The “agriculture” sectoral social dialogue has resulted, since 1978, in the adoption of 32 joint texts.
Date | Title | Theme | Type | Addressee |
10/05/2007 | Resolution adopted by GEOPA-COPA and EFFAT | Training | Tool | European social partners |
21/11/2005 | European agreement on the reduction of workers' exposure to the risk of work-related musculo-skeletal disorders in agriculture | Health and safety | Recommendation | National organisations |
25/01/2005 | Avis commun concernant la protection de la santé et de la sécurité des travailleurs contre les troubles musculo-squelettiques (in French only) | Health and safety | Joint opinion | European institutions |
24/10/2004 | Health and safety in agriculture - best practices and proposals for action | Health and safety | Declaration | National organisations |
05/12/2002 | European agreement on vocational training in agriculture | Training | Recommendation | National organisations |
01/04/2001 | Instructions for spray operators. Spraying technique, environment and safety | Health and safety | Tool | Enterprises |
01/04/2001 | Safety manual for forestry work | Health and safety | Tool | National organisations |
13/04/2000 | Final statement of the EFA-GEOPA/COPA conference on "Employment of agricultural workers in the European Union" | Employment | Joint opinion | European institutions |
01/01/2000 | White paper: Securing employment through vocational and continuing training in European agriculture | Training | Tool | National organisations |
26/04/1999 | Rules of procedure for the sectoral dialogue committee on social dialogue in agriculture | Social dialogue | Rules of procedure | European social partners |
24/07/1997 | Recommendation framework agreement on the improvement of paid employment in agriculture in the member states of the European Union | Working time | Recommendation | National organisations |
30/03/1995 | Joint declaration by EFA/CES-GEOPA/COPA on employment in agriculture | Employment | Declaration | European social partners |
18/11/1993 | Opinion concerning forestry | Training | Joint opinion | European institutions |
18/11/1993 | Opinion concerning training in agriculture | Training | Joint opinion | European institutions |
27/01/1993 | Opinion concerning social consequences of CAP reform | Social aspects of Community policies | Joint opinion | European institutions |
27/01/1993 | Opinion concerning early retirement for agricultural workers | Employment | Joint opinion | European institutions |
29/11/1991 | Additional clause to the Agreement on the harmonization of working hours (persons engaged in crop and livestock farming in Portugal) | Working time | Declaration | National organisations |
19/01/1990 | Additional clause to the Agreement on the harmonization of working hours of permanent agricultural workers in the EC arable farming sector (application in Spain since 1983) | Working time | Declaration | European social partners |
24/11/1986 | Opinion concerning ancillary sociostructural measures under the common agricultural policy | Employment | Joint opinion | European institutions |
24/11/1986 | Opinion concerning Community action in the forestry sector | Economic and/or sectoral pol. | Joint opinion | European institutions |
15/02/1986 | Opinion concerning the agricultural statistics | Employment | Joint opinion | European institutions |
21/12/1984 | Opinion concerning safety requirements for attaching, detaching, coupling and uncoupling operations with agricultural tractors | Health and safety | Joint opinion | European institutions |
26/11/1982 | Opinion on the promotion of relief services in agriculture and the social protection of relief service workers | Employment | Joint opinion | European institutions |
26/11/1982 | Opinion with regard to training for agricultural workers | Training | Joint opinion | European institutions |
01/01/1982 | Opinion on safety requirements for the construction of agricultural buildings and improvements to installations | Health and safety | Joint opinion | European institutions |
27/11/1981 | Opinion on the prevention of accidents in agriculture and the relationship between the elimination of technical barriers to trade in agricultural tractors and safety | Health and safety | Joint opinion | European institutions |
27/11/1981 | Amendment to the Agreement on the harmonization of working hours of permanent agricultural workers in the EC arable farming sector | Working time | Recommendation | European social partners |
06/05/1981 | Opinion concerning surveys of agricultural workers’ earnings in the EC | Working conditions | Joint opinion | European institutions |
01/01/1981 | Opinion on the social aspects of the common agricultural policy | Social aspects of Community policies | Joint opinion | European institutions |
10/06/1980 | Agreement on the harmonization of working hours of permanent agricultural workers in the EC livestock farming sector | Working time | Recommendation | European social partners |
| 23/05/1979 | Opinion concerning the vocational training of and cessation of farming by agricultural workers in the context of the sociostructural measures proposed by the Commission | Training | Joint opinion | European institutions |
22/03/1978 | Agreement on the harmonization of working hours of permanent agricultural workers in the EC arable farming sector | Working time | Recommendation | European social partners |
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