Five headline targets, listed under the relevant integrated guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union.

Five headline targets, listed under the relevant integrated guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances as well as the positions and circumstances of the Union.

Five headline targets, listed under the relevant guidelines, constitute shared objectives which guide the action of the Member States, taking into account their relative starting positions and national circumstances, and which also guide the action of the Union.

Among the most notable new steps, in the right direction, are the Green Paper on Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules and, published back in late 2005, the guidelines on the application of Article 82 to exclusionary abuses; as regards action taken, the Model Leniency Programme has been launched, as have two sector inquiries, and the guidelines for fining cartels have begun to be reviewed.

I would like to know whether the guidelines legally constitute a common position.

Promote a lifecycle approach to work through: a renewed endeavour to build employment pathways for young people and reduce the youth unemployment; resolute action based inter alia on affirmative measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities for women and men in terms of access to employment, pay, promotion and working conditions; better reconciliation of work and private life, including the promotion of better sharing of family responsibilities between spouses and partners and provision of accessible and affordable modes of public childcare and services providing a high level of educational quality, a high-quality public care ...[+++] service for elderly people and other dependants; modern pension and healthcare systems, ensuring their adequacy, financial sustainability and responsiveness to changing needs, so as to support participation in employment and longer working lives, including appropriate incentives to work and discourage early retirement; support for working conditions conducive to active ageing through an attractive supply of voluntary part-time work and opportunities for phased retirement (Integrated guideline No 17).