HC Deb 19 May 1999 vol 331 cc383-4W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will publish the agenda for the Labour and Social Affairs Council of 25 May. [84685]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The agenda is as follows:

  1. 1. (poss.) Approval of the list of 'A' items
  2. 2. Draft Directive concerning employee involvement within the European Company Statute1 (Legal base: to be determined) Political agreement
  3. 3. Working Time Directive
    1. (a) Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time to cover sectors and activities excluded from that Directive1 (Legal base: Article 118A/Article 137 EC Treaty (new)) Political agreement
    2. (b) Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the Agreement on the organisation of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) and the Federation of Transport Workers' Union in the European Union (FST)1 (Legal base: Agreement on social policy, Article 4, para 2/Article 139, para 2 EC Treaty (new)) Political agreement
    3. (c) Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the enforcement of seafarers' hours of work on board ships using Community ports1 (Legal base: Article 84, para 2/Article 80, para 2 EC Treaty (new) Political agreement
  4. 4. Amended proposal for a Council Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (Legal base: Article 118A/Article 137 EC Treaty (new)) Progress report
  5. 5. European Employment Pact:
    1. (a) Presidency draft for a European Employment Pact
    2. (b) Presidency memorandum "Youth and Europe—Our Future"
    3. (c) Presidency draft for a Council resolution on equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities' Adoption
    4. (d) Commission contributions: draft recommendation concerning the Board Economic Guidelines of Member States and the Community Communication "Community Policy in favour of Employment" (Article 127 of the Treaty)
    5. (e) Commission Communication "Modernising the organisation of work" Commission information
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    6. (f)Proposal for a Council Directive concerning the framework agreement on temporary work concluded by the UNICE, CEEP and ETUC1 (Legal base: Article 139, para 2 EC Treaty (new)) Political agreement
  6. 6. Other business:

Draft Council Directive on minimum requirements for improving the health and safety protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (15th individual directive within the meaning of Article 16, para 1 of Directive 89/391/EEC)

Presidency information

1Points on which a vote may be taken.

The morning session will begin at 10.30 am, with lunch at 1 pm. The afternoon session begins at 3.30 pm with item 5, followed by further discussion on the European Employment Pact in joint session with ECOFIN from 5.30 pm.