Finally, I would ask the Commissioner or the Council why the Social Security Directive has not, to date, been reviewed.

By default, this role could be played by the Montreal-Laval-Laurentides-Lanaudière Regional Public Security Department of Quebec’s Public Security Ministry, but this would not cover Montreal’s South Shore which comes under another regional jurisdiction.

In particular, a circular (an interpretative government document) issued by the Greek Social Security authorities on 5 April 1999 (45/99) states that to qualify for reimbursement, orthopaedic medical devices must bear the "serial number" of the person insured and that the invoice must mention the professional licence of a special technician for orthopaedic type products.

We also call on the Commission to supply information on how it proposes to act on a number of requests we have made: to define an appropriate legal basis for the development of civil dialogue; to provide a tax and legislative framework for the development of the social economy; to integrate the social dimension into competition policy; to submit a directive on social security cover for new forms of employment; to reinforce the action programme and instruments against poverty and social exclusion and submit a p ...[+++]roposal to amend Directive 92/85/EC on introducing measures to help improve the health and safety of female workers; and to launch an initiative aimed at better guaranteeing the social quality of work.

The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Ms Miet SMET Minister for Employment, Labour and Policy on Equal Opportunities Mr F. WILLOCKX Minister for Pensions Ms Laurette ONKELINX Chairwoman of the French-speaking Community and Minister with responsibility for Social Affairs, Public Health and Tourism Denmark: Ms Jytte ANDERSEN Minister for Labour Mr Henrik HASSENKAM State Secretary for Labour Germany: Mr Horst GÜNTHER Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Greece: Mr Evangelos YIANNOPOULOS Minister for Labour Spain: Mr José Antonio GRIÑAN M ...[+++]inister for Labour and Social Security Ms Cristina ALBERDI ALONSO Minister for Social Affairs France: Mr Michel GIRAUD Minister for Labour, Employment and Vocational Training Ireland: Ms Mary O'ROURKE Minister of State (Labour Affairs) Mr Mervyn TAYLOR Minister for Equality and Law Reform Italy: Mr Gino GIUGNI Minister for Employment and Social Security Luxembourg: Mr Jean-Claude JUNCKER Minister for Labour Ms Mady DELVAUX-STEHRES Secretary of State for Social Security Netherlands: Mr Bert DE VRIES Minister for Employment and Social Security Portugal: Mr José DA SILVA PENEDA Minister for Employment and Social Security United Kingdom: Mr David HUNT Secretary of State for Employment Mr Michael FORSYTH Minister of State for Employment + Commission : Mr Pádraig FLYNN Member At this meeting, the Council: - adopted two Directives, namely = a Directive on the organization of working time (see p. 7) = a Directive on the protection of workers on fishing vessels (see pp. I and II); - adopted its common position on the proposal for a Directive on the protection of young people at work (see pp. 4 to 6); - approved a Declaration of Principles concerning future policy to help the elderly (see p. 10); - reached broad agreement on two other proposals for Directives, namely = a Directive on parental leave (see p. 8) = a Directive on the burden of ...

The overall cost of the Plan is estimated at LIT 21,000 billion of which the Commission considered LIT 9,677 billion (4,147 MECU) investment eligible for regional aid and LIT 766 billion (455 MECU) research expenditure eligible for RD aid. The proposed regional aid totalling LIT 4,884 billion (2,903 MECU) will be provided under Law 64/86 (Mezzogiorno aid) in the form of direct grants, interest subsidies, profit tax exemptions and reductions in social security ...[+++] contributions.