This ruling has significant economic consequences which are difficult to be assessed; the relationship between sex, gender and insurance products becomes more complicated taking into account also the plurality of products on the market; differentiated treatment in insurance pricing is in principle done on the grounds of objective determining factors, and gender was up to now considered to be such a factor by the industry.

With regard to market measures – a point mentioned by Mrs Fraga – I would like to state that there are various measures which we are proposing: increasing fishermen’s bargaining position vis-à-vis the processing industry and distributors by joining forces with larger POs or local marketing associations; establishing a price monitoring system to better understand the factors determining market prices; improving predictability of sourcing for EU-origin products for the industry; promoting quality initiatives like labelling and better handling and processing; promoting information to consumers; health and nutrition; responsible fishin ...[+++]g; market audit assessment; developing tools to analyse the value chain and prices; and verifying the correct implementation of the monitoring of labelling measures and IUU.

There are three key factors that determine the proportion of poor children in rich countries: social policy, social trends and the way in which the labour market develops.

While fully respecting the Member States’ competencies, support the exchange of information between Member States on prices, pricing policies and economic factors determining the availability of medicinal products as well as, where appropriate, medical devices, with particular attention being paid to orphan medicinal products and small markets as they are particularly vulnerable to deferred or missed market launches, supply shortages and obstacles to achieving affordable prices of medicinal products.

Women’s participation in the labour market is a prerequisite of our achieving the ambitious goals we have set ourselves regarding employment and the modernisation of the European social model.

Women’s participation in the labour market is a prerequisite of our achieving the ambitious goals we have set ourselves regarding employment and the modernisation of the European social model.