CELEX: 51997PC0457(02)
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-23
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive extending Council Directive 96/34/EC of 3 June 1996, on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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51997PC0457(02)

Proposal for a Council Directive extending Council Directive 96/34/EC of 3 June 1996, on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  /* COM/97/0457 final - CNS 97/0239 */  

Official Journal C 335 , 06/11/1997 P. 0012

Proposal for a Council Directive extending Council Directive 96/34/EC of 3 June 1996, on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by Unice, CEEP and the ETUC, to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (97/C 335/10) COM(97) 457 final - 97/0239(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 23 September 1997)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 100 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,Whereas the Council, acting in accordance with the Agreement on social policy annexed to Protocol 14 on social policy annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, adopted on 3 June 1996 Council Directive 96/34/EC, on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by Unice, CEEP and ETUC (1); whereas that Directive does not, therefore, apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Whereas the Amsterdam European Council held on 16 and 17 June 1997, noted with approval the agreement of the Intergovernmental Conference to incorporate the Agreement on social policy in the EC Treaty and also noted that a means had to be found to give legal effect to the wish of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to accept the Directives which have already been adopted on the basis of that Agreement before the signature of the Amsterdam Treaty; whereas the present Directive seeks to achieve this aim by applying Council Directive 96/34/EC to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;Whereas the fact that Council Directive 96/34/EC is not applicable in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland directly affects the functioning of the common market; whereas the implementation of the framework agreement, and in particular the principle of reconciliation of parental and professional responsibilities for working parents, in all the Member States will improve the functioning of the common market;Whereas the implementation of the framework agreement aims, in particular, at achieving the objective of equal treatment between men and women with regard to labour opportunities and treatment at work, and reconciliation of working and family life;Whereas the adoption of this Directive will make Directive 96/34/EC applicable in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:Article 1 Without prejudice to Article 2, Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by Unice, CEEP and the ETUC, shall apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Article 2 In Article 2 of Directive 96/34/EC, the following paragraph is inserted:'1(a) As regards the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the date of 3 June 1998 in paragraph 1 shall be . . . (*).(*) Two years after the adoption of the present Directive`.Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States.(1) OJ 145, 19. 6. 1996, p. 4.