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Commission Report 2002 (Hungary)
Alignment with and proper implementation of the social acquis are
proceeding well, in particular in the field of health and safety at work,
where substantial progress was made with the transposition of the EC
legislation in many areas. The related administrative and enforcement
structures, including labour inspectorates, have been considerably
strengthened. A new comprehensive law was prepared with regard to the
adoption of the anti-discrimination acquis, as foreseen in the Action Plan.
However, the law has not yet been adopted by Parliament. The legal framework
for anti-discrimination in general is still fragmented. Transposition and
implementation of the public health acquis is going well, and further
measures have also been taken with regard to surveillance and control of
communicable diseases (designation of the National Centre of Epidemiology at
the National Public Health and Medical Officers` Service as Hungarian
counterpart for epidemiological surveillance and for the control of
communicable diseases) and the health monitoring and information system (e.g.
setting up of a National Health Data Bank). Implementation of the acquis in
the field of tobacco, as required by the Action Plan, has not yet been
completely finalised. Implementation of the measures of the Action Plan to
complete the health monitoring and information system is behind schedule. The
new government started to increasingly support social partners'
capacity-building efforts, in particular with a view to their future role in
the development and implementation of Community employment and social policy,
including the European Social Fund. Particular attention has been recently
paid to enhancing the social partners' capacity to conduct social
dialogue, which is a priority of the new government, and to ensuring due
process also in the tripartite social dialogue. The social partners and the
Prime Minister signed an Agreement on Restructuring the Social Dialogue
System, and the National Interest-reconciliation Council (NIRC) was
established in July 2002 as the legal successor of the National Labour
Council. For the time being, no national strategy on social inclusion exists
in Hungary. However, a number of preparatory steps have been taken, such as
the signature of a ``Joint Memorandum on Social Inclusion'' with the
Commission in July 2002, which sets the future priorities and measures in
this field, also with a view to the future participation in the European
strategy on social inclusion. The Accession Partnership priorities have been
met to a large extent. As regards the Action Plan, implementation of the
majority of the measures foreseen in the Action Plan is on track, while work
on a few subjects has to be accelerated.
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