Digest

Employment and social policy: Follow up of Hampton Court Summit: Council of the European Union (2005a): 2699th Council Meeting Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs, 15291/05, Press 336, Brussels, 8–9 December 2005; European Commission (2005a): Amendment for a proposal on the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast version), COM (2005) 380 of 25 August 2005; European Commission (2005b): Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the portability of supplementary pension rights, COM (2005) 507 final of 20 October 2005; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2005): Commission issues draft Directive on the portability of supplementary pensions, 5 November 2005, http://www.eiro.eurofounf.eu.int/2005/11/inbrief/eu0511201n.html); European Commission (2005c): Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Working together, working better: a new framework for the open coordination of social protection and social inclusion policies in the European Union, COM (2005) 706 final of 22 December 2005; Presidency Conclusions (2006): Afternoon session on the social dimension of the revised Lisbon strategy at the Informal EPSCO Council Meeting, Villach, 20 January 2006, http://www.eu2006.bmsg.gv.at; European Commission (2005d): Commission Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – ‘Unlocking Europe's full potential: Commission legislative and work programme for 2006’, COM (2005) 531 of 25 October 2005; EU-Presidency (2006): Policy priorities: coordinating systems of social security, downloaded from http://www.eu2006.bmsg.gv.at on 2 February 2006.

Citizenship: Free movement of posted workers: Court of Justice of the European Communities (2005a): Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Arbetsdomstolen by order of that court of 15 September 2005 in Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetare fur bundet, Avdelning 1 of the Svenska Byggnadsarbetarefrbundet, Svenska Elektriker fr bundet, Case C-341/05, JO C 281 of 12 November 2005. Free movement of workers: European Commission (2006a): Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Report on the functioning of the Transitional Arrangements set out in the 2003 Accession Treaty (period 1 May–30 April 2006), COM (2006) of 8 February 2006. Immigration and asylum: European Commission (2005e): Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: priority actions for responding to the challenges of migration: first follow-up to Hampton Court, COM (2005) 621 of 30 November 2005; Council of the European Union (2004a): Council Regulation (EC) No. 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, OJ L 349, 25 November 2004; European Council (2005): Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council 15–16 December 2005, doc 15914; European Commission (2006b): Communication to the European Parliament and the European Council titled ‘Thematic programme for the cooperation with third countries in the areas of migration and asylum’, COM (2006) 26 of 25 January 2006. Policy plan on legal migration: European Commission (2005f): Communication from the Commission – Policy Plan on Legal Migration (SEC(2005)1680), COM (2005) 665 of 21 December 2005. Green Paper on the future of the European Migration Network: European Commission (2005g): Green Paper on the future of the European Migration Network, COM (2005) 606 of 28 November 2005). Common agenda on integration: Council of the European Union (2005b): Council Conclusions on a Common Agenda for Integration, 2696th Council Meeting Justice and Home Affairs, doc. 14390/05 (Presse 296) Brussels, 1–2 December 2005. Transparency in the work of the Council: Council of the European Union (2005c): 2702nd Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting – Brussels, 20–22 December 2005, 20–22/12/2005 Press: 349 No. 15479/05; Council of the European Union (2004b): Council Decision of 22 March 2004 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure, OJ L 106 of 15 April 2004, pp. 22–45. Various: Council of the European Union (2005d): Council Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for purposes of scientific research and Council Recommendation 2005/762/EC to facilitate the admission of third-country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community, OJ L 289 of 3 November 2005; Council of the European Union (2005e): Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status, OJ L 326 of 13 December 2005.

Future of the Union: Opinion of the European Parliament on the Reflection Period: European Parliament (2006a): European Parliament resolution A660414/2005 on the period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union (2005/2146(INI)), 19 January 2006; Belgian Prime Minister (2006): Speech by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, 17 January 2006: http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,1552/ and De Verenigde Staten van Europa, Houtekiet, Antwerpen, 2005, Belgie; European Economic and Social Committee (2005): Opinion of the EESC of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – the Commission's contribution to the period of reflection and beyond: Plan D for Democracy, Dialogue and Debate, COM (2005) 494, Rapporteur Jillian van Turnhout (Group III, Various Interests, Ireland); European Commission (2006c): Communication policy: better communication to enhance the public debate in Europe. White Paper, COM (2006) 35 of 1 February 2006.

Relations with the candidate countries: Negotiation with Turkey: Council of the European Union (2006): Council Decision on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with Turkey, doc. 15671/05, 17 January 2006; European Parliament (2006b): Report A6–0022/06 on the strategic review of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),1 February 2006, Rapporteur BenoÓt Hamon (PSE, FR). Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: European Commission (2005h): Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. ‘2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper’, COM (2005) 561 of 9 November 2005. Western Balkans: European Commission (2006d): Communication from the Commission. The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity, COM (2006) 27 of 27 January 2006.

Equal opportunities and non-discrimination: Court of Justice of the European Communities (2005b): Mangold C-144/04 of 22 November 2005; Council of the European Union (2000): Council Directive 2000/ 78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, OJ L 303 of 2 December 2000, 16–22.

Working conditions: Court of Justice of the European Communities (2005c): Dellas, C-14/04 of 1 December 2005; 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, 13 December 1993, p. 18.

Health: Medical devices: European Commission (2005i): Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and the Council as regards the review of the medical device Directives, (SEC(2005) 1742), COM (2005) 681 of 22 December 2005. Advanced therapies: European Commission (2005j): Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, COM (2005), 567 of 16 November 2005. Medicines forum: European Commission (2003): Communication from the Commission, a stronger European-based pharmaceutical industry for the benefit of the patient. A call for action, COM (2003) 383 of 1 July 2003; Commissioner Verheugen, (2005): SPEECH/05/311, Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry Future Post-G10/Pharmaceutical Strategy Annual Meeting of European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Association (EFPIA) Brussels, 1 June 2005. Medicines for children: European Commission (2005k): Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Parliament and of the Council on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No. 726/2004, Brussels, COM (2005) 577 final, 10 November 2005. High Level Group on Health Services and Medical Care: High Level Group on Health Services and Medical Care (2005): Work of the High Level Group on health services and medical care during 2005, HLG/2005/16, 18 November 2005. Obesity: European Commission (2005l): Green Paper ‘Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases’, COM (2005) 637 of 8 December 2005.