Recently added articles from European Social Policy:
ECONOMIC POLICY : COMMISSION LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON 2020 STRATEGY'.
Dec 07, 2009 ... The European Commission launched, on 24 November, a consultation on its 2020 strategy' which is aimed at lifting the EU out of recession. The new revised strategy may be adopted in March 2010. According to the Commission, the key elements of the new strategy are "creating value by basing ...
COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES : COMMISSION PROPOSAL SPARKS DISAGREEMENT.
Dec 07, 2009 ... The European Commission's proposal on preventing the introduction into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products(1), which is being debated by the European Parliament, does not meet the requirements of protecting patient safety and public health, according to some MEPs and ...
HEALTH COUNCIL : COMMISSION SAYS FLEXIBLE ON BLOCKED PART OF PHARMA PACKAGE.
Dec 07, 2009 ... Commenting on the information to patients' strand of the ongoing negotiations on the so-called pharmaceutical package, which has yet to be tackled by the member states, the European Commission said, during the Health Council meeting on 1 December, that is was "prepared to show flexibility ...
WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : COMMISSION'S DRAFT ON FIRST CONSULTATION SEEN AS BIASED.
Dec 07, 2009 ... "Biased" and "not objective" is how sources in the European Parliament describe the current draft of the EU executive that is meant to launch a first consultation with the social partners on a possible review of the Working Time Directive. The said document is still being worked on and has ...
HEALTH COUNCIL : COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH VIRTUAL STOCKPILE' OF H1N1 VACCINES.(Brief article)
Dec 07, 2009 ... The European Commission's suggestion to set up a virtual stockpile' of vaccines and antiviral products was welcomed by the Union's health ministers, on 1 December. The Commission's aim is "to be prepared for urgencies in member states or third countries". The member states, however, asked ...