Malta - employment and social affairs

Short-term priorities:

• support the social partners' capacity-building efforts in order to develop and implement the acquis.

Assessment (November 2003)

Please refer to the fact sheets on the adoption of the Community acquis.

Medium-term priorities:

• transposal and implementation of European Union legislation in the fields of health and safety at work, labour law, equal opportunities and public health;
• strengthen related administrative structures and the necessary structures to ensure coordination in the area of social security;
• preparation of a national employment strategy.

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 2000/249/EC of 20.03.2000Official Journal L 78, 29.03.2000

Commission Report COM(2003) 675 final - SEC(2003) 1206Not published in the Official Journal

Treaty of Accession to the European Union [Official Journal L 236, 23.09.2003]

Last updated: 19.11.2004