[PDF] Top 20 Information Guide: Employment Policy

... the employment and labour market policy area was confined to such areas as vocational ...did employment policy become a major area of ...on employment and workers’ ... See full document

... transport policy until 2018’, published on 21 January 2009 as COM(2009)8 (see also Press Releases IP/09/84 and MEMO/09/16 and Summaries of EU legislation), the Commission notes the economic significance of ... See full document

... On 19 July 2008, the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) formally opened its offices in Vigo, Spain. Established in 2005 and operational since early 2007, the Agency’s role is ‘to organise operational coordination ... See full document

... CAP has become one of the most important policy fields for the European Union. Agriculture was still a very significant sector of post-war European economies, both in terms of economic production and share of ... See full document

... negotiating a new international agreement on trade in services. On 15 February 2013, the Commission asked the Council to approve EU involvement in those negotiations, which cover all services sectors, including ... See full document

... The need for action on climate change and biodiversity loss continues to be one of the main priorities of the Commission and on 16 April 2013, it adopted ‘an EU strategy on adaptation to climate change’ (COM(2013)216; ... See full document

... On 25 March 2010, the High Representative issued a draft Council Decision establishing the European External Action Service (EEAS), which was approved on 26 April by the General Affairs Council (see Press Release ... See full document

... credit information treat women, regardless of marital status, in the same way as men; whether the credit history can be established and captured through participation in microfinance or group lending schemes; and ... See full document

... in employment attainment ...generate information about employment, occupations or organizations (Figuera, 1996) either in situations of unemployment as throughout a professional pathway (Valero, ... See full document

... Cohesion Policy budget totalling €347 billion will be invested in key Lisbon-related priorities, such as the knowledge economy, research, development and innovation, human capital and business ... See full document

... that examples of good performance and progress can be found throughout Europe that have the potential to inspire others for improvement. At the same time, educational systems in many Member States continue to show signs ... See full document

... transitional periods to be agreed for the implementation of specific pieces of Community legislation. Such periods were granted to countries joining the EU in 2004 in a variety of policy fields. The option to ... See full document

... chance policy, by addressing four main issues: changing attitudes, insolvency law, support for businesses at risk, support for restarters (see also MEMO/07/402, the Second chance website and Summaries of EU ... See full document

... As currently framed, the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC is designed to ensure the achievement of the 2020 renewable energy targets. It foresees a post- 2020 roadmap in 2018. However, stakeholders have already been ... See full document

... share information with each other for the purposes of enforcing EC legislation that protects consumers’ interests (that is, fifteen Directives and Regulations listed in the annex to the ... See full document

... However, the story of State aid policy has been one of adaptation and resilience. To keep pace with change, the legal framework governing State aid control, developing the Treaty provisions, has been updated ... See full document