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The Commissions of the EP are due to meet in Brussels from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 April 2002. The main points on the agenda are as follows: · Protection of salaried workers: insolvency of the employer (amendment of Directive 80/987/EEC), (Commission for employment and social affairs, rapporteur: Bouwman); · Employment policy: European strategy for reinforcing the local dimension (Commission for social affairs, rapporteur: Schmid); · Road safety: protection of pedestrians, commitment of the European car industry (Commission for regional policy, transport and tourism, rapporteur: Hedkvist Petersen); · Programme of action for the realization of the single European sky (Commission of regional policy, rapporteur: Fava); · Humanitarian aid: Annual Report 2000 (Commission for development, rapporteur: Carlotti; Commission for foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence policy, rapporteur: Van Hecke); · General guidelines for economic policies 2002 – Exchange of opinions (Commission for economic and monetary problems, rapporteur: Trentin); · The economic prospects of the EU – Exchange of opinions with Commissioner Solbes (Commission of economic and monetary problems).