Activites

• 2014/02/26 Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/12/19 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/12/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/12/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #3276
• 2013/12/03 Council Meeting
  • 3276
• 2013/12/02 Committee draft report
  • PE524.615
• 2013/11/13 Legislative proposal
  • COM(2013)0803 summary

    PURPOSE: to maintain for 2014 the employment guidelines adopted under Council Decision 2010/707/EU 2010 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States.  PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion. BACKGROUND: on 26 March 2010, the European Council agreed to the European Commission's proposal to launch a new strategy for jobs and growth, Europe 2020, based on enhanced coordination of economic policies, which will focus on the key areas where action is needed to boost Europe’s potential for sustainable growth and competitiveness. To that end, the European Council agreed to set EU headline targets, which constitute shared objectives guiding action of the Member States and of the Union. The Treaty on the functioning of the EU provides that Member States are to regard their economic policies and promoting employment as matters of common concern and coordinate them within the Council. In two distinct articles, it provides that the Council is to adopt broad economic policy guidelines (Article 121) and employment guidelines (Article 148), specifying that the latter must be consistent with the former. Given this legal basis, the guidelines for employment and economic policies are presented as two distinct — but intrinsically interconnected — legal instruments: A Council Recommendation on broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union -Part I of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines; A Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States –Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines. These guidelines implemented by the above mentioned legal instruments form together the integrated guidelines for implementing the Europe 2020 strategy. The employment guidelines were adopted on 21 October 2010, and as provided by the adoption decision should remain stable until 2014 to ensure a focus on implementation. The overall objectives and priorities expressed in the guidelines for the employment policies remain valid. Consequently, with this proposal, the Commission maintains the guidelines adopted in 2010. CONTENT: under this proposal, the Commission proposes that the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States set out in the Annex to Council Decision of 21 October 2010 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States are maintained for 2014 as they were in 2011, 2012 and 2013. The employment guidelines shall be taken into account by the Member States in their employment policies.

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2013)0803
• Committee draft report: PE524.615
• Debate in Council: 3276

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)