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III. Social Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2008

Erika Szyszczak
Erika Szyszczak
Affiliation:
Centre for European Law and Integration, Faculty of Law, University of Leicester.
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Social policy is undergoing review, the aim being to consolidate the fragmented nature of social policy law, and to provide for the integration of all Community policies. This is part of a larger where the EU is attempting to provide a holistic approach towards all policies, ensuring that they meet the demands placed upon governments, as well as private undertakings, in the enlarged single market. Of particular significance is the interaction between social policy law and competition law, especially in relation to state aid and merger policy. The Lisbon Process, now at mid-term, has not been successful in delivering the projected results. Thus throughout 2005 the European Union focused upon revitalizing the Lisbon agenda with the focus upon improving the quality of work as well as combating unemployment.1

Type
Current Developments: European Law
Information
International & Comparative Law Quarterly , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 475 - 482
Copyright
Copyright © British Institute of International and Comparative Law 2006

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References

1 EC Commission Working Together for Growth and Jobs COM (2005) 24.Google Scholar

2 Communication from the Commission on the Social Agenda COM (2005) 33 final <http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/social_policy_agenda/ spa_en pdf.

3 COM (2005) 12.

4 <http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/labour_law/docs/anticipatingandmanagingchange_en.pdf>.

5 COM (2005) 120 final <http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2005/apr/com_restruct_en.pdf

6 <http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/labour_law/docs/transfer_memorandum_2004_en.pdf.

7 COM (97)85 final.

8 COM (2004)607.

9 Working Time Directive 93/104, amended by Directive 2000/34 and consolidated into Directive 2003/88, OJ (2002) L80/35.

10 Case C-303/98 Simap [2000] ECR I-7963; Case C-241/99 CIG [2001] ECR 5139; Case C-151/02 Jaeger [2003] ECR I-8389; Jointed Cases C-397/01 to C-403/01 Pfeiffer and others [2004] ECR I-8835; Case C-52/04 Personalrat der Feuerwehr Hamburg Order of the President, OJ C-217/23, Case 14/04 Abdelkander Dellas and others judgment of 1 Dec 2005.

11 Most recently, Case C-70/05 Commission v Luxembourg judgment of 25 Nov 2005; Case C-22/05 Commission v Belgium; Case C-378/04 Commission v Austria; Case C73/05 Commission v France judgment of 17 Nov 2005

12 Case C-144/04 Werner Mangold v R, diger Helm judgment of 22 Nov 2005.

13 Council Directive 1999/70, concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, OJ (1999) L175/43.

14 Council Directive 2000/78, OJ L303/16.

15 (n 12) para 75.

16 Case C-188/03 Irmtraud Junk v Wolfgang Kühnel [2005] ECR I-885.

17 ibid para 44.

18 Case C-425/02 Johanna Maria Boor (née Delahaye) v Ministre de la Fonction Republique et de la Réforme administrative [2004] ECR I-10823.

19 Case C-478/03 Celtec Ltd v John Astley and Jule Owens and Deborah Lynn Hawkes [2005] ECR I-4389.

20 Case C-349/01 Betriebsrat der Firma ADS Anker GmbH v ADS Anker GmbH [2004] ECR I-6803.

21 Council Directive 94/45 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees, OJ (1994) †L254/64.

22 Joined Cases C-465/00, C-138/01, and C-139/01 Österreichischer Rundfunk and Others [2003] ECR I-4989.

23 Directive 95/46 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 Oct 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, OJ (1995) L281/31.

24 (n 22) para 73.

25 ibid para 74.

26 Case C-101/01 Linqvist [2003] ECR I-12971.

27 Directive 95/46 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 Oct 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing data and on the free movement of such data, OJ (1995) L281/31.

28 (n 26) para 71.