council direct ec april extens direct ec framework agreement part time work conclud unic ceep etuc unit kingdom great britain northern ireland council european union regard treati establish european commun articl thereof regard propos commiss regard opinion european parliament regard opinion econom social committe council act accord agreement social polici annex protocol social polici annex ec treati articl thereof adopt direct ec result direct appli unit kingdom great britain northern ireland amsterdam european council held june note approv agreement intergovernment confer incorpor agreement social polici ec treati point mean found give legal effect unit kingdom accept direct adopt basi agreement adopt entri forc treati council juli council commiss agre put effect conclus adopt amsterdam european council agre appli procedur mutati mutandi futur direct adopt basi agreement social polici direct seek achiev aim extend direct ec unit kingdom fact direct ec applic unit kingdom great britain northern ireland directli affect function intern market implement framework agreement annex direct principl discrimin part time full time worker member state improv function intern market adopt direct make direct ec applic unit kingdom date direct enter forc term member state direct ec constru includ unit kingdom unit kingdom benefit period year grant member state bring forc provis compli direct ec adopt direct articl prejudic articl direct ec appli unit kingdom great britain northern ireland articl paragraph insert articl direct ec unit kingdom great britain northern ireland date januari paragraph replac date april articl direct address member state luxembourg april council presid blunkett opinion deliv april publish offici journal opinion deliv march publish offici journal oj