EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, HEALTH AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS COUNCIL
30–31 MAY 2007
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY ITEMS
1. Employment package
a)Â Â Â Â Â Proposal for a Council Decision on Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States
b)Â Â Â Â Â (poss.) Commission Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the implementation of Member States' employment policies
- Political agreement
2. Commission communication "Pathways towards more flexicurity: achieving better combinations of flexibility and security"
- Exchange of views
3. Green Paper: Modernising Labour Law to meet the challenges of the 21st century
- Council conclusions
4. Active Ageing
- Endorsement of the joint opinion of the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee
5. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the portability of supplementary pension rights
- (poss.) Political agreement
6. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems
- Partial general approach
7. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, and determining the content of Annex XI
- Partial general approach
8. "New Community strategy on health and safety at work 2007-2013"
- Council conclusions
9. Opportunities and challenges of demographic change in Europe
a)Â Â Â Â Â Contribution of sustainable family policies to addressing the demographic challenge and in particular low birth rates
- Exchange of views
b)     European Alliance for Families – First steps of implementation
- Council Conclusions
10. Social Services of General Interest – Outcome of the Social Protection Committee consultation
- Information from the Chairman of the SPC
11. Review of the implementation by the Member States and the EU institutions of the Beijing Platform for Action
- Council conclusions