HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc115-9W
Mr. Bowis

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list each initiative under the EC social action programme, indicating in each case(a) action and directives proposed or agreed by the Council of

Title Date published Date agreed/adopted Implementation date
Directive on the organisation of working time Published 25 July 1990 —
Directive on the introduction of a form to serve as proof of an employment contract or relationship Published 5 December 1990 Adopted 14 October 1991 30 June 1993
Revision of the directive of 14 February 1975 on the approximation of the laws of member states pertaining to collective redundancies Published 15 November 1991 Adopted 24 June 1992 24 June 1994
Commission opinion on an equitable wage Published 11 December 1991 n/a
Memorandum on the social integration of migrants from non-member countries Published 4 September 1990 n/a
Two directives on contracts and employment relationships other than full-time open-ended contracts Published 13 June 1990 —
Revision of part II of regulation on the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment and the related procedural decisions (SEDOC) Published 5 September 1991 Adopted 17 July 1992 regulation 1 January 1993 programme ongoing
Commission communication on the living and working conditions of Community citizens residing in frontier regions and of frontier workers in particular Published 4 December 1990 n/a
Commission communication on supplementary social security schemes (complementary retirement schemes) Published 18 July 1991 n/a
Revision of regulation of 29 June 1970 on the right of workers to remain on the territory of a member state after having been employed in that state Not yet published —
Proposal for a regulation extending regulation 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and regulation 574/72 (laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation 1408/71 to all insured persons) Published 19 December 1991 1 January 1993
Directive concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services Published 19 June 1991 —
Proposal for a Community instrument concerning the introduction of a labour clause into public contracts Withdrawn by Commission n/a
Directive on the procedures for the information, consultation and participation of workers in European-scale undertakings Published 5 December 1990 —
Council recommendation on equity sharing and financial participation by workers (PEPPER) Published 3 September 1991 Adopted 16 July 1992 n/a
Communication on the role of the social partners in collective bargaining Not yet published n/a
Third community action programme on equal opportunities for men and women Published 6 November 1990 Ongoing
Directive on the protection of pregnant women at work Published 12 September 1990 Adopted 19 October 1992 19 October 1994
Council recommendation concerning child care Published 8 July 1991 Adopted 31 March 1992 n/a

Ministers, (b)in which EC countries it has been adopted and implemented and (c)in which EC countries it has not been adopted and implemented.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is provided in the table.

Not all of the proposals in the EC social action programme are binding instruments required to be implemented by member states. Where binding instruments have been adopted, there is in every case some time still to elapse before they are required to be implemented in the domestic legislation of member states.

Title Date published Date agreed/adopted Implementation date
Recommendation concerning a code of good conduct on the protection of pregnancy and maternity Withdrawn—covered by other measures n/a
Communication on the rationalisation and coordination of Community action programme in the field of initial and continuing vocational training Published 12 September 1990 n/a
Council decision amending earlier decision concerning an action programme for the vocational training of young people (merger of young workers exchange programme and PETRA) Published 9 November 1990 Adopted 22 July 1992 n/a
Council decision to extend the third young workers exchange programme (merged with PETRA: see above) Published 9 November 1990 Adopted 22 July 1992 n/a
Council decision on the second phase of the youth for Europe programme Published 22 November 1990 Adopted 29 July 1991 n/a
Commission memorandum on vocational training in the EC in the 1990s (modified form of the revision of the 1963 measure initially proposed) Published 13 January 1992 n/a
Community instrument on access to vocational training Not yet published —
Directive on protection of young people at work Published 15 January 1992 —
Council decision on an initiative on the elderly (including action programme) Published 30 April 1990 ongoing
Directive on the introduction of measures aimed at promoting an improvement in the travel conditions of workers with motor disabilities Published 6 February 1991 —
Council decision establishing a third Community action programme for disabled people for 1992–95 (HELIOS II) Published 2 October 1991 n/a
Council recommendation on sufficient resources in social protection Published 7 May 1991 Adopted 24 June 1992 —
Council recommendation on convergence of policies in the social protection field Published 26 June 1991 Adopted 16 July 1992 n/a
Recommendation to member states on the adoption of a European schedule of industrial diseases Published 22 May 1990 Adopted 26 June 1990 n/a
(a) for reporting
(b) for compensation
Directive on health and safety of temporary workers Published 13 June 1990 Adopted 25 June 1991 31 December 1992
Directive amending directive 83/447 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work Published 30 June 1990 Adopted 25 June 1991 1 January 1993
Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements to encourage improved medical assistance on board vessels Published 25 July 1990 Adopted 31 March 1992 31 December 1993
Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements for work at temporary or mobile construction sites Published 31 July 1990 Adopted 24 June 1992 31 December 1993
Directive on minimum requirements for health and safety signs at the workplace Published 31 January 1991 Adopted 24 June 1992 24 June 1994
Directive on minimum requirements to be applied in improving the health and safety of workers in the drilling industries Published 30 January 1991 Common position 30 April 1992 —
Directive on minimum requirements to be applied for improving the health and safety of workers in the extractive industries for the exploration and exploitation of minerals in mines and quarries Published 21 February 1992 Common position 24 June 1992 —
Council regulation establishing a European Institute of Occupational Safety, Hygiene and Health Published 30 September 1991 n/a
Directive on the minimum health and safety requirements for fishing vessels Published 6 December 1991 —
Directive on minimum safety and health requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks caused by physical agents Not yet published n/a

Title Date published Date agreed/adopted Implementation date
Directive on the minimum safety and health requirements of activities in the transport sector Not yet published —
Directive defining a system of specific information for workers exposed to certain dangerous industrial agents to be replaced by: Withdrawn by the Commission —
Directive concerning information on health and safety to be provided to workers at work Not yet published —