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Europaudvalget 2004-05 (1. samling)
Det Europæiske Råd 22-23/3 2005 Bilag 1
Offentligt

emmerne af Folketingets Europaudvalg

res stedfortrædere

Journalnummer

400.C.2-0

Kontor

EUK

7. februar 2005

Til underretning for Folketingets Europaudvalg vedlægges i forbindelse med Det Euro-

pæiske Råd i Bruxelles den 22.-23. marts 2005 Kommissionens synteserapport med bilag,

KOM(2005) 24, SEC(2005) 192 samt SEC (2005) 193.

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 3.2.2005

SEC (2005) 192

LISBON ACTION PLAN INCORPORATING EU LISBON PROGRAMME AND

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTIONS TO MEMBER STATES FOR INCLUSION

IN THEIR NATIONAL LISBON PROGRAMMES

Companion document to the Communication to the Spring European Council 2005

{COM (2005) 24}

Working together for growth and jobs

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The fiches enclosed provide a draft Lisbon Action Programme.

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Central Policy Area - 1:

Extend and deepen the Internal Market

Completing the Single Market, particularly in the area of services, regulated professions, public

procurement and financial services remains a crucial task. So does better implementation and en-

forcement of legislation already decided. A fresh political impulse to the Single Market can be ex-

pected to make a significant contribution to growth and jobs as the removal of remaining barriers

will create new opportunities for market entrants. The resulting greater competition will also spur

investment and innovation. This is all the more important against a backdrop of stagnating intra-

EU trade in goods and stalling price convergence. Part of making the most of the Internal Market

in EU-25 relies on Member States taking greater ownership and working together in partnership

in order to make it easier to trade and invest. In this context, Member States should ensure that

their own regulatory systems are better attuned to the needs of an EU-wide market.

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Central Policy Area - 1: Extend and deepen the Internal Market

OLICY

EA-

SURE AT

OMMUNITY

LEVEL

NSTRUMENT

OADMAP

ANISH

POSITION

Free movement

of services:

Remove

the

remaining barriers

to trade and in-

vestment in ser-

vices within the

European Union

Legislation

Administrative

cooperation

Transparency of

national regulati-

on.

Free movement

of goods:

Revision of the

New Approach

Legislation

- Currently: direc-

tive on Services

under negotiation

in Council and

Parliament.

- By the end of

2005,

common

position.

- Respect agreed

timetables

for

liberalisation

energy and trans-

port

markets,

including

3rd

railway package,

access to seaport

services

- In 2005, proposal

to extend the

Directive 98/34 to

services. - By 2007,

adoption.

- In 2005, Com-

mission proposal

to be adopted.

- In 2006, Adopti-

on of the new

legislation.

- 2004: proposal

to simplify the

current

VAT

compliance obliga-

tions. The propo-

sal would provide

for a "one-stop-

shop"

system

where a trader

could fulfil all his

VAT obligations

for EU-wide acti-

vities in the Mem-

ber State in which

he is established.

- By 2005: It is

important that the

Council finds the

necessary unanimi-

ty for adoption.

- 2005: Commissi-

on to work with

European Parlia-

ment and Council

to ensure a marked

Legislation

VAT payments

Legislation

REACH proposals

Legislation

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improvement in

health and en-

vironment positive

impact on compe-

titiveness

and

innovation, reduce

the burden on

SMEs,

improve

overall workability

and reduce animal

tests.

- 2006: Common

Position.

Free movement

of capital:

Modernisation of

company law to

facilitate

cross

border

mergers

and takeovers.

Legislation

- First half 2005:

adoption of 10

Company

Law

Directive (cross-

border mergers).

- 2006: adoption of

Company Law

Directive (transfer

of company seat)

Mid-2005:

Commission

adopt proposal for

a Directive on the

legal

framework

for

payments

systems.

Early

2006:

Commission

adopt proposal for

a framework Di-

rective on clearing

and settlement of

securities actions.

- July 2005: Com-

mission to adopt

Green Paper on

Asset

Manage-

ment.

- 2006/7: based on

the stakeholders

consultation abo-

ve, Commission to

make proposals to

develop a functio-

ning EU single

market for invest-

ment funds.

- Agreement on

the

Common

Consolidated Tax

Base and its rapid

implementation

Consolidate and

complete

the

integration of the

financial services

markets.

Legislation

Consolidate

corporate

base

Legislation

tax

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS

EMBER

OSSIBLE

INSTRUMENT

NDICATIVE

ROADMAP

ROGRESS

NDICA-

TOR

(

IF EXISTING

)

MPACT ON JOBS

AND GROWTH

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TATES

Effective timely and

correct implementa-

tion and enforce-

ment of internal

market legislation*

Recommendation

Internal Market

Scoreboard

Infringements

Networks

Information

systems

Administrative

cooperation

- Member States

need to meet the

transposition

targets

agreed

long ago by the

European Coun-

cil. Dutch Presi-

dency has asked

each MS to set its

own date for

reaching

the

targets.

- Legislative pro-

cess needs to be

complemented by

networking and

mutual assistance

between Member

States (supported

by modern in-

formation

sy-

stems) and by the

screening

domestic legisla-

tion for compati-

bility with EU

rules in order to

make the internal

market

work

better in practice.

March

2004:

adoption of the

new

legislative

package of public

procurement

Directives. The

package aims to

simplify the exi-

sting system.

By 31 January

2006: Member-

States implement

them into natio-

nal law.

The aim is to imple-

ment legislation in

such a way that it

makes the free move-

ment of products and

services work more

simply and better.

* mandatory

Effective and effici-

ent application of

EU public procure-

ment rules through

simplification, better

compliance and e-

procurement.

* mandatory

Legislation

Best practice

Redress mecha-

nisms

Supervision

Administrative

cooperation

Effective application

of legislation will lead

to increased competi-

tion in public procu-

rement markets which

represent more than

16% of GDP. This will

foster the competitive-

ness of firms operating

in those markets and

according to some

studies could reduce

prices by up to 30%.

Other related issues

Patents, including Community patent

Mobility in the professions

Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Priority 10 “Providing incentives for the acquisition of skills,

knowledge and human capital”

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Central Policy Area – 2:

Ensure open and competitive markets inside and outside

EU competition policy has played a key role in shaping European competitive

markets and this will continue in the enlarged Europe in particular through

proactive enforcement and a state aid reform regarding innovation, R&D and

risk capital. At the same time, European companies are facing more and more

international challenges (the emergence of new international competitors, US

competition …) and EU trade policy needs to ensure that they can have ac-

cess to third markets and compete on a fair basis. In summary, open markets,

both in Europe and globally, are crucial to generating higher growth rates.

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Central Policy Area - 2 – Ensure open and competitive markets inside and

outside Europe

OLICY

EASU-

RE AT

OMMUNITY

LEVEL

NSTRUMENT

International

agreement

OADMAP

- Approving the DDA end

2006 – early 2007.

ANISH POSITI-

Completion of an

ambitious agree-

ment

the

framework of the

Doha-Round

Completion

bilateral and regio-

nal FTAs

International

agreement

A level playing

field on govern-

ment procurement

legislation

and international

Agreements

(WTO and bila-

teral)

- Concluding a wide-reaching

free trade agreement with

Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina,

Uruguay and Paraguay)

- Concluding a wide-reaching

free trade agreement with the

Gulf Cooperation Council

(Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar,

UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait)

- Study the possibility of

adopting a new EU trade

instrument (compatible with

existing WTO or bilateral

commitments) to motiva-

te/give incentives to third

countries to commit themsel-

ves to open up their public

procurement markets to EU

suppliers.

- Assess how to arrive at a

level playing field, e.g.

through the application of

the principle of reciprocity.

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A new drive for

regulatory

and

administrative

convergence

International

agreement,

Global

stan-

dards,

Bilateral relati-

ons,

International

cooperation

Selective sectoral

competition scree-

ning and competi-

tiveness

asses-

sments

Sectoral enqui-

ries and asses-

sments in key

markets impor-

tant for the Lis-

bon Strategy.

Reform of the State

aid architecture

Commission’s

policy

instru-

ments

- Strengthening the US EU

Guidelines for regulatory

cooperation and transparency

and adoption in 2005 of a

forward looking strategy for

EU US cooperation as set out

in the 2004 Dromoland Cast-

le Economic Statement.

- Rapid conclusion of an

agreement

with

Canada

(TIEA).

- Driving forward the agreed

agenda with ASEAN through

TREATI

- Increased respect for intel-

lectual property rights (IPR)

including improved enforce-

ment (implementation of the

IPR enforcement strategy

adopted in November 2004

by the Commission)

- Reinforced bilateral and

multilateral cooperation on

competition policy and trans-

port policy (TEN’s, aviation,

GALILEO, maritime safety)

- Carry out market enquiries

and competitiveness asses-

sments in key sectors for the

Lisbon Strategy in order to

ascertain the underlying rea-

sons for dysfunctional mar-

kets, by examining all features

of the market that might

restrict

competition,

including with a view to

assessing the impact of EU

legislation on competition

and competitiveness.

- Adoption of reviewed texts

by end 2006

eCustoms: Intro-

duce modern pro-

cesses and proce-

dures into customs

legislation

and

practice

Legislation

- Launch of pluriannual

eCustoms programme and

adoption of the Modernised

Community Customs Code.

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS TO

EMBER

TATES

OSSIBLE

INSTRUMENT

NDICATIVE

ROADMAP

DANISH POSITI-

State-aid reduction

and redirection of

remaining state aid to

horizontal “Lisbon”

objectives

National budgets

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Selective competition

and competitiveness

screening

National sectoral

enquiries

and

remedies

- Carry out market en-

quiries; also to assess the

impact of national regu-

lation on competition.

Remedial actions taken

at national level

Other related issues

Review of State aid framework

Pro-Active Competition Policy

Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Priority 7: “Contributing to a strong European industrial

base”

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Central Policy Area - 3:

Improve European and national regulation

Better regulation has a significant positive impact on the framework conditions for economic

growth, employment and productivity by cutting costs and removing obstacles to flexibility and in-

novation. More competition friendly legislation would also help create more conducive conditions for

economic growth and improved productivity. This comprises measures such as simplification and

efforts to reduce the burden of administrative costs. An appropriate regulatory framework will also

strengthen consumer confidence and thereby contribute to growth. Furthermore, it is crucial to en-

sure and, where necessary, improve of the role of national administration in providing adequate

conditions for the market (e.g. e-governance, fight against corruption).

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Central Policy Area - 3: Improve European and national regulation

OLICY

EASU-

RE AT

OMMU-

NSTRUMENT

NITY LEVEL

OADMAP

- By end 2005: putting

in place a mechanism to

advise the Commission

on quality of the Impact

Assessment.

- By June 2005: Estab-

lishment of

internal

mechanisms to ensure

that all major Commis-

sion legislative and

policy proposals that

may impact business are

accompanied by tho-

rough IA analysis on the

basis of the agreed

methodology .

- By March 2005: For-

mal adoption of revised

IA guidelines

DANISH POSITI-

Outside expertise

on quality and

methodology

carrying out Im-

pact Assessment.

Assessing

the

competitiveness

effect of new legis-

lative/policy pro-

posals through the

Commission’s

Impact Assessment

(IA) instrument.

Commission

decision

Commission

decision

Commission

decision

Commission

decision

- By March 2005,

approval of pilot pro-

jects for improving the

assessment of admini-

strative costs and incor-

poration of an agreed

Interinstitutional approach to measure

agreement

administrative costs in

the Impact Assessment

system before the end

Commission

of 2005;

decision

- Assessment by the

three institutions of the

proper implementation

of the interinstitutional

agreement.

- By spring 2006, annual

report on impact asses-

sment progress in the

EU and in Member

States

Principles

and - Improved internal

minimum stan- mechanisms within the

dards for consul- Commission services to

tation

make sure that the pro-

posals submitted to the

Commission fulfil the

minimum standards.

Commission

- Annual simplification

decision

rolling

programme,

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Consultation

Simplification

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laying down clear tar-

gets to be met within

specified deadlines

Enforcement of

the Interinstitu- - Establishment of a fast

tional agreement track procedure for

relevant cases in Coun-

cil and EP

(Art. 34 of the

Interinstitutional

ment)

agree-

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS TO

EMBER

TA-

TES

NSTRUMENT

OMC

OSSIBLE

NDICATIVE

OADMAP

Adoption of indica-

tors (based on propo-

sal

contained

Commission Com-

munication).

DANISH POSITI-

Governance

and

Regulatory policy

management

Impact Assessment

OMC

Simplification

Active role to be

played by the

Competitiveness

Council

- Regular reviews on

progress achieved by

MS in putting in place

regulatory

policy

practices and ad-hoc

follow up structures,

including those ensu-

ring the highest level

of quality public

service

- Regular reviews of

progress made by MS

in conducting IA on

their own legislative

initiatives and regular

reviews of methodo-

logies applied at

national level on IA

- Establishment of a

monitoring system to

review

progress

achieved by MS in the

area of reduction of

administrative bur-

dens

- Encourage MS to

develop comprehen-

sive

simplification

programmes

OMC

- Consider the intro-

duction of an ‘In-

ternal Market compa-

tibility test’ to be

applied to national

legislatives initiatives

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Central Policy Area - 4:

Expand and improve European infrastructure

A modern infrastructure is an important competitiveness factor in many enterprise decisions, affec-

ting the economic and social attractiveness of locations. Also, infrastructure investments in the new

Member States will encourage growth and lead to more convergence, in economic, social and en-

vironmental terms. Given the long term effects of infrastructure, decisions in this field should signi-

ficantly contribute to sustainability. Finally, we need to pursue the already decided liberalisation in

key sectors (such as energy and other network industries) as an essential lever for ensuring the best

use of physical infrastructure for the benefit of both industry and consumers

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Central Policy Area - 4: Expand and improve European infrastructure

OLICY

EA-

SURE AT

OMMUNITY

LEVEL

NSTRUMENT

Expenditure

EIB loans

OADMAP

Mobilise the current

and 2007-2013 Budget

(TENS budget line,

Cohesion funds and

ERDF, guarantee in-

struments)

Completing

the

Trans-European

Networks (including

the motorways of the

sea)



The decision on the

2004 TEN Guide-

lines estimated the

cost of entire net-

work at €600 bn, to

be built by 2020.



30 priority projects

decided by the Par-

liament and Council

which will cost €

225 bn.

Achieving

cross-

border interconnecti-

ons.



By 2010, ‘quick

start’ works on 30

sections

projects

costing €38 billion

should be built.



15 TEN energy

projects costing €10

billion until 2010.



The development of

electricity

cross-

border interconnect-

ors

8 projects with €14

billion for high-speed

and mobile commu-

nications networks,

R&D and innovation.



Possible legislation

on digital tacho-

graph



R&D on multimodal

real-time

infor-

mation



Standardisation:

questions for univer-

sal on-board unit



European Railway

Traffic Management

Systems (ERTMS)



by spring 2005,

DANSIH POSI-

TION

TENs including

Quick Start Pro-

grammes

Intelligent Trans-

port Systems, lo-

gistics and inter-

modality

Legislation

Expenditure

Standardisation

Legislation

OMC

(co-

ordinated deploy-

ment plan)

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adoption of further

Technical Specifica-

tions for Interopera-

bility for conven-

tional rail)



SESAME: Moderni-

sation of ATM in-

frastructure.

Definition

phase

Summer

2005-

2007;- Implementa-

tion phase to start in

2007;- COM pro-

posal on governance

structure for imple-

mentation phase 2Q

2005

ECOMMENDED ACTIONS

EMBER

TATES

Transposition and applicati-

on of the liberalisation Direc-

tives*

OSSIBLE IN-

STRUMENT

NDICATIVE ROADMAP

DANISH POSITION

Framework Legislati-

on Secondary legisla-

tion in Member States

OMC (co-ordination

of Regulatory bodies)

Legislation

Expenditure

Electronic Fee collec-

tion: development of

an EU norm

- Timetables for building key TEN

links, as well as complementary infra-

structure

(see above)

Digital Tachograph: completion of

tests to connect to the Tachonet sy-

stem

* mandatory

TENs and Quick Start Pro-

grammes

Intelligent Transport System

Related issues

Research

Climate change - The European Climate Change

Programme (ECCP) s

Environmental technologies

Energy efficiency

Technology Platforms

Priority 5 “Increase and improve investment in Research and

Development”

Priority 6: “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Priority 6: “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Priority 6: “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Priority 7: “Contributing to a strong European industrial

base”

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Central policy area 5:

Increase and Improve investment in Research and Development

In advanced economies such as the EU, knowledge, including R&D, is a key driver of productivi-

ty growth. The EU invests about a third less in R&D than the USA – this is largely due to less

private sector R&D. Annually the USA spends about €80 billion more on business R&D than

the EU. More favourable framework conditions for both public and private R&D and better co-

ordination across Member States and with the EU level could contribute to ensuring faster pro-

gress towards the target of 3% of GDP for R&D expenditure. In fact a strong competitive pres-

sure provides powerful incentives for companies to continuously engage in innovation and R&D.

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Central policy area 5: Increase and Improve investment in Research and De-

velopment

OLICY

EASURE

OMMUNITY LE-

VEL

NSTRUMENT

OADMAP

DANISH POSITION

Gain leadership in

key

technological

areas through the

new

R&D

framework

pro-

gramme with

- a doubled budget

-an increase in indu-

stry participation

-increased focus on

industrial needs

Expenditure

July 2004-Oct 2004:

- including initia-

Public consultation.

tives under article

2005: FP7 proposed

169 and 171 and

by Commission

a new risk sharing

including actions for:

mechanism with

- Researchers : Marie

EIB

Curie scheme

- Frontier knowledge :

European Research

Council

- Research cooperation,

including coordination

of national programmes

and Joint Technology

Initiatives, building on

the work of European

Technology Platforms

- Research capacities:

infrastructures, measu-

res for the regions,

SMEs, etc.

2006, adoption of

FP7 by the Council and

the Parliament by co-

decision

- Adoption of EU

frameworks to:



Make

re-

careers

more attractive,

including in the

private sector



Ensure

optimal EU-wide

use of fiscal in-

centives in favo-

R&D

(identify

best

practices

and

constraints

Community law

and where app-

ropriate, recom-

mend tax measu-

res)



Improve re-

search collabora-

tion and techno-

logy

transfer

between public

research and in-

dustry

2005: adoption of new

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Improve conditions

for investment in

research:

- research careers

- fiscal incentives

- relations between

public research and

industry

EU Guidelines or

recommendations

Enhance possibiliti-

Framework

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es for Member-States

to support R&D.

Enhance EU attrac-

tiveness for R&D

activities

- Fast track visa and

work permit arrange-

ments for third coun-

try researchers.

state aid

Legislation

Recommendation

framework of state aids

to R&D

- Directive+ 2 recom-

mendations proposed in

2004.

- June 2004: agreement

on a common orientation

on the recommendations.

- Nov 2004, adoption by

the JHA of a general

common orientation on

the directive.

- By end 2008 transposi-

tion by the MS of the

directive

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS

EMBER

TATES

OSSIBLE

N-

STRUMENTS

NDICATIVE

ROADMAP

DANISH POSITION

Implement policies

to achieve national

targets contributing

to the overall 3%

target

OMC

3% action plan

- Strengthening OMC

based on the results of

the first cycle

- Implementation of

measures according to

each MS’ timetable

Other related issues

Reform of the state aid architecture

Priority 2 “Ensure open and competitive markets inside and

outside Europe”

EIB Innovation 2010 initiative.

Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

Support to regional innovation…)

sustainable use of resources”

Foster knowledge Absorption by enterprises

Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Promoting the development and uptake of en- Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

vironmental technologies

sustainable use of resources”

Energy efficiency and low carbon technology

Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Climate change

Priority 6 “Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Increase the high technology content of the EU Priority 7: “Contributing to a strong European industrial base”

industry

Education policy

Priority 10 “Providing incentives for the acquisition of skills,

knowledge and human capital”

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Central Policy Area - 6:

Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the sustainable use of

resources

In advanced economies such as that of the EU, innovation is the principal determinant of produc-

tivity growth. In turn, competition and tax policy play a crucial role in determining innovation

especially in the context of rapidly changing technology. By obtaining more output from given in-

puts, productivity growth can also make a significant contribution to ensuring that economic growth

is increasingly environmentally sustainable. This is why eco-innovations need to be strongly promo-

ted, notably in transport and energy.

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Central Policy Area - 6: Facilitate innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources

OLICY

E-

ASURE AT

OMMUNITY

LEVEL

N-

STRU-

MENT

OADMAP

– Adoption of the

Community Patent

Regulation

– Revision of the

legal framework

for State aid:



Mid-

2005: State aid

and innovation



End-

2005: Risk capi-

tal



End-

2005: Regional

State aid guide-

lines period af-

ter 2006

- End-2005: Commu-

nication on Ventu-

re Capital:



Lift legal, admin-

istrative and

tax barriers to

the cross-

border activity

of venture

capital funds;

and



Improve exit

mechanisms to

encourage in-

vestment.

– Mid-2005: Adop-

tion of High

Growth and Inno-

vative SME Fa-

cility (GIF) within

CIP

–

European Invest-

ment Bank: Inno-

vation 2010 initia-

tive

DANISH POSITION

Creation of a

patent giving

Community

wide protection

Facilitate ac-

cess to finance

for innovative

enterprises

Legislati-

Court

infrastruc-

ture

Legislati-

Expen-

diture

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Foster know-

ledge absorpti-

on by enterpri-

ses

Expen-

diture

– Business Innova-

tion Support

Scheme, to evalu-

ate technology

needs of SMEs

and subsequently

to carry out trans-

national technolo-

gy transfer pro-

jects (see also

policy area 5)

– End-2005: Com-

munity strategic

guidelines on co-

hesion

– End-2006: Deci-

sion on operation-

al programmes

– 2005: Innovating

Regions in Eu-

rope: launch new

regional innova-

tion actions, in-

cluding Mutual

Learning Platform



2005/6: review of

regulatory frame-

work for electronic

communications



2005: Revision of

Community rules in

the area of ICT

standardisation

Foster regional

innovation

Networ-

king

Expen-

diture:

Structural

Funds

Networ-

king

World-class

ICT and media

sectors

Legislati-



Recom-

mendati-

ons

Expen-

diture

From 2005: re-

view/ adoption of

other EU law rele-

vant (e.g. IPR/ digi-

tal rights manage-

ment, software pa-

tentability, TV

without frontiers)



2006: Action

Plan for high-tech

start-ups and eSkills

in the framework of

i2010 initiative



2005-2010: stim-

ulate investment

through EU support

to R&D (IST in

FP7) and deploy-

ment (ICT policy

support fund)

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Environmental

Expenditu-

technologies

Co-

ordination

European

Energy

Efficiency

Initiative

(Green

Paper 2005)

Legislation

Technology push



Increase R&D,

Dissemination ef-

fort on eco-

innovation in 6th

and 7th FP



Technology plat-

forms related to en-

vironmental tech-

nologies



Establish an EU-

wide system for

testing and verify-

ing environmental

technologies.

Market Pull



Mobilise EU

funds for co-

financing invest-

ment capi-

tal/venture capital

for eco-innovation



Establish perfor-

mance targets for

key products, ser-

vices and processes



Green Public

procurement



Remove market

barriers and envi-

ronmentally-

harmful subsidies

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Energy effici-

Expenditu-

ency and re-

newable energy

Coordinati-

Legislation

(i.a. through

European

Climate

Change

Program-

me)

Technology push

(R&D, Dissemina-

tion)



Financing: in-

crease R&D, Dis-

semination funding



Low carbon

technology invest-

ment fund (EIB)



Technology Plat-

forms related to low

carbon technologies

(e.g. hydrogen and

photovoltaics)

Market Pull



Energy Services

Directive



Buildings

Di-

rective



Emission trading

: review 2006



Eco-design

di-

rective



Energy efficiency

standards for ener-

gy-using Products -

implementation

daughter directives



Energy labelling

including Energy

Star (extension of

scope)



Incentive

schemes and fiscal

instruments



Intelligent Ener-

gy Europe Pro-

gramme



Clean vehicles



Hydrogen pilot

project

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS TO

EMBER

TA-

TES

NSTRUMENT

OSSIBLE

NDICATIVE

ROADMAP

DANISH POSITION

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Reduce the cost of

patenting

Adoption of best

practice

Expenditure

Promote technolo-

development

and innovation via

public

procure-

ment

Promoting

eco-

efficient innovation

Public procure-

ment policy

Co-ordination

Expenditure

– Reduction in

the cost of pa-

tenting by:



ado

ption of best

practice in

processing

demands

and en-

forcement;



cha

nging the

fees

2006: Recom-

mendations on the

use of public

procurement to

create “lead mar-

kets” for new

technologies



National

roadmaps for

ETAP imple-

mentation



Co-ordinating

R&D activities

in eco-

innovation



Promoting

Green Public

Procurement

nationally



Removing

market barriers

and review en-

vironmentally

harmful subsi-

dies



Mobilising

risk funding:

establishing

green invest-

ment funds,

transfer of good

practices



Promoting

eco-efficient

production sys-

tems and clean

products

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Climate Change -

Expenditure

The

European

Legislation

Climate

Change

Programme

(ECCP)

Technology push

: R&D, Dissemi-

nation



Financing :

increase R&D,

Dissemination

funding

Market Pull



Emission

trading - na-

tional imple-

mentation



Renewable

energy :

implementation

RES-E

Directive and

biofuels

directive

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Related issues

Integration of financial markets

Competition, access to markets

Reform of the state aid architecture

Research

Technology

Clusters

Skills and education

Priority 1 “Extend and deepen the Internal Market”

Priority 2 “Ensure open and competitive markets inside

and outside Europe”

Priority 2 “Ensure open and competitive markets inside

and outside Europe”

Priority 5 “Increase and improve investment in Research

and Development”

Priority 7 “Contributing to a strong European industrial

base”

Priority 7 “Contributing to a strong European industrial

base”

Priority 10 “Providing incentives for the acquisition of

skills, knowledge and human capital”

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Central Policy Area – 7:

Contributing to a strong European industrial base

In order to be an economic and technological leader, Europe must have a strong industrial capacity,

particularly by exploiting fully its technological potential in key areas through an integrated and

anticipative approach based on market driven development of industrial sectors. The synergies from

jointly addressing research, regulatory and financing challenges at the European level where for

reasons of scale or scope individual member states cannot succeed in isolation to tackle market fai-

lures have not always been fully exploited. The Galileo project is an exception and this approach is

still visible in aeronautics – in both cases bringing significant benefits to the European economy.

Such approaches, possibly using public private partnerships, could usefully also be developed to

tackle cases where the benefits for society are larger than those for the private sector: for example,

energy from hydrogen. The relaunch of the Lisbon strategy should create the right conditions for

tapping this potential and facilitating the necessary structural change whilst working externally to

achieve open markets.

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Central Policy Area – 7: Contributing to a strong European industrial base

OLICY

EASU-

RE AT

OMMUNITY

LEVEL

NSTRUMENT

OADMAP

DANISH POSITI-

Increase the high

technological con-

tent of the Euro-

pean industry

- Enhancing the EU’s

industrial technology

capacity

Technology

platforms

- Support industrial

competitiveness by

setting up major

European technology

initiatives

Expenditures

Private-Public

partnerships

Applying the best

policy mix at secto-

ral level

Policy measures

- 2005: Establishing a strate-

gic RTD agenda (conclusi-

ons from the dialogue in the

22 platforms)

- 2005: translating the stra-

tegic agendas of the existing

platforms into the thematic

priorities of FP7 (see priori-

ty 5)

- June 2005: Commission

report to the European

Council on the criteria,

themes and projects (in

close cooperation with

stakeholders).

- Mobilising funding from

the community, Member-

States and industry in the

context

the

framework program (see

priority 5).

- Concluded sectoral reviews

with decided EU policy

actions.

- Implementation of identi-

fied sectoral policy mix.

Expenditures

- July 2004: within the pro-

gramming of structural

funds, foresee a reserve fund

(1% of Objective 1 funds,

3% of Objective 2) being

put aside for intervention in

case of unexpected shocks.

July 2004: proposal to reser-

ve a part of a Growth Adju-

stment fund (1 bn/year) in

the Financial Perspectives

(1a. Funds for Competitive-

ness for growth and em-

ployment).

- By 2006, adoption by the

council.

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS

EMBER

TATES

OSSIBLE

INSTRUMENT

NDICATIVE ROADMAP

DANISH POSITION

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Promoting local and

regional clusters

OMC + cohesi-

on policy

. Promote the creation of

new companies from uni-

versities.

. Improve the interface

between industry and re-

search centres.

Actions to anticipate

structural changes

National Strate-

gic Plans – co-

hesion policy (to

be linked with

National Lisbon

Policies)

Other related issues

Modernisation of company lax

Proactive Competition policy

Sector enquiries on competition and competitive-

ness

International dimension of industrial policy (access

to market…)

Friendly business environment

Public support to business research

Eco-innovation and environmental technologies

Skill shortages

Policy1 “Extend and deepen the Internal Market”

Policy 2 “Ensure open and competitive markets inside and

outside Europe”

Policy 2 “Ensure open and competitive markets inside and

outside Europe”

Policy 2 “Ensure open and competitive markets inside and

outside Europe”

Policy 3: “Improve European and national regulation”

Policy 5 “Increase and improve investment in Research and

Development”

Policy 6: “Promote innovation, the uptake of ICT and the

sustainable use of resources”

Policy 10 “Providing incentives for the acquisition of skills,

knowledge and human capital”

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Central Policy Area - 8:

Attract more people into employment and modernise social protec-

tion systems

Raising employment levels is the strongest means of generating growth and

promoting socially inclusive economies. This is all the more necessary because

of the decline in the working age population over the next decades. The chal-

lenge is to attract more people into the labour market through Active Labour

Market Policies and appropriate incentives. Moving people into employment

and giving incentives to stay longer in the work force all require the modernisa-

tion of social protection systems.

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Central Policy Area - 8: Attract more people into employment and modernise

social protection systems

OLICY

EASURE AT

OMMUNITY LEVEL

Promote equal opportuni-

ties

NSTRUMENT

Ensure full imple-

mentation of acquis

Legislation

OADMAP

- Adoption of pending recast

proposal on the implementation

of the principle of equal oppor-

tunity and equal treatment of

men and women in matters of

employment and occupation

- By 2006: Streamline existing

processes; adoption of common

objectives covering inclusion

and pensions and health care

reforms; simplified reporting;

strong emphasis on implemen-

tation

- Mid 2006: submission of Nati-

onal Reports/Plans

- July 2005: public hearing fol-

lowing the public debate stimu-

lated by the Green Paper “on an

EU approach to managing eco-

nomic migration

- End 2005: policy plan on legal

migration

- 2006: legislative instrument

Adoption and follow-up to the

social partners consultations

DANSIH POSITION

Increase the effectiveness

of policy coordination in t

he social protection/

social inclusion area

Coordination in the

field of social protec-

tion/social inclusion

Coordination of admissi-

on policy for economic

migrants

Legislation

Promote inclusive labour

markets:

- Promote the inte-

gration of people ex-

cluded from the la-

bour market;

- Promote the inte-

gration of legally re-

sident migrant wor-

kers

Social

Dialogue

(Consultation

social

partners,

Member States and

other

stakeholders

on further EU action

to promote integrati-

on , Art. 138)

OMC

European Employ-

ment Strategy

ECOMMENDED AC-

TIONS

EMBER

-S

TATES

OSSIBLE

N-

STRUMENTS

NDICATIVE ROADMAP

- Targets to be proposed by MS in

national action plans in the light of

the Community target set in the

EES

- Improvement of employment

services to ensure that every

unemployed person is offered a

new start.

-strengthen

conditionality

unemployment benefits

- Income tax credits

DANSIH POSITION

Set national level em-

ployment targets in line

with overall EU targets

Improve use of Active

Labour Market Policies

(ALMP) to reduce unem-

ployment rates, in parti-

cular long-term unem-

ployment

National

commit-

ment to a target

level, to be used as

overall frame in

setting

individual

measures

Expenditure

Legislation

European Employ-

ment Strategy

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Increase female partici-

pation in the labour mar-

ket

Expenditure Legisla-

tion

Social dialogue

European Employ-

ment Strategy

Expenditure

European Employ-

ment Strategy

Legislation

European Employ-

ment Strategy

OMC

- Childcare facilities and care facili-

ties for elderly and disabled

- Extension of parental leave for

fathers

Better

vocational

training/apprenticeships

- Youth initiative (see box on Eu-

ropean Youth Initiative).

- Suppression of early labour mar-

ket exit

incentives including public aid for

pre retirement schemes; improved

incentives and working arrange-

ments for longer working lives;

allow addition of pension benefits

and wage

- Submit reports on reform pro-

gress regarding pensions and

health/long-term care systems in

mid-2006 to support the common

objectives to modernise social

protection systems

Reduce youth

ployment

Develop active

strategies

unem-

ageing

Reform of Pension and

Health care systems

OMC in the field of

social protection and

social inclusion

Legislation

Other related issues

Education

Priority 10 “Increase investment in human capital through

better education and skills”

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Central Policy Area - 9:

Improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises and the flexi-

bility of labour markets

In rapidly changing economies, a high degree of adaptability is vital to promote

productivity growth and to allow employment to be re-allocated towards rapidly

growing sectors. Increasingly, new firms and SMEs are major sources of job

creation and growth in Europe. More flexibility combined with employment se-

curity will facilitate a greater ability to anticipate, trigger and absorb change.

Greater adaptability should also contribute to ensuring that, wage developments

do not exceed productivity growth over the cycle and reflect the labour market

situation.

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Central Policy Area - 9: Improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises

and the flexibility of labour markets

OLICY

EASURE AT

OMMUNITY LEVEL

Promote labour mobility by

removing obstacles to la-

bour mobility arising from

occupational

pension

schemes

NSTRUMENT

Legislation

OADMAP

- By 2007: adoption by the

Council of legislation on por-

tability of occupational pensi-

ons

DANISH POSITION

ECOMMENDED AC-

TIONS

EMBER

STATES

OSSIBLE

N-

STRUMENTS

NDICATIVE ROADMAP

DANISH POSITION

Ensure employment-friendly

wage and other labour costs

developments in line with

productivity at sectoral and

regional level

Promote flexibility combi-

ned with security in the

labour market

Transform undeclared work

into regular employment

Institutional arran-

gements to allow the

alignment of wages

with productivity

European Employ-

ment Strategy

Social dialogue

Legislation

European Employ-

ment Strategy

Implementation of

legislation European

Employment Stra-

tegy

Open Method of

Coordination

- Monitor types of contracts,

duration and transitions in the

labour market

Other related issues

Long term unemployment rate

Ensure the best policy mix at sectoral level to facili-

tate structural changes

Life Long Learning (active ageing strategies)

Priority 8 “Attract more people into employment and mo-

dernise social protection systems”

Priority 7 “Contributing to the creation of a strong Euro-

pean industrial base”

Priority 10“Increase investment in human capital through

better education and skills”

Central policy area- 10:

Increase investment in human capital through better education

and skills

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Structural change and productivity growth require a continued investment in a highly skilled and

adaptable workforce. Economies endowed with a skilled labour force are better able to create and

make effective use of new technologies, such as Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Educational attainment in Europe falls short of what might be required to ensure that skills are

available in the labour market and that new knowledge is produced that is subsequently diffused

across the economy. The emphasis on the importance of life long learning and knowledge in econo-

mic life also reflects the realization that advancing educational attainment and skills makes an

important contribution to social cohesion.

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Central policy area- 10: Increase investment in human capital through better

education and skills

OLICY

EASURE

OMMUNITY LE-

VEL

DANSIH POSITI-

NSTRUMENT

Legislation;

administrative

cooperation

Europass

OADMAP

First half 2005: adoption

of Directive on recogniti-

on of professional quali-

fications.

2006: proposal for Euro-

pean

qualifications

framework.

- By end 2005: adoption

of lifelong learning pro-

gramme

- Adoption of the new

ESF Regulation and

Commission guidelines

for use of EU funds in

line with the Lisbon stra-

tegy’s priorities

- two-yearly reports to

European Council from

2006

- By mid-2005: Commis-

sion proposals for EU

strategy to support quality

and attractiveness of

European Higher Educa-

tion

- By mid-2005: Commis-

sion proposal for a Euro-

pean initiative on Youth

(see box in text).

Promote geographical

and

occupational

mobility

Support

Lisbon-

related objectives in

the area of employ-

ment, education and

training

Expenditure

European Social

Fund

Community

programme

(Structural and

Rural Develop-

ment

funds,

education

and

training

pro-

grammes);

European Em-

ployment Stra-

tegy

Open method of

co-ordination.

ECOMMENDED

ACTIONS

EMBER

TATES

Putting in place national

strategies for lifelong

learning by 2006

OSSIBLE

INSTRUMENT

NDICATIVE

ROADMAP

DANSIH POSI-

TION

European

ployment

tegy

OMC

Em-

Stra-

- Annual monito-

ring on the basis of

EU targets and

indicators in the

framework of the

EES

- Report on pro-

gress in Member

States’ two-yearly

Education

and

Training

2010”

report

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Improve the quality, rele-

vance and attractiveness

of vocational education

and training

European

ployment

tegy

OMC

Em-

Stra-

Substantially raise per

capita investment from

public and private sources

in human resources and

improve the efficiency of

investment

Expenditure;

European Em-

ployment Stra-

tegy

OMC

- Annual monito-

ring on the basis of

EU targets and

indicators in the

framework of the

EES

- Report on pro-

gress on implemen-

ting national priori-

ties agreed in the

Maastricht Com-

muniqué (of De-

cember 2004) in

Member

States’

two-yearly “Educa-

tion and Training

2010” report

- Annual monito-

ring on the basis of

EU targets and

indicators in the

framework of the

EES

- Report on priori-

ties for reform and

investment as part

of two-yearly repor-

ting (Education and

training 2010).

Other related issues

Employment

Adaptability

Priority 8 “Attract more people into employment and modernise

social protection systems”

Priority 9 “Improve the adaptability of workers and enterprises

and the flexibility of labour markets”

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 3.2.2005

SEC (2005) 193

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ELIVERING ON GROWTH AND JOBS

A NEW AND INTEGRATED ECONOMIC AND

MPLOYMENT CO

ORDINATION CYCLE IN THE

Companion document to the Communication to the Spring European Council 2005

{COM (2005) 24}

Working together for growth and jobs

A new start for the Lisbon Strategy

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ELIVERING ON GROWTH AND JOBS

A NEW AND INTEGRATED ECONOMIC AND

MPLOY-

MENT CO

ORDINATION CYCLE IN THE

The Kok report underlined that the governance of the Lisbon strategy must be improved and

streamlined.

Improved delivery mechanisms

are therefore required. These delivery mecha-

nisms relate, to a large extent, to the question of how the EU economic and employment coordi-

nation process is organised.

The

integrated approach

to economic and employment policy coordination proposes a number

of changes with the aim of rationalising and simplifying the existing economic and employment

coordination process and reporting (see appendix 1 and 2). These proposals rely on the existing

economic and employment coordination cycle and in addition allow the integration of a number

of existing processes dealing with structural/microeconomic reform issues.

The starting point is for

action programmes at EU and Member State level

to be drawn up

reflecting the priorities identified in the Communication. This will allow the Commission to sup-

port the reform process in the Member States whilst at the same time driving it forward at EU

level. Progress on these EU and national action programmes would be monitored closely by the

Commission and evaluated at the Spring European Council.

1.2

LANNING

ACTIONS AT THE

INTEGRATED APPROACH

AND THE

EMBER

TATE

LEVEL

TOWARDS AN

The EU level

A number of important policy measures in the central policy areas outlined in the Communicati-

on have to be taken at EU level, under the so-called “Community method”. These measures are

grouped into a Union Action Plan which could be known as the

Lisbon Action Programme”.

The effective and successful implementation of this programme will be crucial for the credibility

of the renewed Lisbon strategy.

1.3

The Member State level

At Member State level, it is proposed that

National actions programmes

be established, to

integrate many of the existing initiatives and become the cornerstone of a simplified reporting

system.

The Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (BEPGs) are the central Treaty-based instrument for

coordinating economic policies in the Union, the Employment Guidelines (EGs) are the central

Treaty-based instrument for employment policies. These instruments are therefore the logical

vehicles to provide consistent guidance to transform the Partnership for Growth and Jobs, and

its individual policy measures, into national policy initiatives. On the basis of the orientations

contained in the Mid Term Review Communication, the Commission will provide a new set of

guidelines in its Recommandation for the BEPGs in 2005 (see appendix 1). Similarly, the prioriti-

es relating to employment policies would be set out in the Employment Guidelines and recom-

mendations.

The integrated guidelines package

The BEPGs and the Employment Guidelines would be integrated in an “Integrated Guidelines

Package” containing 5 chapters. Apart from a political introduction (Chapter I) and conclusion

(Chapter V), the package would have two clearly separate parts. Part 1 (Chapters II and III)

would contain the BEPGs (based on article 99 of the Treaty) for the coordination of economic

policies. Part 2 (Chapter IV) would contain the Employment Guidelines (based on article 128 of

the Treaty). Part 1 would be further divided in two chapters dealing respectively with macro-

(Chapter II) and microeconomic issues (Chapter III). Chapter IV would exclusively deal with

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employment issues and should be consistent with the BEPGs as set out in the Amsterdam Treaty

protocol

Integrated Guidelines Package

Chapter I: Introduction

Part 1

Broad Economic Policy Guidelines

(Art. 99)

Chapter II:

Chapter III:

Macro

Micro

Part 2

Employment Guidelines

(Art. 128)

Chapter IV:

Employment

Chapter V: Conclusion

It should be noted that budgetary surveillance will be the object of a separate process under the

Stability and Growth Pact. Given its specificity, further efforts will be made to exploit the syner-

gies with other processes, in particular with regard to the BEPGs.

After the adoption of the BEPGs and Employment Guidelines, Member States would, on the

basis of these guidelines, produce a single

national action programme.

The guidelines will leave

Member States enough flexibility to cater for specific policy requirements at national level.

The economic and employment coordination cycle: a new start in 2005

In 2005, the BEPGs and Employment Guidelines will be adopted as a package after the Spring

European Council with the aim of informing the national Lisbon programmes to be submitted by

the Member States in the autumn. This will be the beginning of a

three-year coordination cycle

(2005-2008, see appendixes 2 to 5).

The aim is to ensure a sufficiently stable framework for the

discussions in the European Council allowing all stakeholders to concentrate on the effective

implementation of the revised Lisbon strategy. While a so-called “light” review will be underta-

ken in the first two years (2006 and 2007), a more “in-depth” review is planned for 2008. The

“light” review will be included in an

EU Annual Progress Report

and the “in-depth” review

will be grouped together in an

EU Strategic Report (2008),

which will mark the start of a se-

cond three- year cycle.

Given the need to ensure that Member States develop the appropriate policy mixes in their nati-

onal Lisbon programmes to cater for their own national specificities and given the need to

en-

hance the Member States’ ownership of the reform process,

the new set of BEPGs and Em-

ployment Guidelines in 2005 will remain rather general. They will therefore not include new

country specific guidelines or recommendations. However, the existing country specific recom-

mendations would remain valid (“in the background”) and would only be revised, if necessary, in

2006 on the basis of the national Lisbon programmes due in the autumn of 2005. Indeed, since

the Member States will adopt their national Lisbon programmes in the autumn of 2005, the

Commission will be in a position to report in early 2006 on the programmed reforms across the

Union in its first EU Annual Progress Report. Reporting on actual implementation in the Mem-

ber States on their national Lisbon programmes will be included in the 2007 Annual Progress

Repor. The EU Strategic Report planned in 2008 will then provide an in-depth review of the

implementation of the renewed Lisbon strategy and suggest detailed amendments where necessa-

ry. At that stage, it may be deemed necessary to review the planning and reporting process in

order to assess whether further streamlining is required.

Shaping the national Lisbon programmes

The Am sterd am Treaty p rotocol says that the new ly created sectoral instru m ent of e m -

p loym ent gu id elines ‘‘shall be consistent w ith the broad gu id elines ad op ted p u rsu ant to Article 99(2).

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It is proposed that these national Lisbon programmes be

organised in a standardised format

in three parts:

the first dealing with macro-economic and budgetary policy measures (with the

aim of providing sound macroeconomic conditions), the second with labour market policies and

the third with structural/microeconomic reform issues. The programmes should remain suffici-

ently flexible as instruments, allowing Member States to tailor them to their specific needs. As far

as the macroeconomic part is concerned, it should be underlined that – under the current

framework – the stability and convergence programmes would be submitted in the autumn in

parallel with the national Lisbon programmes but they would continue to be a separate docu-

ment. The employment chapter would rely on the existing treaty-based national employment

action programmes. The integration of these action programmes in the national Lisbon pro-

grammes should strengthen the employment focus of the renewed Lisbon Strategy. The chapter

on structural/microeconomic policies will need to be developed on the basis of the existing mi-

croeconomic part of the BEPGs. This chapter will include the structural funds strategic pro-

grammes setting out for each Member State the priorities for EU expenditure in the regional pro-

grammes. These priorities will be closely related to the priorities identified in the Communication.

Member States should commit themselves to discussing these national Lisbon programmes with

their

social partners

and adopting them by the government after a debate in their

national par-

liament.

The

European Parliament

should be closely involved in the renewed Lisbon strategy,

participating fully in the debate and providing guidance to the Council and the Member States.

Given the integrated nature of the guideline package, the European Parliament should be invited

to comment on the whole package before the European Council endorses it. This will allow the

Parliament to build on the existing practice of issuing an opinion in early spring on the Employ-

ment Guidelines as foreseen under Article 128. In keeping with the inter-institutional agreements,

the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should meet to

discuss legislative programming regarding the implementation of the Community Lisbon Pro-

gramme.

2.1

TREAMLINING REPORTING AT THE

AND

EMBER

TATE LEVEL

The EU level

At the EU level, there will only be one report on the progress of the EU concerning the imple-

mentation of the actions in the Union action programme. This document could be based on exi-

sting reports, such as the Internal Market Strategy Implementation Report and monitoring tools

such as the Internal Market Scoreboard. It will be integrated in the overarching EU Annual Pro-

gress/Strategic Report (see below).

2.2

The Member State level

National reporting will be streamlined

covering macroeconomic and budgetary matters, mi-

croeconomic or structural reforms and employment issues. For the reporting on the structural

reforms area, Member States could rely to a large extent on the existing national reports on struc-

tural reform in the context of the Cardiff process. While national reporting on macroeconomic

issues needs to be further developed, reporting in the employment area can build on existing re-

porting related to the national action programmes on employment. The Commission will summa-

rise and assess the progress achieved by Member States with their national Lisbon programmes in

its EU Annual Progress/Strategic report. Furthermore, the Commission will review the Open

Method of Coordination processes related to the Lisbon strategy with a view to establishing their

value added in the context of this renewed delivery and reporting structure. This implies that

satellite OMC- and other sectoral processes can feed into the national Lisbon programmes to the

extent that they directly relate to growth and jobs. Those processes that would no longer feed

into the renewed Lisbon structure could be maintained for other policy purposes outside the

Lisbon strategy.

The structure of reporting will reflect the structure of the integrated guidelines package and cover

macro-, micro- and employment issues. It will allow a more productive involvement of the Com-

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petitiveness Council in discussions on micro-economic/structural reform while Council for Eco-

nomic and Finance Affairs and the Council for Employment and Social Affairs Council would

respectively focus more on macroeconomic and employment issues.

EVELOPING AN INTEGRATED

STRATEGIC REPORT FOR THE

UROPEAN

OUNCIL

On the basis of this streamlined reporting cycle the Commission would draw up in January an

Integrated Report

to the Spring European Council setting out the progress being made on the

Lisbon strategy. This report will follow the structure of the integrated guidelines package and

include an assessment of the Union Lisbon Programme. While in the first two years of the three-

year economic and employment coordination cycle the Integrated Report would be called EU

Annual Progress Report (“light” review), in the third year it would be labelled EU Strategic Re-

port (“in-depth” review). In this report, the Commission would also make proposals for amen-

ding the BEPGs, the Employment Guidelines and the Union Lisbon Programme, if necessary. It

will be an important element of simplification to ensure that the Integrated Report is adopted at

the same time as the Commission’s proposals for the BEPGs and Employment Guidelines, i.e.

ahead of the Spring European Council.

The Integrated Report would encompass the current Commission Spring report, as well as a

number of reports on the implementation of guidelines established at the European level such as

BEPG implementation report and Joint Employment Report. In addition, the report would also

cover the progress made with regard to the implementation of the EU Lisbon Programme. A

unified and integrated report at the European Council level

would allow political ownership

to be taken at the highest level. Orientations on these matters provided by the European Council

would subsequently be reflected in changes of the BEPGs, the Employment Guidelines and the

national and Union Lisbon programmes.

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APPENDIX 1

CO-ORDINATION PROCESS: PROPOSAL FOR SIMPLIFICATION

LISBON COORDINATION PROCESS - TODAY

Political

Orientarions

Lisbon

Review

Guidelines

Policies

Progress Reports

Synthesis Reports

Nat. Reform

programmes

(Agenda 2010)

BEPGs

EGs

Spring

European

Council

Conlusions

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Employment

APs

Stab. + Conv.

Programs

Nat Action Plan

-Social inclusion

-Pensions

Cardiff Reports

Annual Report on

Structural Reforms

Commission

Spring

Report

Joint Employment

Report

BEPG

Implementation

Report

Nat. Report

Synthesis

-Social inclusion

-Pensions

-Eur. Charter…

EI-Scoreboard

EP-Scoreboard

OMC

-Pensions

-Eur. Charter

Internal Market

Strategy

IMS Implemen-

tation Report

IM-Scoreboard

Competitive-

ness Report

Commission

Spring

Report

LISBON COORDINATION PROCESS – SIMPLIFIED

Political

Orientarions

Guidelines

Policies

Progress Reports

Synthesis Reports

Lisbon Review

National Lisbon Programmes

BEPGs

EGs

National

Lisbon

Programmes

Reports

(forward looking) (backward looking)

Partnership

for Jobs

and Growth

EU Annual Progress Report /

EU Strategic Report

Community

Lisbon

Programme

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APPENDIX 2: NEW COORDINATION CYCLE

Proposal for year t

Winter

JANUARY

EU Annual Progress Report

in t, based on National Lisbon

Programmes in year t-1, incl.

draft JER and BEPGs IR

Commission proposal for

integrated guideline package

(EGs and BEPGs)

FEBR/MARCH

Input Council

Formations

integrated

guideline

package

-ESPHCA

-ECOFIN

-(COMP) and

EP on whole

Spring

MARCH

Spring

European

Council

endorsement

integrated

guideline

package

Summer

APRIL

Council

adopts

Integrated

guideline

package

ECOFIN

adopts BEPGs

ESPHCA

adopts EGs

Autumn

Winter

National Lisbon

Commission

Programmes

(backward / reviews

forward looking) based on implementation

EGs + BEPGs and incl.

nat. act. plans on empl.

Stab. and conv. progr.

submitted separately

Existing cycle of economic and employment coordination 2003-2005

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

European Council

General polical orientations

BEPG, EG + IMS (March)

European Council

endorses Guideline

package. BEPG, EG +

IMS. (June)

Member States report on

implementation: Stab.

and conv. programmes

(oct.-dec) and nat. action

plans on employment)

Commission review

on the

implementation

Commission.

Implementation Package:

BEPG, EG. In addition,

IMS (January)

Commission

Guideline package

BEPG, EG. In addition IMS (April)

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APPENDIX 3: PHASING IN (2005)

Proposal for year 2005

Winter

JANUARY

Implementation package

(BEPGs IR, draft JER and

IMS)

Spring

MARCH

Spring European

Council

provides

orientations on

integrated

guideline package

APRIL

Commission

proposal

for

integrated

guideline

package sent to

Council and EP

Summer

JUNE

European

Council

endorses

integrated

guideline

package

ECOFIN

adopts BEPGs

ESPHCA

adopts EGs

Summer

Autumn

Winter

First national Lisbon

programmmes

(forward

looking) based on

EGs + BEPGs and incl.

nat. act. plans on empl.

Stab. and conv. progr.

submitted separately

Commission

reviews

implementation

Existing cycle of economic and employment coordination 2003-2005

Winter

Spring

European Council

General polical orientations

BEPG, EG + IMS (March)

Autumn

Winter

European Council

endorses Guideline

package. BEPG, EG +

IMS. (June)

Member States report on

implementation: Stab.

and conv. programmes

(oct.-dec) and nat. action

plans on employment)

Commission review

on the

implementation

Commission.

Implementation Package:

BEPG, EG. In addition,

IMS (January)

Commission

Guideline package

BEPG, EG. In addition IMS (April)

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APPENDIX 4: PHASING IN (2006)

Proposal for year 2006

Winter

JANUARY

EU Annual Progress Report

based on National Lisbon

Programs of 2005 (forward

looking), incl.

draft JER and BEPGs IR

Commission proposal for

integrated guideline package

(EGs and BEPGs)

FEBR/MARCH

Input Council

Formations

integrated

guideline

package

-ESPHCA

-ECOFIN

-(COMP) and

on whole

Spring

MARCH

Spring

European

Council

endorsement

integrated

guideline

package

Summer

APRIL

Council

adopts

Integrated

guideline

package

ECOFIN

adopts BEPGs

ESPHCA

adopts EGs

Autumn

Winter

National Lisbon

programmes

(backward

looking) based on

EGs + BEPGs and incl.

nat. act. plans on empl.

Stab. and conv. progr.

submitted separately

Commission

reviews

implementation

Existing cycle of economic and employment coordination 2003-2005

Winter

Spring

European Council

General polical orientations

BEPG, EG + IMS (March)

Summer

Autumn

Winter

European Council

endorses Guideline

package. BEPG, EG +

IMS. (June)

Member States report on

implementation: Stab.

and conv. programmes

(oct.-dec) and nat. action

plans on employment)

Commission review

on the

implementation

Commission.

Implementation Package:

BEPG, EG. In addition,

IMS (January)

Commission

Guideline package

BEPG, EG. In addition IMS (April)

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APPENDIX 5: PHASING IN (2007)

Proposal for year 2007

Winter

JANUARY

EU Annual Progress Report

based on National Lisbon

Programs of 2006 incl.

draft JER and BEPGs IR

Commission proposal for

integrated guideline package

(EGs and BEPGs)

FEBR/MARCH

Input Council

Formations

integrated

guideline

package

-ESPHCA

-ECOFIN

-(COMP) and

on whole

package

Spring

MARCH

Spring

European

Council

endorsement

integrated

guideline

package

Summer

APRIL

Council

adopts

Integrated

guideline

package

ECOFIN

adopts BEPGs

ESPHCA

adopts EGs

Autumn

Winter

National Lisbon

programmes

(forward

and backward looking)

based on

EGs + BEPGs and incl.

nat. act. plans on empl.

Stab. and conv. progr.

submitted separately

Commission

reviews

implementation

Existing cycle of economic and employment coordination 2003-2005

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

European Council

General polical orientations

BEPG, EG + IMS (March)

European Council

endorses Guideline

package. BEPG, EG +

IMS. (June)

Member States report on

implementation:

Stab.

and conv. programmes

(oct.-dec) and nat. action

plans on employment)

Commission review

on the

implementation

Commission.

Implementation Package:

BEPG, EG. In addition,

IMS (January)

Commission

Guideline package

BEPG, EG. In addition IMS (April)

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APPENDIX 6: PHASING IN (2008)

Proposal for year 2008

Winter

JANUARY

First EU Strategic Report

based on National Lisbon

Programs of 2007 incl.

draft JER and BEPGs IR

Commission proposal for

integrated guideline package

(EGs and BEPGs)

FEBR/MARCH

Input Council

Formations

integrated

guideline

package

-ESPHCA

-ECOFIN

-(COMP) and

on whole

package

Spring

MARCH

Spring

European

Council

endorsement

integrated

guideline

package

Summer

APRIL

Council adopts

Integrated

guideline

package

ECOFIN

adopts BEPGs

ESPHCA

Adopts EGs

Autumn

Winter

National Lisbon

programmes

(forward

and backward looking)

based on

EGs + BEPGs and incl.

nat. act. plans on empl.

Stab. and conv. progr.

submitted separately

rev

imp

Existing cycle of economic and employment coordination 2003-2005

Winter

Spring

European Council

General polical orientations

BEPG, EG + IMS (March)

Summer

Autumn

Win

European Council

endorses Guideline

package. BEPG, EG +

IMS. (June)

Member States report on

implementation:

Stab.

and conv. programmes

(oct.-dec) and nat. action

plans on employment)

Commission.

Implementation Package:

BEPG, EG. In addition,

IMS (January)

Commission

Guideline package

BEPG, EG. In addition IMS (April)

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