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article/documentation on legal issues
Netherlands dutch transposition law of the EWC directive, as valid on 2/4/2012 - unofficial translation by the direction of Carlson Wagonlit Travel 02/04/2012
France Report on ordonnance n°2011-1328 of 20/10/2011 Rapport au Président de la République relatif à l’ordonnance no 2011-1328 du 20 octobre 2011 portant transposition de la directive 2009/38/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 6 mai 2009 concer... 21/10/2011
Netherlands Memorie van antwoord ontvangen 13 oktober 2011 Wijziging van de Wet op de Europese ondernemingsraden in verband met de uitvoering van richtlijn 2009/38/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie van 6 mei 2009 (PbEU 2009, L 122), houde... 13/10/2011
Netherlands Voorlopig verslag van de vaste commissie voor sodiale zaken en werkgelegenheid Wijziging van de Wet op de Europese ondernemingsraden in verband met de uitvoering van richtlijn 2009/38/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie van 6 ... 04/10/2011
Switzerland (!) 11.3591 – Motion - Mitwirkung in EU-Betriebsräten. Gleiche Rechte für Schweizer Arbeitnehmende Motion by a group of Swiss MPs proposing to introduce in Switzerland legislation on EWCs similar to directive 94/45/EC or 2009/38/EC on the grounds that cu... 16/06/2011
Denmark L 117 Bill to amend the Law on European Works Councils 29/03/2011
Implementation of Recast Directive 2009/38/EC - Report, Group of Experts 01/12/2010
Italy Draft of the Italian participation code The Labor Minister recently presented the first draft of the "participation code." Containing a selection of existing European and national laws, bills, union agreements and good practices on workers' involvement w... 12/07/2010
Table: Eligibility criteria for EWC members / selection procedures Source: EMF, http://www.emf-fem.org/Areas-of-work/Company-Policy/EWC-SE/European-Works-Councils/EWC-legal-issues/Comparative-tables-for-most-EU-Member-States-on-different-legal-aspects 01/01/2005
Table: legal and moral personality of EWCs Source: EMF, http://www.emf-fem.org/Areas-of-work/Company-Policy/EWC-SE/European-Works-Councils/EWC-legal-issues/Comparative-tables-for-most-EU-Member-States-on-different-legal-aspects 01/01/2002
Table: overview table on some legal aspects of EWCs Source: EMF, http://www.emf-fem.org/Areas-of-work/Company-Policy/EWC-SE/European-Works-Councils/EWC-legal-issues/An-overview-and-a-brief-description-of-the-legal-systems-in-the-EU-Member-States Author: A. Buggel 01/01/2002
transposition law 2009/38/Ec
Italy (text not available yet) Decreto Legislativo 22 giugno 2012, no 113: Attuazione della direttiva 2009/38/CE riguardante l'istituzione di un comitato aziendale europeo o di una procedura per l'informazione e la consultazione dei lavoratori nelle impre... 22/06/2012
Greece Greek national transposition law of the recast EWC Directive 2009/38/EC (available in Greek only) 01/03/2012
Poland unified final text of the currently binding law on EWCs 01/12/2011
Luxembourg Projet de loi portant modification du Titre III du Livre IV du Code du Travail. This is the draft LU legislation on EWC recast directive, to be passed (6/2012) 29/11/2011
Netherlands Wet van 7 november 2011 tot wijziging van de Wet op de Europese ondernemingsraden in verband met de uitvoering van richtlijn 2009/38/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie van 6 mei 2009 (PbEU 2009, L 122), houdende herschikking van... 07/11/2011
France Ordonnance no 2011-1328 du 20 octobre 2011 portant transposition de la directive 2009/38/CE - Ordinance No 2011-1328 of 20 October 2011 transposing Directive 2009/38/EC 21/10/2011
Poland law amending the existing EWC legislation 31/08/2011
Cyprus Law 106(I)/2011 The Law of 2011 on the Establishment of a European Works Council is hereby issued through publication in the Government Gazette of the Republic of Cyprus in accordance with Article 52 of the Constitution. 29/07/2011
Estonia Community-scale Involgement of Employees Act [RT I 2007, 22, 112 - entry into force 23.03.2007] 14/07/2011
Ireland S.I. No. 380 of 2011- European Communities (Transnational information and consultation of employees act 1996) (amendment) regulations 2011 14/07/2011
Lithuania Law amending the law of the republic of Lithuania on European Works Councils, 22 June 2011, No XI-1507 (Valstyb?s žinios (Official Gazette) 2004, No 39-1271) 22/06/2011
Germany Second Law on EWCs (June 2011) Zweites Gesetz zur Änderung des Europäische Betriebsräte-Gesetzes - Umsetzung der Richtlinie 2009/38/EG über Europäische Betriebsräte (2.EBRG-ÄndG), BGBl.1 18.6.2011 14/06/2011
Finland Act on the amendment of the Act on Co-operation within Finnish and Community-wide Groups of Undertakings (620/2011) Issued in Helsinki 10 June 2011 (English: Unofficial translation, legally binding only in Finnish and Swedish) 10/06/2011
Czech Republic Act of 8 June 2011 amending Act No 262/2006, the Labour Code - ZÁKON ze dne 8. ervna 2011, kterým se mení zákon c. 262/2006 Sb., zákoník práce, ve znení pozdejších predpisu 08/06/2011
Spain final Spanish transposition law of 2099/38/EC Ley 10/2011, de 19 de mayo, por la que se modifica la Ley 10/1997, de 24 de abril, sobre derechos de información y consulta de los trabajadores en las empresas y grupos de empresas de dimensión comunitaria 20/05/2011
Spain Proyecto de Ley por la que se modifica la Ley 10/1997, de 24 de abril, sobre derechos de información y consulta de los trabajadores en las empresas y grupos de empresas de dimensión comunitaria (621/000096) 18/04/2011
Italy Joint declaration in favour of the implementation of Directive 2009/38/EC of 6 May 2009 - Avviso comune per il recepimento della direttiva 6 maggio 2009, n. 38 riguardante l'istituzione di un comitato aziendale europeo o di una procedura per l'informazio... 12/04/2011
Denmark Act No. 281 amending the European Works Councils Act - LOV nr 281 af 06/04/2011 om ændring af lov om europæiske samarbejdsudvalg 06/04/2011
Sweden Act (2011:427) on European Works Councils - Lag (SFS 2001:427) om europeiska företagsråd 04/04/2011
Bulgaria Decree n° 55 on the grounds of Article 98 item 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria (see also http://www.parliament.bg/bg/laws/ID/9868) 25/03/2011
Italy Emendamenti al Decreto Legislativo n. 74/2002 Amendments to Legislative Decree No. 74/2002 25/03/2011
Spain Proyecto de Ley por la que se modifica la Ley 10/1997 de 24 de abril, sobre derechos de información y consulta de los trabajadores en las empresas y grupos de empresas de dimensión comunitaria 11/03/2011
France Ordonnance relative à la transposition de la directive 2009/38/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 6 mai 2009 concernant l’institution d’un comité d’entreprise européen ou d’une procédure dans les entreprises de dimension communautaire... 01/03/2011
France Rapport au Président de la République relatif à l’ordonnance n° 2011- du portant transposition de la directive 2009/38/CE du 6 mai 2009 concernant l’institution d’un comité d’entreprise européen ou d’une procédure dans les entreprises d... 01/03/2011
France Decret relatif à la composition du groupe spécial de négociation et du comité d’entreprise européen 01/03/2011
Slovakia Slovak Labour Code 08/02/2011
Belgium Collective agreement no 101 of 21 december 2010 on the information and consultation of employees in community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings. (See also http://www.cnt-nar.be/CCT-ORIG/cct-101%20(21.12.2010).pdf / http://www.... 21/12/2010
Belgium Transnational collective agreement 62 quinquies (see also http://www.cnt-nar.be/CCT-ORIG/cct-101%20(21.12.2010).pdf / http://www.cnt-nar.be/CAO-ORIG/cao-101%20(21.12.2010).pdf http://www.cnt-nar.be/AVIS/avis-1756.pdf / http://www.cnt-nar.be/ADVIES/advies... 21/12/2010
Austria Federal Law No 101: Amendment of the Arbeitsverfassungsgesetz [Labour Constitution Act], the Post-Betriebsverfassungsgesetz [Post Office Employee Representation Act] and the Landarbeitsgesetz 1984 [Agricultural Labour Act 1984] 14/12/2010
United Kingdom 2010 No. 1088 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees (Amendment) Regulations 2010 06/04/2010
Portugal Lei n° 96/2009 de 3 de Setembro - Conselhos de empresa europeus Portuguese transposition law, only availalbe in Portuguese 03/09/2009
transposition law 94/45/EC
Finland Act on Co-operation within Finnish and Community-wide Groups of Undertakings (335/2007) 30/03/2007
Czech republic Labour Code No. 262/2006 Coll. "Zakonik prace" see also http://business.center.cz/business/pravo/zakony/zakonik-prace/ (text in Czech) 01/01/2007
Bulgaria The act introducing EWCs contains provisions on employee participation in case of an EWC, but also provisions regulating employee participation in SE and SCE. At the same time Art. 157 and 333 of the Bulgarian Labour code regulates some rights enjoyed by ... 14/07/2006
Bulgaria Labour Code SG No 57/14.07.2006, in force from the date of enforcement of the Accession Treaty of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union 14/07/2006
Romania has been amended contains a provision on consultation (art. 35) stipulating that in exceptional circumstances EWC has the right to prepare a statement within 10 days from the announcement by management. In Art. 37 EWC is obliged to share information with... 19/07/2005
Romania Government Ordinance no. 48/2006 on the modification of the Law no. 217/2005 on the establishment , organization and functioning of European Work Councils 05/07/2005
Estonia Involvement of Employees in Activities of Community-scale Undertakings, Community-scale Groups of Undertakings and European Companies Act 11/02/2005
Slovakia Right to supranational information and to negotiation German translation published by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 01/01/2005
Czech republic Labour Code, par. 25d-25l , Part Three German translation from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung 01/05/2004
Lithuania Law No. IX-2031 on European Works Council 19/02/2004
Hungary Act XXI of 2003 on the establishment of the European Works Council and on the establishment of the procedure of informing and consulting employees 01/01/2003
Slovenia European Works Councils Act (ZESD) 28/06/2002
Poland The Law on European Works Councils 05/04/2002
Italy Decreto Legislativo 2 Aprile 2002, n. 74 "Attuazione della direttiva del Consiglio del 22 settembre 1994, 94/45/CE, relativa all'istituzione di un comitato aziendale europeo o di una procedura per l'informazione e la consultazione dei lavoratori nelle i... 02/04/2002
Cyprus Law to provide for the establishment of a European Works Council for the purpose of safeguarding employees' rights for information and consultation in community-scale undertakings and community-scale groups of undertakings 01/01/2002
Malta Employment And Industrial Relations Act, 2002 (Act No.XXII Of 2002) 01/01/2002
Latvia Law On Informing Employees of European Community-scale Commercial Companies and European Community-scale Groups of Commercial Companies and Consulting Such Employees 18/04/2001
Luxembourg The English and German versions contain the PROPOSED LAW on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees of 1... 28/07/2000
United Kingdom Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 3323 - The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999 12/12/1999
Portugal PROPOSED LAW European Works Councils in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings 01/01/1999
Belgium Conseil National du Travail Convention Collective de Travail n° 62bis Séance du mardi 6 octobre 1998 06/10/1998
Belgium Collective agreement N°62 of 6 February 1996 on the establishment of a european works council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees 23/04/1998
Spain LAW OF 10 APRIL 1997 on the right of employees in community scale undertakings and groups of undertakings to information and consultation 10/04/1997
Greece PRESIDENTIAL DECREE on employees’ rights to information and consultation in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings in compliance with Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 20/03/1997
Netherlands ACT OF 23 JANUARY 1997 for the implementation of Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of... 23/01/1997
Norway AGREEMENT OF 30 NOVEMBER 1996 between the LO (Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions) and the NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Bussiness and Industry) on the establishing of European Works Councils or equivalent procedures for information/consultation 30/11/1996
France LAW No. 96 -985 OF 12 NOVEMBER 1996 on the information and consultation of employees in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings and on development of collective bargaining 12/11/1996
Italy NATIONAL MULTI-INDUSTRY AGREEMENT OF 6 NOVEMBER 1996 ON THE TRANSPOSAL OF DIRECTIVE 94/45/EC on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of inf... 06/11/1996
Germany ACT OF 28 OCTOBER 1996 on European Works Councils 28/10/1996
Austria FEDERAL LAW No. 601 OF 17 OCTOBER 1996 amending the Labour Constitution Act (Arbeitsverfassungsgesetz), the Labour and Social Courts Act (Arbeits- und Sozialgerichtsgesetz) and the Federal Law on Employee Representation in the Post Office (Bundesgesetz Ü... 17/10/1996
Finland ACT OF 9 AUGUST 1996 on the amendement of the Act on cooperation in undertakings -- is replaced by the act of 30-03-2007 09/08/1996
Ireland TRANSNATIONAL INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION OF EMPLOYEES BILL OF 10 July 1996 BILL entitled An Act to implement Directive Nr 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 of the Council of the European Union by providing for the establishment of transnational arrangeme 10/07/1996
Denmark ACT No. 371 OF 22 MAY 1996 on European Works Council 22/05/1996
Sweden ACT No. 359 OF 9 MAY 1996 on European Works Councils 09/05/1996
Belgium COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT No. 62 OF 6 FEBRUARY 1996 on the establishment of a european works council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees 06/02/1996
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