Translation of "à l'examen coordination " (French → English) :

1. Welcomes the fact that this year, for the first time, the draft Joint Employment Report annexed to the Annual Growth Survey (AGS) includes a scoreboard for employment and social policies, which will help to strengthen the monitoring of employment and social developments as part of macroeconomic surveillance within the European Semester; considers that this should impact policy guidance in the European Semester in order to reinforce the social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union, since this is not only desirable but also necessary in order to address the crisis and prevent serious socio-economic divergences in the eurozone, thereby enhancing its sustainability; expresses its deep concern at the limited nature of the role of Par ...[+++]liament in the European Semester; deplores the fact that little progress has been made by the Commission and Council to strengthen democratic scrutiny of the economic policy guidance; is of the opinion that under the existing Treaties Article 136 TFEU allows the Council, on a recommendation from the Commission and with the vote of only the Member States whose currency is the euro, to adopt binding economic policy guidelines for the eurozone countries in the framework of the European Semester; stresses that an incentive mechanism would reinforce the binding nature of the economic policy coordination; calls for an Interinstitutional Agreement in order to involve Parliament in the drafting and approval of the AGS and the Economic Policy and Employment Guidelines;

1. Welcomes the efforts made to strengthen coordination of economic, budgetary and employment policies through the European Semester, allowing the parallel monitoring of national budgets and economic policies during a six-month period every year; stresses that the Cohesion Policy ought to become a focal point of the Commission’s Annual Growth Survey (AGS); regrets, therefore, that the AGS 2013 has not exploited an opportunity to commence a more meaningful debate on growth and jobs in the European Union, notably through an overhaul of its guidelines; considers that the processes behind the European Semester 2012 have highlighted the ne ...[+++]cessity for the European Union to achieve economic, social and territorial cohesion among regions and improve macro-economic coordination, and to reinforce democratic legitimacy and good governance with regard to Cohesion Policy, as well as in relation to all coordinated policies at European level that target the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy objectives;

on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2013

on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2013

4. Before issuing an EC design-examination certificate or an EC type-examination certificate, the notified bodies shall, through their competent authority, hereinafter ‘coordinating competent authority’, inform the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of their assessment carried out pursuant to paragraph 2 by means of a summary evaluation report in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.

4. The outcome of reviews carried out pursuant to this Article shall be notified to the Member State reviewed and may be forwarded to the Coordination Group.