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2012

20 March

Background document for LIBE Hearing on "Unblocking the Anti-Discrimination Directive" on age discrimination in access to financial services

2011

December 2011

Joint AGE-ENAR position paper on older ethnic minorities and migrants as a contributions for EY2012

14 November 2011
AGE Shadow report on older people’s fundamental rights - Response to the 2010 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

15 September 2011
AGE response to EC public consultation on possible EU measures in the area of carers’ leave or leave to care for dependent relatives

12 September 2011
AGE contribution to the preparation of FRA Multi-Annual Framework 2013-2017

18 July 2011
AGE response to Commission questionnaire on implementation issues raised by ECJ ruling on the Test-Achats case

28 March 2011
Improving the situation of older Roma in the EU (eEecutive summary of interviews with older Roma in Summer 2010)

9 March 2011
AGE contribution to EC Insurance Dialogue

3 March 2011
AGE Platform Europe response to EC consultation on the Single Market Act

2 March 2011
AGE welcomes ECJ ruling as a step in the right direction towards ending the gender pensions gap and as major victory for older women's rights

2010

30 January 2010
AGE Response to the Consultation on a European Citizens Initiative

8 March 2010
AGE issued a common call with EWL on International Women’s Day 8 March 2010 to highlight situation of older women

14 June 2010
AGE Platform Europe contribution to EC Consultation on ‘EU Citizens' Rights - the way forward’

7 July 2010
AGE contribution to EC consultation on an EU Strategy to combat violence against women

15-16 November 2010
AGE contribution to Equality Summit

2009

4 February 2009
AGE recommendations on media for diversity: how to better involve civil society

10 February 2009
AGE response to the Fundamental Rights Platform consultation on the EU Fundamental Rights Agency Work Programme 2010

1 April 2009
AGE response to European Commission consultation on EU action to reduce health inequalities

4 May 2009
AGE comments on revised draft FRA work programme 2010 and suggestions for FRA work programme 2011 

3 July 2009
AGE- Test Achats-EWL reponse to Article 5 questionnaire

9 September 2009
Impact of Article 5 of Directive 2004/113/EC on gender equality in insurance products

28 September 2009
AGE contribution to Fundamental Rights Platform’s consultations on FRA Annual Reports 2008 and 2009

28 September 2009
AGE statement on multiple discrimination for FRA consultation meeting on 5-6 October

25 October 2009
AGE response to Commission consultation on follow-up to Gender Roadmap 2006-2010 

16-17 November 2009
AGE policy statement for 3^rd Equality Summit (November 2009)

8 December 2009
AGE contribution to EC Insurance Dialogue on age limits in travel insurance, age limits in complementary health insurance and age limits in mortgage loans (links to follow shortly)
 
2008

8 March 2008
AGE calls for equal rights for older women on International Women’s Day

10 April 2008
AGE member feedback on 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

29 April 2008
AGE calls  for the door to remain open on a horizontal initiative to combat discrimination outside employment 

23 May 2008
AGE position on financial inclusion: the need to remove age limits in access to financial products

28 July 2008
AGE response to call for Fundamental Rights Platform participants 

28 July 2008
AGE proposals to FRA 2009 work programme on promoting non-discrimination on the age ground 

23 September 2008
AGE response to Commission proposal for a draft directive on combating age discrimination in access to goods and service with annex I and annex II

6 October 2008
AGE position on Fundamental Rights Platform 

31 October 2008
AGE letter to Commissioner Vassiliou to tackle age limits in access to breast cancer screening

21 November 2008
AGE position paper on improving the situation of older migrants in the EU

2007

25 January 2007
Tackling Multiple Discrimination in the EU - leaflet

18 May 2007
AGE response to FRA consultation with civil society

30 March 2007
AGE response to the Green Paper on Modernising Labour Law to meet the Challenges of the 21^st Century

17 September 2007
AGE Factsheet on EU Fundamental Rights Agency

10 October 2007
Building a case for more action at EU level to combat age discrimination in access to goods and services 

12 October 2007
AGE response to Commission consultation on future action on non-discrimination

13 November 2007
AGE recommendations to the European Commission on how the transposition and implementation of the Employment Directive (2000/78/EC) can be improved

13 November 2007
Summary of AGE report on transposition and implementation of Employment Directive

28 November 2007
AGE leaflet on Promoting Gender Equality for Older People in the EU

2006

4 October 2006
AGE's shadow directive on non-discrimination in access to goods and services and explanatory memorandum 

22 November 2006
AGE response to EC Questionnaire on the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

29 November 2006
Towards a European Society of All Ages - leaflet

2005

19 July 2005
AGE response to Commission the transposition of the Race Directive

5 October 2005
AGE letter on Commission Proposal for a Decision of the EP and Council on The European Year of Equal Opportunities (2007) 

17 November 2005
AGE position on multiple discrimination

December 2005
Analysis of the state of transposition of the Employment Directive

2004

27 May 2004
AGE position statement on equality legislation and independent equality bodies

12 July 2004
AGE-Test Achats - EWL common letter on proposed gender directive on access to and supply of goods and services

December 2004
AGE analysis of the state of transposition of the Employment Directive

2 December 2004
AGE barrriers: older people's experience of discrimination in access to goods, services and facilities

17 December 2004
AGE contribution to consultation on Fundamental Rights Agency

2003

October 2003
AGE position statement on ‘Towards Age Equality’

2 December 2003
AGE comments on the transposition of the Employment Directive