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Latvia - Employment and social affairs
Short-term priorities:
Assessment (November 2000)
The national employment plan for the year 2000 was adopted in February 2000. Examination of the employment situation has already begun. Tripartite social dialogue is well established in Latvia, but no progress has been seen in bipartisanship. The new labour code is in the process of being approved.
Assessment (October 2002)
No particular action was taken with regard to social dialogue.
Progress was made in 2002 in terms of the national employment strategy.
Assessment (November 2003)
Please refer to the fact sheets on the adoption of the Community acquis.
Medium-term priorities:
Assessment (October 1999)
No progress has been made in this area.
Assessment (November 2000)
No progress has been made in this area.
Assessment (October 2002)
Although the acquis on equal treatment for women and men has yet to be implemented, the 2002 Report notes that progress has been made in this area.
The bipartite social dialogue is still lagging behind.
Assessment (November 2003)
Please refer to the fact sheets on the adoption of the Community acquis.
Following the signing of the Accession Treaty on 16 April 2003, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004.
REFERENCES
Decision 98/263/EC of 30.03.1998Official Journal L 121 of 23.04.1998
Decision 1999/854/EC of 06.12.1999Official Journal L 335 of 28.12.1999
Commission Opinion COM(97) 2004 finalNot published in the Official Journal
Commission Report COM(98) 703 finalNot published in the Official Journal
Commission Report COM(1999) 506 finalNot published in the Official Journal
Commission Report COM(2000) 706 finalNot published in the Official Journal
Commission Report COM(2001) 700 final - SEC(2001) 1749Not published in the Official Journal
Commission Report COM(2002) 706 final - SEC(2002) 1405Not published in the Official Journal
Commission Report COM(2003) 675 final - SEC(2003) 1203Not published in the Official Journal
Treaty of Accession to the European Union [Official Journal L 236, 23.09.2003]
Last updated: 19.11.2004