This Regional Strategy Paper (RSP), the second for Mercosur, provides a strategic framework for EC cooperation with Mercosur for the period 2007-2013. The RSP has been prepared following a consultation process involving Mercosur member states and civil society actors. EC-Mercosur relations are...

Research into the importance of social and economic cohesion policies in the context of the new financial framework 2014-2020 and the impact that trade union organisations could have in this process.

In 2008, the SOC Bureau decided to set out a relatively comprehensive strategy for the work of the SOC Section during the 2008-2010 mandate. The purpose of this strategy was to a) structure the work of the Section in order to make it more forceful and find priorities for actions and...

The purpose of this report is to set out in brief form the law across the EU Member States, Bulgaria and Romania relating to discrimination on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, disability, religion and belief and age (the u0093relevant groundsu0094), to the extent that such discrimination...

The question of u0093whereu0094 to regulate sales is of course connected to the further and more ample issue of u0093howu0094 to regulate. In its latest Green Paper, the Commission in fact asks both kinds of questions as regards, in particular, the contract of sale. Though this paper is aimed at...

This study provides an in-depth and objective comparative analysis of the legal systems of protection of adults lacking legal capacity within selected EU Member States. The first two parts of the study contain for each Member State concerned a detailed description and assessment of the national...

This study provides an in-depth and objective comparative analysis of the national provisions of private law and private international law in the field of authentic instruments with special focus on their mutual recognition and enforcement within selected EU Member States. The results of this...

This study provides a representative panorama of the video on demand offering (VoD) available in the European markets. It shows some broad trends of VoD services playing a role in representing Europes cultural diversity and in promoting European cinematic heritage. In its conclusions, this study...

These country reports from EU Member States constitute the background material for the FRA report on Criminal detention and alternatives: fundamental rights aspects in EU cross-border transfers. The information in the country reports is prepared under contract by the FRA’s research network...