Agreements

Agreements on the establishment and operation of a European works council
(EWC Agreements)

1,214 European works councils were established since 1985. However this number has been reduced again to 995 in November 2011 due to mergers.

Current EWC statistics Situation: November 2011

In the following you find a selection of EWC agreements. If you want to make your agreement available here, please let us know. You can find more examples in German and French at our German site resp. French site.

	Air France KLM (year of signature: 2006, applicable law: France)
	Arjo Wiggins (2003, France)
	Atlas Copco (2001, Sweden)
	Axa (2009, EU)
	Billerud (2004, Sweden)
	Bombardier (2001, UK)
	Borealis (2003, Denmark)
	British Airways (2005, Belgium)
	Capio (2006, Sweden)
	Cargill (1996, UK)
	ČEZ (2007, Czech Republic)
	Chesapeake (2003, UK)
	Coca-Cola (1998, Belgium)
	ConocoPhillips (1996, Norway)
	Cytec (2007, Belgium)
	Danske Bank (2007, Denmark)
	Delphi (2002, Belgium)
	Dometic (2006, Sweden)
	Électricité de France (2005, France)
	Generali (2007, Italy)
	General Electric Plastics (1997, Netherlands)
	Huhtamäki Van Leer (2000, Finland)
	International Paper (2010, UK)
	Invensys (2000, UK)
	KPN Mobile (2003, Netherlands)
	Nissan (1998, Netherlands)
	Panasonic (2008, UK)
	Sara Lee (1997, Netherlands)
	SCA (2003, Sweden)
	Scandic (2008, Sweden)
	Selex Galileo (2009, Italy)
	Skandia (2004, Sweden)
	Smurfit Kappa (2006, Ireland)
	Statoil (1998, Norway)
	Takeda (2011, UK)
	Total (2005, France)
	UniCredit (2007, Italy)
	Unilever (2001, Netherlands)
	Veolia Environnement (2010, France)
	VWR International (2006, Germany)

On-line database

The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) offers the possibility of investigating names of companies falling under the scope of the EWC Directive as well as the contents of EWC agreements on a Web database.

EWC database

Agreements on the establishment and operation of a national works council

In some European countries like UK or Malta a works council legislation doesn't exist. To set up a national works council it is necessary to negotiate a company agreement. Examples:

	Air Malta (Central Representative Council Malta, 2004)
	Axa (Joint Consultative Committee UK, 2004)

EWC agreements on special issues

In some cases existing EWC agreements were amended by specific documents. Examples:

	Allianz (Guidelines concerning Work Related Stress, 2011)
	Alstom + Schneider Electric (Social consequences of acquisition, 2010)
	Areva (Equal opportunities, 2006)
	Areva (Professions and competences forecast, 2011)
	Axa (Social dialogue and corporate restructuring, 2005)
	DBApparel (Anticipation of change, 2010)
	Etex (Health and safety, 2010)
	Santander (Equal opportunities, 2008)
	Schneider Electric (Anticipation of change, 2007)
	Thales (Professional development, 2009)
	Thales (Annual activity discussion, 2010)
	Total (European social platform, 2004)
	UniCredit (Training, learning and professional development, 2008)
	UniCredit (Equal opportunities and non-discrimination, 2009)

Agreements on participation rights in an European company

The transformation of a national public limited company (Plc.) into an European company (SE) needs the conclusion of a transnational agreement regarding the involvement of the employees.

	Allianz (2006)
	Fresenius (2007)
	Klöckner (2008)

Agreements on Corporate Social Responsibility (Code of Conduct)

More and more workplace representatives sign agreements on minimum social standards with their central management (see list of agreements). Although the area of application is often not limited to Europe, European works councils play an important role during the negotiations. The following examples could give a good impression on the contents:

	Accor (year of signature: 2001, head office: France)
	Air France KLM (2008, France)
	Aker (2008, Norway)
	Arcelor (2005, Luxembourg)
	BMW (2005, Germany)
	Bosch (2004, Germany)
	Bouygues (2001, France)
	Brunel (2007, Netherlands)
	Coca-Cola (2005, USA)
	DaimlerChrysler (2002, Germany)
	Danone (2007, France)
	Danske Bank (2008, Denmark)
	EADS (2005, Netherlands)
	Elanders (2009, Sweden)
	Electrolux (2010, Sweden)
	Électricité de France (2005, France)
	Endesa (2002, Spain)
	Enel (2009, Italy)
	Eni (2004, Italy)
	Faber-Castell (2009, Germany)
	Ford (2003, USA)
	France Télécom (2006, France)
	GEA (2003, Germany)
	Generali (2006, Italy)
	General Motors (2002, USA)
	Impregilo (2004, Italy)
	Indesit (2002, previously Merloni Elettrodomestici, Italy)
	Inditex (2009, Spain)
	ISS (2008, Denmark)
	Italcementi (2008, Italy)
	Lafarge (2005, France)
	Leoni (2003, Germany)
	Metro (2004, Germany)
	National Australia Group (2006, Australia)
	Norsk Hydro (2011, Norway)
	Prym (2004, Germany)
	PSA Peugeot Citroën (2006, France)
	Quebecor (2007, Canada)
	RAG (2003, Germany)
	Renault (2004, France)
	Rheinmetall (2003, Germany)
	Rhodia (2011, France)
	Röchling (2005, Germany)
	SCA (2004, Sweden)
	Schwan-Stabilo (2005, Germany)
	Shoprite Checkers (2010, South Africa)
	SKF (2003, Sweden)
	Sodexo (2011, France)
	Staedtler (2006, Germany)
	Statoil (2010, Norway)
	Takashimaya (2008, Japan)
	Telefónica (2007, Spain)
	Umicore (2011, Belgium)
	Vallourec (2008, France)
	Veidekke (2005, Norway)
	VolkerWessels (2007, Netherlands)
	Volkswagen (2002, Germany)
	Wilkhahn (2009, Germany)

These and more texts in German and French language are available at our German site resp. French site.


Framework Agreement on "Offshoring"

Computer Sciences Corporation (2005)

Worldwide Agreement on Health and Safety in the Workplace

ArcelorMittal (2008)