Here it is! - The new EU Directive on European Works Councils is in force
On 5 June 2009 the procedure for the revision of the EU Directive on European Works Councils has finally been completed. Problems with the translation of the law had led to further delays. On 23 April 2009 the final decision was taken by the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament subsequently signed the new directive on 6 May 2009, and on 16 May 2009, it was published in the Official Journal of the European Union, and officially entered into force twenty days later.
26 of 27 governments voted in favour of the legislative text, the British Labor government, however, abstained from voting, again. Thus, the new Directive is valid in all countries of the European internal market, i.e. in the United Kingdom as well as in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
The European Works Councils can now re-negotiate their existing EWC agreements.
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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 et les groupes d’entreprises de dimension communautaire en vue d’informer et de consulter les travailleurs
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MALTA: DIRETTIVA 2009/38/KE TAL-PARLAMENT EWROPEW U TAL-KUNSILL tas-6 ta’ Mejju 2009 dwar l-istabbiliment ta’ Kunsill tax-Xogħlijiet Ewropew jew proċedura fl-impriżi fuq skala Komunitarja u fil-gruppi tal-impriżi fuq skala Komunitarja għall-għanijiet ta’ informazzjoni u ta’ konsultazzjoni tal-impjegati