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New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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EU Level developments reported on 17 January 2005
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/country/eu.level.html

17 Jan 2005
EU Level : Luxembourg Presidency sets out employment and social priorities
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/01/inbrief/eu0501201n.html

The Council of the European Union will be presided over by the Luxembourg government during the first six months of 2005. It has issued its priorities for its term, including the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy and the progression of a range of proposals, including the draft Directive on the revision of the working time Directive.

 17 Jan 2005
EU Level : EU social partners in hotels and restaurants sign joint CSR statement
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/01/inbrief/eu0501202n.html

In December 2004, the EU-level social partners in the hotels and restaurants sector signed a joint document on corporate social responsibility (CSR), covering areas such as equality, working conditions, pay, training, health and safety and restructuring.

 17 Jan 2005
EU Level : Formal social dialogue begins in chemicals industry
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/01/inbrief/eu0501203n.html

In December 2004, the European Commission formally announced the establishment of an EU-level social dialogue committee in the chemicals industry.

 17 Jan 2005
EU Level : Commissioner calls for end to discrimination against people with disabilities
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/01/inbrief/eu0501204n.html

In December 2004, speaking at a conference in Brussels, the new European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Vladimir Spidla, called for a change in attitudes and a new approach in order to end discrimination against people with disabilities.

 17 Jan 2005
EU Level : Commission takes five Member States to ECJ for failing to implement anti-discrimination Directive
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/01/inbrief/eu0501205n.html

The European Commission announced in December 2004 that it is to refer five EU Member States to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to transpose the 2000 framework equality Directive.

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