Previous Open Sessions - Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs
3206th MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, HEALTH AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS)
Thursday 6 (10:00) and Friday 7 (10:00) December 2012
MEETING ON THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2012 (10:00)
Legislative deliberations:
MEETING ON FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 2012 (10:00)
Legislative deliberations:
3188th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, HEALTH AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS)
Luxembourg, Thursday 4 October 2012 (10:00)
Legislative deliberations:
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (XXth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (First reading) (Interinstitutional file: 2011/0152 (COD))
- General approach
- Proposals for Council Decisions on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Stabilisation and/or Association Council/the Cooperation Committee established by each of the respective agreements between the European Communities and Turkey, Montenegro, Albania and the Republic of San Marino, with regard to the adoption of the provisions on the coordination of social security systems
- Political agreement
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) [First reading] (LA)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy [First reading](LA + S) -
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Standardisation and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/105/EC and 2009/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of orphan works [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards pharmacovigilance [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance [First reading] (LA)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption
(a) of the position of the Council in first reading
(b) of the statement of the Council's reasons
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the regime of the single payment scheme and support to vine-growers [First reading] (LA)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries [First Reading] (LA + S)
a) adoption of the position of the Council in first reading
b) adoption of the statement of the Council reasons
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to temporary judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal [First reading] (LA)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan [First reading] (LA + S)
- Adoption of the legislative act
Non-legislative activities:
- Public debate
Europe 2020 Strategy and the new European Governance
(a) Evaluation of the second European Semester and thematic surveillance in employment and social policies
- Policy debate
- Endorsement of the contributions of the Employment Committee
- Endorsement of the contributions of the Social Protection Committee
(b) Principles of well-functioning Labour Markets
- EMCO draft proposal
(c) Social Protection Performance Monitor (SPPM)
- Endorsement of the SPPM main features, prepared by SPC
Towards a job-rich recovery and giving a better chance to Europe's youth
- Adoption of Council conclusions
Preventing and tackling child poverty and social exclusion and promoting children's well-being
- Adoption of Council conclusions
Preparation of the Tripartite Social Summit (Brussels, 18 October 2012)
- Information from the Presidency