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SINGLE MARKET:

ONLY COMMISSION CAN INITIATE ANNUAL

‘SOCIAL SITUATION’ REPORT

FOR THE COMMUNITY

 [ARTICLE 143]

 

 

AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (Lisbon, 13 December 2007)<= /span>

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Policy Area: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Part Three Policies and Internal Actions of the Union, Title IX Social Policy, Article 143

 

Amendment:<= /o:p>

Clause  2,&n= bsp; page  1,  line  12,  after ‘excluding’, insert— 

 

‘(i) Article 2, paragraphs 114 to 122, inserted Article 136a TEC (TFEU) relating to social partners, and amendments to Articles 137 to 140, 143 and 148 TEC (TFEU) relating to social policy; and

 

(ii)’.

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Lisb= on Treaty: =

“120) In Article 143, the second paragraph shall be deleted.”

 

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

“Article 143=

The Commission shall draw up a report each year on progr= ess in achieving the objectives of Article 136, including the demographic situa= tion in the Community. It shall forward the report to the European Parliament, t= he Council and the Economic and Social Committee.

The European Parliament may invite the Commission to dra= w up reports on particular problems concerning the social situation.”=

 

Expl= anation:

Under Article 143 TEC, the Commission draws up a= nnual reports on the social situation in Europe which are forwarded “to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee.” T= he Lisbon Treaty deletes the following paragraph “The European Parliament may invite the Commission to draw up reports on particular problems concern= ing the social situation”, implying that only the Commission (and not the European Parliament) seems able to dictate when a report on the social situation in the Community can be drawn up.