BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Conciliation
- action taken by an independent negotiator to bring disputing sides together with the goal of restoring trust or goodwill and reaching an agreement or bringing about a reconciliation
Wiktionary Definition for: Conciliation
- The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.
Additional Resources
- Canadian National, Canadian Auto Workers Released from Conciliation Process
- MONTREAL--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 10, 1998--Canadian National Railway Co. (ME:CNR) (TSE:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) and the Canadian Auto Workers union have been released from the conciliation process by the federal minister of labor.The minister notified CN Aug. 7 that he will not appoint a conciliation commissioner or conciliation board in negotiations...
- Research articles 1998-08-10
- Conciliation and Confession: The Struggle for Unity in the Age of Reform, 1415-1648
- Howard P. Louthan and Randall C. Zachman, eds. Conciliation and Confession: The Struggle for Unity in the Age of Reform, 1415-1648. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. vi + 298 pp. index. $60 cl, $28 pbk. ISBN: 0-268-03362-5 cl, 0-268-03363-3 pbk. In the introduction to this...
- Research articles 2005-09-22
- CONCILIATION COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL MEETS
- The Conciliation Committee of the European Parliament and the Council meets at 6pm today, Tuesday 2 May, at the Council's premises in Brussels Justus Lipsius building. The two items on the agenda have already been discussed at trialogues between the twThe Conciliation Committee of the European Parliament and the...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
- NOISE: FIRST MEETING AHEAD OF CONCILIATION PROCEDURE.
- The Council of Ministers, the European Parliament and the European Commission got together on January 10 for their first trilateral meeting under the conciliation procedure for the draft Directive on the management of background noise. The Council an The Council of Ministers, the European Parliament and...
- Research articles 2002-01-16
- BELGIUM: CONCILIATION COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL MEETS.
- The Conciliation Committee of the European Parliament and the Council meets at 6pm today, Tuesday 2 May, at the Council's premises in Brussels Justus Lipsius building. The two items on the agenda have already been discussed at trialogues between t The Conciliation Committee of the...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
- RESEARCH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME: STILL NO AGREEMENT IN CONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
- Summary: By the early hours of November 12, the Council and European Parliament Delegations to the Conciliation Committee reached a make or break moment on the implementation of the Fifth Framework Programme on Research 1998-2002. The meeting was due Summary: By the early hours of November...
- Research articles 1998-11-13
- THE WHITE HOUSE: Pres names Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- President Clinton names Richard Barnes as Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:140199 The President today announced his intent to nominate Richard Barnes...
- Research articles 1999-01-15
- A COMPROMISE EMERGES ON CROSS-BORDER CREDIT TRANSFERS CONCILIATION.
- Agreement has at last emerged on the cross-border credit transfer draft Directive that has been going through the EU's conciliation procedure between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers for the last few weeks. French Euro-MP Nicole Fontaine EPP, chairing the Parliament delegation to the...
- Research articles 1996-12-03
- CONCILIATION TALKS ON GMOS OPEN.
- The conciliation procedure seeking to end the deadlock on the draft Directive on the voluntary release into the environment of genetically-modified organisms GMOs (review of Directive 90/220/EEC) was officially launched on 8 November by the Conciliation Committee and the Council of Ministers' and European Parliament delegates...
- Research articles 2000-11-14
- ENERGY NETWORKS: CONCILIATION TALKS LAUNCHED BUT LITTLE ACHIEVED
- Summary: The European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers opened their formal conciliation procedure on February 7 to settle their differences over the trans-European energy networks, but little of substance was decided. The two sides should however move slightly closer together during the next informal...
- Research articles 1996-02-23
- Conciliation reached on accidents Directive.
- Following a process of conciliation between the European Parliament and Council of Ministers, proposed revisions to the Seveso II Directive have been agreed. The Directive seeks to prevent major accident hazards and the new measures include a requirement to disclose additional public information about sites, to...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- CONCILIATION ON THE INSPIRE PROGRAMME.(Brief article)
- The EU Council of Ministers on 10 October officially rejected amendments adopted by the European Parliament in second reading on the proposal for a directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in theaEuropean Community INSPIRE programme. Negotiations in the context of the conciliation procedure will...
- Research articles 2006-11-07
- EU cosmetic directive: the animal testing ban is in effect while 7th Amendment is in conciliation. (Regulatory Update).(Brief Article)
- IN JUNE, the European Parliament voted to ban cosmetics tested on animals. Now, with the July 1, 2002 deadline passed without a 7th Amendment to the EU Cosmetic Directive, the 6th Amendment ban on animal testing is in effect. The ban prohibits any ingredient or combinations ...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- CONCILIATION TALKS ON PACKAGING WASTE TO CONTINUE ON NOVEMBER 10
- A meeting which amounts to the "last chance" for the draft EU Directive on packaging waste has been called for November 10, following the deadlock in negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council on October 19 . This extra meeting of the Conciliation Committee will...
- Research articles 1994-11-08
- COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT OPEN CONCILIATION PROCEDURE ON WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE.
- On March 29, the conciliation procedure on the framework Directive on an EU water policy was launched officially with an inter-institutional trialogue between the European Parliament, Council of Ministers, Commission in Brussels. As confirmed by a brief discussion at the March 30 Environment Council meeting, the...
- Research articles 2000-04-04
- GROUNDWATER : AGREEMENT UNDER CONCILIATION PROCEDURE.
- The EU member states will be obliged to ensure groundwater quality equivalent to that of drinking water no later than 2015, under an agreement reached by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission on 17 October as part of the conciliation procedure (co-decision). The...
- Research articles 2006-10-20
- CONCILIATION ON THE INSPIRE PROGRAMME.
- The EU Council of Ministers on 10 October officially rejected amendments adopted by the European Parliament in second reading on the proposal for a directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in theaEuropean Community INSPIRE programme. Negotiations in the context of the conciliation procedure will...
- Research articles 2006-10-20
- RESEARCH COUNCIL: CONCILIATION BOGGED DOWN: NOW IT'S UP TO MARCH 21 COUNCIL
- Summary: As one might have expected, the first meeting of the Conciliation Committee on the 4th Research Framework Programme on March 4 in Brussels did not lead to agreement between the Research Council and European Parliament on a common text. France, Germany and the UK refused...
- Research articles 1994-03-15
- BREAKDOWN OF CONCILIATION PROCEDURE ON "VOCs"
- A meeting of the Conciliation Committee working under the aegis of the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers to find a solution on the question of volatile organic compounds VOCs contained in the Directive on Packaging Waste ended in deadlock on September 20 in ...
- Research articles 1994-09-27
- PACKAGING WASTE: COUNCIL-PARLIAMENT CONCILIATION TALKS DEADLOCKED DEADLOCK ON AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- Summary: The European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers have failed to forge an agreement on the controversial draft Directive on packaging waste . After admitting defeat during their September 20 conciliation meeting in Brussels, both sides suggested getting together again to try to find...
- Research articles 1994-09-27

