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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10535
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SOCIAL / (ae) social

Too soon to transpose magnetic fields directive

Brussels, 19/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European social partners agreed with the European Commission on Monday 16 January that transposition of the directive on exposure of workers to magnetic fields should be delayed by two years. In a letter of Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Commissioner Laszlo Andor, the secretaries general of the ETUC (trade unions), the UEAPME (small businesses and craft) and the CEEP (public companies) and the director general of BusinessEurope (employers)...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few remarks on why we must retain at least some optimism, continue to beware of speculators and not forget history
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EP endorses electrical waste recycling deal
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Towards biocide legislation
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EP wants action plan against algae proliferation
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Halving food wastage in EU
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Correcting food supply chain imbalances
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EP says rising cost of inputs must be contained
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) IRELAND: Green light for €10 billion aid instalment
(AE) GREECE: Private sector involvement in second bailout to be voluntary
(AE) IMF: Commission says more IMF cash reserves will help global economy
(AE) ECONOMY: Meeting between eurozone and EIB presidents
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: 14 countries are breaking rules on laying hens
(AE) CLIMATE: Consultation on including ships in fight against global warming
(AE) ENERGY: Nuclear - Oettinger denies French reactors' shutdown
(AE) ENERGY: Nabucco - RWE remains committed to Caspian Sea gas project
(AE) ENERGY: Offshore wind power - European market remains stable in 2011
(AE) TRANSPORT: Rail sector on crusade for ERTMS and liberalisation
(AE) REGIONS: Council of Regions backs Commission over Hungarian laws
(AE) REGIONS: Demographic aspect of ERDF must not be neglected
(AE) JHA: Advocate general says NL charges excessive taxes on those applying for long term resident status
(AE) DIGITAL: 25 ICT companies act for online safety of children
SOCIAL
(AE) SOCIAL: Restructuring Green Paper pointless, says ETUC
(AE) SOCIAL: Too soon to transpose magnetic fields directive
(AE) SOCIAL: Launch of European Year of Active Ageing
(AE) SOCIAL:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CROATIA: Yes vote expected to win in Sunday's referendum
(AE) KOSOVO: EU-Kosovo dialogue launched on visa liberalisation
(AE) UKRAINE: President Yanukovich congratulates Martin Schulz
(AE) SENEGAL: EU to observe presidential elections on 26 February
(AE) ISRAEL: Ashton visit next week, EU wants sanctions for “violent” settlers
(AE) PALESTINE:
(AE) LIBYA:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) ROMANIA: PES leader condemns “erosion” of democracy
(AE) PARLIAMENT: Alain Juppé wants to meet Martin Schulz
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT:
(AE) FINLAND: