57. Criticises the fact that while in China freedom of religion is not a right nominally guaranteed by the constitution, in practice the government restricts religious practices to officially approved and recognised religious organisations; supports the resistance of Chinese churches to the government’s renewed strategy of ‘sinicisation’ of Christianity; condemns, in particular, the ongoing anti-Christian campaign in the province of Zhejiang, during which dozens of churches were demolished and more than 400 crosses removed in 2014; shares the concerns of churches about other provinces where there is a strong Christian presence; condemns, moreover, the anti-Buddhism campaigns carried o ...[+++]ut via the ‘patriotic education’ approach, including measures to state-manage Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries; condemns ‘legal education’ programmes for Buddhist monks and nuns; cannot understand or accept the ban on images of the Dalai Lama in China; is concerned that China’s criminal law is being abused to persecute Tibetans and Buddhists, whose religious activities are equated with ‘separatism’, and sees its concerns confirmed as monks and nuns now account for approximately 44 % of political prisoners in Tibet; deplores the fact that the environment for practising Buddhism in Tibet has worsened significantly after the Tibetan protests of March 2008, with the Chinese government adopting a more pervasive approach to ‘patriotic education’, including measures to micromanage Tibetan Buddhist monastic affairs, for instance through unelected management committees installed in every monastery, ‘legal education’ programmes for monks and nuns to ensure that they ‘do not take part in activities of splitting up the motherland and disturbing social order’, and a ban on images of the Dalai Lama;

10. Welcomes Egypt’s efforts in combating human trafficking, especially the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee for combating and preventing trafficking in persons in 2007, and calls on the Egyptian authorities to implement the 2010 anti-trafficking law and to undertake measures such as research, information and mass media campaigns and social and economic initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking in persons;

10. Welcomes Egypt's efforts in combating human trafficking, especially the establishment of the National Coordinating Committee for combating and preventing trafficking in persons in 2007, and calls on the Egyptian authorities to implement the 2010 anti-trafficking law and to undertake measures such as research, information and mass media campaigns and social and economic initiatives to prevent and combat trafficking in persons;

In June and December each year, the Commission shall inform the Management Committee for Sugar of the average price for white sugar during the first half of the current marketing year and the second half of the previous marketing year respectively.

9. Reminds the Member States that they are obliged, on the one hand, to involve the social partners right from the outset in the task of preparing applications in accordance with Article 5 of the EGF Regulation and, on the other hand, to comply with Article 9 of the Regulation, which requests Member States to provide information on and publicise the funded actions, information that has also to be addressed to the workers concerned, the local and regional authorities and the social partners, and to standardise procedures; calls on the Member States to ensure that works councils are involved before any programme begins so as to guarantee ...[+++]that the social partners genuinely help to formulate conversion plans which meet the needs of employees and not of undertakings;

6. Reminds the Member States that they are obliged, on the one hand, to involve the social partners right from the outset in the task of preparing applications in accordance with Article 5 of the EGF regulation and, on the other hand, to comply with Article 9 of the regulation which requests Member States to provide information on and publicise the funded actions, information that has also to be addressed to the workers concerned, the local and regional authorities and the social partners, and to standardise procedures; calls on the Member States to ensure that works councils are involved before any programme begins so as to guarantee t ...[+++]hat the social partners genuinely help to formulate conversion plans which meet the needs of employees and not of undertakings;