TABLE 1 : Protection of the rights of the child : synthesis of DG contributions
Actions from the Commission
Within the Union
Outside the Union
Rights
concerned
Policy Area
JLS
INFSO
EAC
EMPL
ENTR
SANCO
ELARG
RELEX / AIDCO
DEV
(Charter
Art. II-xx)
ACCESS Programme
Training for EC officials
(partially)
COM (2003) 356 adopted
24 is concerned
on 18/04/2005 on unfair
Inter-institutional group on
in all cases + …
commercial practices
children's rights
(amongst which
advertising)
COM (2004) 70 final :
Communication COM
European agenda for
PHARE funds for equal
(2002) 116 & Council
Leonardo da Vinci
entrepreneurship (Action
access to education for
Resolution on "Education
Directive 2003/109 on long-term residents
programme (partially)
1 : fostering
Roma children (Romania 25
and training in the contaxt
Education
14
entrepreneurial mindsets
M€; Bulgaria 15 M€)
of poverty reduction in
through school education)
developing countries"
Socrates/Comenius
Directive 2004/114 on admission of students
programme (partially)
Directive 89/552/CEE,
97/36/CE on Television
Proposal for a
Recommendation on the
protection of minors and
Phare Public awareness
human dignity in the
campaign on children's
Media (incl. Internet)
11
European audiovisual and
rights and child protection
information services
(Romania 5 M€)
industry
(COM/2004/341)
Safer Internet plus
programme (2005-08)
Safer Internet plus
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
programme (2005-08)
Directive 89/552/CEE,
International Child Sexual Exploitation Image DB
97/36/CE on Television
without frontiers
Proposal for a
Pornographic images
3.1, 8
Recommendation on the
protection of minors and
human dignity in the
European audiovisual and
information services
CARDS assistance for
Strategic partnership with
Directive 94/33/CE on
democratic participation of
ILO signed in Jul 04
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Youth programme
protection of young
young people in Balkan
(incl. Prevention of Child
people at work
countries (300.000 €)
labour)
Directive 00/43/EC of
equal treatment between
Pre-accession assistance to
Youth (incl. employment)
32
persons irrespective of
eradicate the worst forms of
racial or ethnic origin
child labour (Turkey 5.3 M€)
(partially)
Directive 00/78/EC for
equal treatment in
employment and
occupation (partially)
Slavery
4, 5, 6, 32
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Handicaped children
21.1, 26
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Report of the European Commission to the Council on
Missing children
5, 6
the contribution of civil society in finding missing or
sexually exploited children
Free Circulation
45
Directive 2004/38 on free circulation
Data Protection
8
Directive 1995/46 on data protection
DG JLS/C P. Trousson - last update : 15/04/2014
TABLE 1 : Protection of the rights of the child : synthesis of DG contributions
Actions from the Commission
Within the Union
Outside the Union
Rights
concerned
Policy Area
JLS
INFSO
EAC
EMPL
ENTR
SANCO
ELARG
RELEX / AIDCO
DEV
(Charter
Art. II-xx)
Directive 1988/378,
Directive 2001/95 on
modified by 1993/68 on
product safety
24 is concerned
safety of toys
Health (& Safety)
35
in all cases + …
COM (2004) 599 final on
medicinal products for
paediatric use
Directive 2003/86 on family reunification.
Directive 2001/55 on temporary protection of refugees
Directive 2003/9 on the reception of asylum seekers
Immigration
18, 19, 24.3
Directive 2004/83 on qualification and status of
refugees
Draft Directive on asylum procedures
AENEAS & European Refugee Fund programmes
(partially)
INTI programme (partially)
European Initiative for
Democracy and Human Rights
(EIDHR) (partially); EC
political dialogues with third
External Policy
countries; EC actions in
multilateral fora (UN, etc)
European Neighbourhood
Policy action plans (partially)
EU guidelines on children and
Children in armed conflicts
5, 6, 14
armed conflict (Dec. 2003)
Female genital mutilation
3.1, 3.2 a), 35 Daphne II programme (2004-08)
TAIEX Independent Panel of
The New Brussels II Regulation on parental
EU Experts on Family Law
responsibility
(Romania)
Civil Justice
6, 24
Study (2005) on enforcement of family law judgments
Green Paper on maintenance claims and related
legislative initiatives
Framework Decision 2001/220 on the standing of
victims in criminal proceedings
Criminal Justice
20, 21
White Paper on exchanges of information on
convictions in the European Union
EU funded international
Framework Decision 2004/68 on combating the sexual
Sexual violence (incl. Sex
campaign against children
3.1, 4, 5, 35
exploitation of children and child pornography
tourism)
sexual exploitation in tourism
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Action Plan against
Framework Decision 2002/62 on combating
Trafficking in Southern
trafficking in human beings
Africa (in preparation)
Declaration of Libreville
Directive 2004/81 on residence permits for victims of
Trafficking
5.3
signed on 7/2/03 against
trafficking
trafficking in Children
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Agis programme (2003-07)
Expert group on Trafficking in Human Beings
Indicators & data collection
Daphne II programme (2004-08)
Bold italic =
Programmes and financial actions
Normal =
Legislative initiatives and expert groups
DG JLS/C P. Trousson - last update : 15/04/2014