Framework agreement on parental leave: extension of Directive 96/34/EC to the United Kingdom

OBJECTIVE: to extend Council Directive 96/34/EC on parental leave to the United Kingdom. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Directive 97/75/EC amending and extending to the United Kingdom Council Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC. CONTENT: following the conclusion of the Amsterdam Treaty providing for the incorporation in the Treaty of the Protocol on social policy and the decision by the United Kingdom to accede to the social provisions of the new Treaty, Directive 96/34/EC on the framework agreement on parental leave concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC (cf. 'fiche de procedure' COS0383) is extended to the United Kingdom. Extension of the Directive to the United Kingdom does not alter the content of the basic directive, excepting a provision relating to the date of transposition of the framework agreement in the United Kingdom. ENTRY INTO FORCE: this directive will enter into force in the United Kingdom on 15 December 1999 (the other Member States must comply with the directive by 3 June 1998).�