Digest: Cécile Barbier,Caroline de la Porte;Dalila Ghailani,Rita Baeten and Philippe Pochet

Employment and social affairs: European Council (2004): Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council, 4/5 November 2004, 14292/04; High Level Expert Group (Commission/Kok) (2004): Facing the Challenge - the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Employment, November 2004.

Citizenship: Governance: approval of the Commission by the European Parliament: Committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (2004): Letter from the Chairman of the Committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to the President of the European Parliament, 2004; European Parliament (2004): Joint motion for a resolution by Johannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group and Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group replacing the motions by the following groups: Verts/ALE (B60088/2004); ALDE (B60093/2004), PSE (B60098/2004), GUE/NGL (B60099/2004), on the approval of the new Commission, 26 October 2004; European Parliament (2004b): European Parliament Resolution (B6-0151, 0168, 0187 and 0188/2004) on the election of the new Commission, 18 November 2004; European Citizenship: European Commission (2004a): Report from the Commission: Fourth Report on Citizenship of the Union, COM (2004) 695 final, 26 October 2004 and Commission Staff Working Document: Annex to the Fourth Report on Citizenship of the Union (1 May 2001-30 April 2004), SEC(2004)1280 of 26 October 2004; Council of the European Union and European Parliament (2004a): European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/365/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC, OJ L 158, 30 April 2004; Towards a fundamental rights agency: European Commission (2004b): Communication of the Commission on the Fundamental Rights Agency. Public consultation document, COM (2004) 693 final, 25 October 2004; European Commission (2004c): (only in French) Annexe à la Communication de la Commission sur l’Agence des Droits Fondamentaux, Document de consultation publique, Document de travail des services de la Commission, SEC (2004) 1281, 25 Octobre 2004 and List of opinions by the EU Network of Independent Experts in Fundamental Rights regarding the Role of National Institutions for the protection of Human Rights in the Member States of the European Union available at: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/cfr_cdf/doc/avis/2004_1_en.pdf); Area of freedom, security and justice: ‘the Hague Programme’: Dutch Presidency (2004a): Draft multiannual programme: ‘The Hague Programme; strengthening freedom, security and justice in the European Union’, Dutch Presidency, doc. 13302/1/04 rev. 15 October 2004; Asylum and immigration: European Parliament (2004c): European Parliament recommendation A6-0010/2004 to the Council and to the European Council on the future of the area of freedom, security and justice as well as on the measures required to enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness thereof, 14 October 2004 based on the Bourlanges (F, EALD) report); Dutch Presidency (2004b): Draft multiannual programme: ‘The Hague Programme; strengthening freedom, security and justice in the European Union’, Dutch Presidency, doc. 13302/2/02 of 22 October 2004; Council of the Union (2004a): 2618th Council Meeting ‘Justice and Home Affairs’, Brussels, 19 November 2004, 14615/04 (Presse 321); European Commission (2004d): Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, COM (2004) 628 of 29 September 2004; European Commission (2004e): Handbook on Integration for Policy-makers and Practitioners, Jan Niessen and Yongmi Schibel of the Migration Policy Group, November 2004; Admission of third countries’ researchers: Council of the European Union (2004a):???; European Commission (2004f): Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the presentation of a proposal for a Directive and two proposals for recommendations on the admission of third-country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community; proposal for a Council Directive on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for purposes of scientific research; proposals for Council recommendations to facilitate the admission of third-country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community and to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the European Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research, COM (2004) 178 of 16 March 2004.

Future of the Union/Relations with the candidate countries: Recommendation of the Commission on the adhesion of Turkey to the EU: European Commission (2004g): Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Recommendation of the European Commission on Turkey’s progress towards accession, COM (2004) 656 of 6 October 10 2004; European Parliament (2004d): European Parliament resolution B6-0067/2004 on the procedures for ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and a communication strategy for the said Treaty, 14 October 2004; Opinion of the EESC and of the CoR on the Draft Constitution: European Economic and Social Committee (2004): Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, rapporteur Henri Malosse (employers’ group, France 28 October 2004; Committee of the Regions (2004): Opinion on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Rapporteurs: Mr Franz Schausberger, Representative of Land Salzburg in the Committee of the Regions (AT-EPP) Cllr Lord Tope, Greater London Authority (UK-ELDR), 18 November 2004.

Health care: Paediatric medicines: European Commission (2004h): Proposal for a Regulation on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, COM (2004) 599 of 29 September 2004.

European Commission (2004j): Proposal for a Council Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the access to and supply of goods an services, COM (2003) 657 final, 5 November 2003.

Working conditions: European Parliament and Council (2003): Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, OJ L 299, of 18 November 2003; European Commission (2004k): Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time, COM (2004) 607, 22 September 2004; Court of Justice of the European Communities (2000): Sindicato of Médicos of Asistencia Pública (SIMAP) v. Conselleria de Sanidad y Consumo de la Generalidad Valenciana, case C-303/98, Judgment of the Court of 3 October 2000; Court of Justice of the European Communities (2003): Reference for a preliminary ruling: Landesarbeitsgericht Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) in the proceedings pending before that court between Landeshauptstadt Kiel and Norbert Jaeger, case C-151/02, Judgment of the Court of 9 October 2003.