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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10813

23 March 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 38
SOCIAL AFFAIRS / (ae) social affairs
Go-ahead for joining ILO Convention on domestic work

Brussels, 22/03/2013 (Agence Europe) -The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) recently expressed concern that no EU member state has yet ratified the International Labour Organisation (ILO) 2011 Convention on decent working conditions for domestic workers. Things are now changing and the European Commission now urges member states to “ratify this Convention as soon as possible, which will also contribute to implementing the EU strategy against trafficking in human beings”, said EU...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) CYPRUS: Decisive weekend for aid package
(AE) ECONOMY: Dijsselbloem says reforms must go on
(AE) SLOVENIA: Ljubljana will not be applying for financial aid
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EIA on projects - Council fears red tape
(AE) ETS: Short term reform - more hope for an agreement
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: REACH - prospect of Council goodwill coalition
(AE) BIODIVERSITY: Appeal Committee must decide on pesticides toxic to bees
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Key to EP and Council talks on CAP reform
(AE) JHA: Progress on visa facilitation with Russia but still serious concerns
(AE) JHA: EU ready to ratify UN firearms protocol
(AE) JHA: More asylum seekers in 2012 and increasing numbers of Syrians
(AE) TRANSPORT: Three questions to the low cost airlines lobby on ETS, transparency and security
(AE) REGIONS:
(AE) REGIONS:
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Youth guarantee - prospect of hopes dashed
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Go-ahead for joining ILO Convention on domestic work
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Malta sent to Court of Justice over social security deductions
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: MEPs say people will have to retire later
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Citizens' Initiative for unconditional universal benefit
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) COMMISSION: Grässle wants OLAF director to resign over the Dalli case
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) RUSSIA: Barroso would like new cooperation agreement by 2014
(AE) TRADE:
(AE) SYRIA: Europeans still not united over embargo
(AE) SYRIA: EU condemns attacks against Lebanon
(AE) TURKEY: EU welcomes call of head of PKK and reactions to his call
(AE) GEORGIA: Government welcomes Commission's progress report
(AE) SOMALIA: EU releases further €33 million for AMISOM
(AE) GREAT LAKES: EU to closely cooperate with Mary Robinson
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Threats to forests in a fragile region
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: EU supported programme on cross-border cooperation
(AE) EU/DEFENCE: Great concern for future of Europe's defence industry
(AE) MOROCCO:
(AE) BANGLADESH:
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Austrian environmental assessment threshold is set too high
(AE) CONSUMERS: Standard contract clauses remain subject to review
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