© 2004
Legislation

Foto Foto 1. EU Directives and Regulations

Directive on European Works Councils
(previous EWC Directive of 1994, effective until June 4th, 2009)
Extension of the EWC Directive to the United Kingdom
(December 15th, 1997)
Extension of the EWC Directive to Bulgaria and Romania
(effective from January 1st, 2007)
Directive on European Works Councils
(new EWC Directive of 2009, effective from June 5th, 2009)
Regulation on the statute for a European company (SE)
Directive regarding the involvement of employees in a European company (SE)
Directive on (national) information and consultation
Directive on collective redundancies
Directive on the transfers of undertakings
Directive on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies
Further Labour Law Directives


2. EWC Directive: Transposition Laws

At present, the national implementation is still based on the old EWC Directive. Only after expiry of the transition period in June 2011 new transposition laws will become effective in all countries.

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy (available only in Italian)
Latvia
Liechtenstein (available only in German)
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
(Legal report on the application of the EWC Directive)
United Kingdom


3. Jurisdiction

EWC ruling of the UK Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), July 2004



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