COM(2005)81 - European Institute for Gender Equality

official title

 

Legal instrument	Regulation
Decision making procedure	ordinary legislative procedure (COD)
reference by COM-number99	COM(2005)81
Additional COM-numbers	SEC(2005)328; COM(2006)209; COM(2006)501; COM(2006)860
procedure number101	2005/0017(COD)
CELEX number102	52005PC0081

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• 1. 

  Adopted at Nice in December 2000.
  
   
• 2. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 3. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 4. 

  Council of the EU, Press release 9507/04, p.11.
  
   
• 5. 

  European Council, 17-18 June 2004, Presidency conclusions, paragraph 43, p. 9.
  
   
• 6. 

  The 2000 Lisbon European Council fixed the target for the European Union to achieve a female employment rate of at least 60% and an overall employment rate of 70% by 2010.
  
   
• 7. 

  European Parliament Resolutions P5-TA (2002) 0372 of 4.7.2002, P5-TA (2002) 0606 of 17.12.2004, P5-TA (2004) 0023 of 14.1.2004 and P5-TA (2004) 0167 of 10.3.2004.
  
   
• 8. 

  'Role of a future European Institute', a study for the European Parliament, Final report, 15.6.2004
  
   
• 9. 

  The ex-ante evaluation to the proposal is attached as an annex.
  
   
• 10. 

  Commission Communication on the Activities of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia - COM(2003) 483, 5.8.2003 -; Commission Communication on the evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - COM(2004) 50, 23.4.2004 -; 'Meta-evaluation on the Community Agency System', Final report - Commission services document, DG Budget, 15.9.2003.
  
   
• 11. 

  Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995.
  
   
• 12. 

  Nine Directives and their amendments/extensions have been adopted in the area of equal treatment between men and women: Directive 75/117/EEC relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women; Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment as regards access to employment, vocational training, promotion and working conditions as amended by Directive 2002/73/EC; Directive 79/7/EEC on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment in matters of social security; Directive 86/378/EEC relating to equal treatment in occupational social security schemes as amended by Directive 96/97/EC; Directive 97/80/EC on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination as extended by 98/52/EC; Directive 92/85/EEC relating to improvements in the health and safety at work of pregnant workers; Directive 96/34/EC on parental leave as extended by 97/75/EC; Directive 86/613/EEC relating to equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity; and Directive 2004/113/EC implementing equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.
  
   
• 13. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 14. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 15. 

  Report on equality between women and men - COM(2004) 115, 19.2.2004.
  
   
• 16. 

  Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity
   
• 17. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 18. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 19. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 20. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 21. 

  Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995.
  
   
• 22. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 23. 

  OJ L 357, 21.12.2002, p. 72; Corrigendum: OJ L 2, 7.1.2003, p. 39.
  
   
• 24. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 25. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 26. 

  OJ C, p.
  
   
• 27. 

  OJ C, p.
  
   
• 28. 

  OJ C, p.
  
   
• 29. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 30. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 31. 

  European Parliament Resolution on the European Union's Policies on Equality between men and women (EP T5-0167/2004, 10 March 2004).
  
   
• 32. 

  Council of the EU, Press release 9507/04, p. 11.
  
   
• 33. 

  Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 on the creation of a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions as amended.
  
   
• 34. 

  Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, as amended.
  
   
• 35. 

  Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, as amended.
  
   
• 36. 

  Member States meeting in the framework of the European Council in December 2003 requested the Commission to prepare a proposal for a human rights agency by extending the mandate of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia.
  
   
• 37. 

  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
  
   
• 38. 

  Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies an of the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1).
  
   
• 39. 

  OJ L 357, 21.12.2002, p. 72; Corrigendum: OJ L 2, 7.1.2003, p. 39.
  
   
• 40. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 41. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 42. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 43. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 44. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 45. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 46. 

  OJ 17, 6.10.1958, p. 385/58, as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
  
   
• 47. 

  Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 of 28 November 1994 setting up a Translation Centre for bodies of the European Union (OJ L 314, 7.12.1994, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1645/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 13).
  
   
• 48. 

  Differentiated appropriations.
  
   
• 49. 

  Specify the type of committee and the group to which it belongs.
  
   
• 50. 

  Adopted at Nice in December 2000.
  
   
• 51. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 52. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 53. 

  Council of the EU, Press release 9507/04, p.11.
  
   
• 54. 

  European Council, 17-18 June 2004, Presidency conclusions, paragraph 43, p. 9.
  
   
• 55. 

  The 2000 Lisbon European Council fixed the target for the European Union to achieve a female employment rate of at least 60% and an overall employment rate of 70% by 2010.
  
   
• 56. 

  European Parliament Resolutions P5-TA (2002) 0372 of 4.7.2002, P5-TA (2002) 0606 of 17.12.2004, P5-TA (2004) 0023 of 14.1.2004 and P5-TA (2004) 0167 of 10.3.2004.
  
   
• 57. 

  'Role of a future European Institute', a study for the European Parliament, Final report, 15.6.2004
  
   
• 58. 

  The ex-ante evaluation to the proposal is attached as an annex.
  
   
• 59. 

  Commission Communication on the Activities of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia - COM(2003) 483, 5.8.2003 -; Commission Communication on the evaluation of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work - COM(2004) 50, 23.4.2004 -; 'Meta-evaluation on the Community Agency System', Final report - Commission services document, DG Budget, 15.9.2003.
  
   
• 60. 

  Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995.
  
   
• 61. 

  Nine Directives and their amendments/extensions have been adopted in the area of equal treatment between men and women: Directive 75/117/EEC relating to the application of the principle of equal pay for men and women; Directive 76/207/EEC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment as regards access to employment, vocational training, promotion and working conditions as amended by Directive 2002/73/EC; Directive 79/7/EEC on the progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment in matters of social security; Directive 86/378/EEC relating to equal treatment in occupational social security schemes as amended by Directive 96/97/EC; Directive 97/80/EC on the burden of proof in cases of discrimination as extended by 98/52/EC; Directive 92/85/EEC relating to improvements in the health and safety at work of pregnant workers; Directive 96/34/EC on parental leave as extended by 97/75/EC; Directive 86/613/EEC relating to equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity; and Directive 2004/113/EC implementing equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.
  
   
• 62. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 63. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 64. 

  Report on equality between women and men - COM(2004) 115, 19.2.2004.
  
   
• 65. 

  Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity
   
• 66. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 67. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 68. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 69. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 70. 

  Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995.
  
   
• 71. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 72. 

  OJ L 357, 21.12.2002, p. 72; Corrigendum: OJ L 2, 7.1.2003, p. 39.
  
   
• 73. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 74. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 75. 

  OJ C, p.
  
   
• 76. 

  OJ C, p.
  
   
• 77. 

  OJ C, p.
  
   
• 78. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 79. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 80. 

  European Parliament Resolution on the European Union's Policies on Equality between men and women (EP T5-0167/2004, 10 March 2004).
  
   
• 81. 

  Council of the EU, Press release 9507/04, p. 11.
  
   
• 82. 

  Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 on the creation of a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions as amended.
  
   
• 83. 

  Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, as amended.
  
   
• 84. 

  Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, as amended.
  
   
• 85. 

  Member States meeting in the framework of the European Council in December 2003 requested the Commission to prepare a proposal for a human rights agency by extending the mandate of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia.
  
   
• 86. 

  Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
  
   
• 87. 

  Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies an of the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p.
  
  1).
  
   
• 88. 

  OJ L 357, 21.12.2002, p. 72; Corrigendum: OJ L 2, 7.1.2003, p. 39.
  
   
• 89. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 90. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 91. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 92. 

  European Commission Feasibility Study for a European Gender Institute (conducted by PLS Ramboll Management, DK, 2002).
  
   
• 93. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 94. 

  Brussels Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs.
  
   
• 95. 

  OJ 17, 6.10.1958, p. 385/58, as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
  
   
• 96. 

  Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 of 28 November 1994 setting up a Translation Centre for bodies of the European Union (OJ L 314, 7.12.1994, p.
  
  1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1645/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 13).
  
   
• 97. 

  Differentiated appropriations.
  
   
• 98. 

  Specify the type of committee and the group to which it
   
• 99. 

  De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
   
• 100. 

  De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
   
• 101. 

  Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
  Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
   
• 102. 

  Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
   
• 103. 

  Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.
   
• 104. 

  This legally binding act of the European Union is directly applicable in all member states of the European Union. The regulation is similar to national legislation in terms of the impact and direct effect it generates. As such the regulation is the most pervasive of all the legal instruments of the EU.