Jun. 29, 2002 Gas industry restructuring, liberalisation and employment The paper provides an overview of developments in the European gas industry; it was developed for a social dialogue conference with Eurogas in 2002. {{{ {{Gas industry liberalisation, restructuring and
Oct. 22, 2003 Conclusions on seminar for social dialogue by the Social partners for the Gas Supply Sector
Jun. 08, 2005 Transparency Initiative of EU Commission Mr Kallas, the Commissioner for administration, audit and anti-fraud, announced a Commission initiative to bring more transparency in the European political decision-making process on 3 March 2005. The focus is
May. 03, 2006 European coalition challenges EU lobby rules The European Commission has published a Green Paper on a European Transparency Initiative. This paper argues for a voluntary registration system of lobbyists. It fails to address issues of disclosure
May. 04, 2006 EPSU supports transparency campaign The European Commission is consulting on its initiative to make lobby organisations more transparent. According to EPSU, and the large coalition of unions and NGOs this does not go far
Nov. 09, 2006 Commissioner Spidla approves European Gas Social Dialogue Committee European Commissioner Vladimir Spidla informed EPSU of the establishment of the Social Dialogue Committee for the European Gas Industry. The employers side is represented by Eurogas. Commissioner Spidla refers in
Mar. 10, 2007 Rules of Procedure of the Social Dialogue Committee for the Natural Gas Sector, March 2007 final rules of procedure
Mar. 19, 2007 European Gas Social Dialogue heats up: joint criticism of unbundling and impact assessment This first meeting was opened by Jackie Morin of the European Commission (DG Employment) and responsible for the European social dialogue. The gas sector is the 34th sector with a
Mar. 26, 2007 Coalition: Commission Transparency Initiative is too timid The Alter-EU coalition of which EPSU signed the founding declaration has criticised the Commission's proposal for a voluntary lobby register to ensure transparency as a step which does not go
May. 07, 2007 Presidency social dialogue committee considers follow up plenary, 7 May 2007 (7 May 2007) Eurogas and the union side considered the follow up to the plenary 15 March 2007. It was agreed to establish a working group to consider the future
Aug. 22, 2007 Joint Letter of Unions and Eurogas expresses concerns over Energy Package, 28 June 2007 The social partners in the European gas sector expressed concerns over the lack of a social dimension in the energy package (of 10 January 2007), the need to inform the
Aug. 22, 2007 "Lobbying the EU by Committee" - new CEO briefing New briefing shows how corporations use Commission expert groups Corporate Observatory Europe, like EPSU a member of Alter-EU coalition that argues for more transperency of lobbyists, has produced a new
Oct. 16, 2007 Employment, demographic change and 3rd liberalisation package discussed The social partners in the European gas sector - Agreed a joint statement with the conclusions they draw from the employment study done by EcoTec for the European Commission ([to
Nov. 16, 2007 Take account of our view says Gas sector to Commission: Address social consequences (16 November 2007) The proposals of the Commission on opening up the market for gas were the main topic of discussion in the European social dialogue committee gas. The employers
Nov. 30, 2007 Joint Declaration on Violence at Work The European inter-sectoral social partners Business Europe/ UEAPME/ CEEP and ETUC signed an Agreement on violence at work, 26 April 2007. The agreement aims at establishing a general framework at