 of 13 December 1993, p. 18.
