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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7807

27 September 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social
Polemic over directive on safety during scaffolding work - British Conservatives and other EPP MEPs say Parliament should not deal with this

Brussels, 26/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - Consulted at first reading, in codecision procedure, the European Parliament strengthened the proposal aimed at amending the 1989 directive on the minimum provisions for health and safety at work when workers use work equipment, to include minimum provisions for off the ground working positions, mainly when using ladders and scaffolding. Rapporteur, British Labour member Peter Skinner, vigorously appealed in favour of this category of workers exposed to...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FRY: Presidency calls for rapid lifting of sanctions
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: The three components of the Convention reach broad consensus on reviewed draft text
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: According to the Committee, the Charter of Fundamental Rights should give regions more weight
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: Before The European Policy Centre, Peter Sutherland expresses concern at growing trend towards intergovernmental
(EU) EP/UNITED LEFT:
(EU) EU/BIARRITZ SUMMIT/BENELUX:
(EU) EU/BIARRTIZ SUMMIT/PES/EPP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Council failure over allocation to Media Plus programme - Concern expressed by several Member States regarding State aid - European Commission to issue communication on cinema in near future
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/CONSUMERS: On Thursday Council will discuss various delicate dossiers: toy safety, data protection, Community patent, PVC, food hygiene
(EU) JUSTICE-HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Home Affairs Ministers to discuss European Fund for Refugees and the list (still controversial in part) of countries whose nationals may enter the Union without visas
(EU) EU/OIL: European commission prepares a global document aimed at Biarritz Summit EU oil reserves exceed required level
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Brussels conference on Social Agenda underlined increasingly important role of civil society and NGOs - Programme with a timetable - Quality dimension
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 25,000 tonnes of cereals to Kenya - Nielson pays on-site visit (and to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti)
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2001: Budgets committee to propose use of flexibility instrument to go beyond ceiling of external policy spending - Freeze contingent on Commission reform funds?
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Past, current and future Council presidencies want to succeed in plan for European Area of Research - Develop researcher mobility, invest in infrastructures
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament calls on Member States to reduce taxes and charges on labour to fight against undeclared work
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Polemic over directive on safety during scaffolding work - British Conservatives and other EPP MEPs say Parliament should not deal with this
(EU) DATA PROTECTION: Parliament calls on EU to move towards single European supervisory authority
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Community research project for developing super-economical car
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: New criticisms of Council decision to restrict access to "defence" documents - Clarification over possibility of an appeal by Parliament against Council
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY/ESDP:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: On Wednesday, Commission approves proposal to review base regulation
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: Reservations of several Member States over certain aspects of European Commission plans
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: BEUC recommends to Council very strict ban on phthalates in toys, the rapid adoption of new food hygiene rules and a Euro without costs for consumers
(EU) EU/HEALTH: On the occasion of World Heart Day, David Byrne recalls importance of moderate and daily physical exercise to combat heart diseases
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH: International Round Table on combating communicable diseases in developing countries
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 26/09/2000: