Translation of "Rapport de contrôle des offres d'emploi " (French → English) :

[11] Member States will consider requests for admission to their territories for the purpose of employment only where vacancies in a Member State cannot be filled by national and Community manpower or by non-Community manpower lawfully resident on a permanent basis in that Member State and already forming part of the Member State’s regular labour market (Council Resolution of 20 June 1994, in connection with Council Regulation (EEC) n°1612/1968).

Council Recommendation (EC) No 579/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the implementation of Member States' employment policies (2003/579/EC [Official Journal L 197 of 05.08.2003]. The Commission's proposal for employment recommendations is presented in conjunction with the new employment guidelines. The 2003 guidelines include, in particular, three main objectives and 10 structural reform priorities, and call on the Member States to improve governance, the partnership between the different players and the implementation of the process. Drawing on the findings of the joint employment report ...[+++] for 2002, which assesses the action taken at national level, the Commission provides the Member States with specific guidance for implementing the new guidelines and focusing their policy action on the key challenges to be faced. The recommendations have to do mainly with lifelong learning, labour supply and active ageing, gender equality, making work pay, addressing change and promoting adaptability.

Secondly, a report released earlier this month by the UK Government enabled us to take stock of the difficulties of controlling and using this type of meal.

(18) In addition to ensuring that the insurance undertaking has a representative in the State where the injured party resides, it is appropriate to guarantee the specific right of the injured party to have the claim settled promptly; it is therefore necessary to include in national law appropriate effective and systematic financial or equivalent administrative penalties - such as injunctions combined with administrative fines, reporting to supervisory authorities on a regular basis, on-the-spot checks, publications in the national official journal and in the press, suspension of the activities of the company (prohibition on the conclusion of new contracts for a cer ...[+++]tain period), designation of a special representative of the supervisory authorities responsible for monitoring that the business is run in line with insurance laws, withdrawal of the authorisation for this business line, sanctions to be imposed on directors and management staff - in the event that the insurance undertaking or its representative fails to fulfil its obligation to make an offer of compensation within a reasonable time-limit; this should not prejudice the application of any other measure - especially under supervisory law - which may be considered appropriate; however, it is a condition that liability and the damage and injury sustained should not be in dispute, so that the insurance undertaking is able to make a reasoned offer within the prescribed time-limit; the reasoned offer of compensation should be in writing and contain the grounds on the basis of which liability and damages have been assessed.

The slight decline in the number of inspections from 1999 was the result of the transfer in July of responsibility for ex-post inspections from Financial Control (DG Audit) to the Directorate-General for Employment, with the consequent redeployment of staff.

28. Believes that the revision of the Structural Funds after 1999 is an opportunity (which must not be missed) for explicit incorporation of the cultural dimension from the point of view of its relation to employment, cohesion, regional development and urban renewal;