First-phase consultation of Social Partners on a consolidation of the EU Directives on information and consultation (I&C) of worke

Executive summary

• CEEP fully shares the Commission’s assessments and key observations in the fitness check, published on the 26 July 2013, and the consultation document, that the three Directives are (broadly) fit for purpose.

• Thus, stemming from this assessment there should be no reason to change the current provisions of the three directives. Status quo should therefore be the preferred option. Following the motto “Don´t try to mend what is not broken”, there is no need for a consolidation/recast of the directives.

• Changes in the Directives, a consolidation or a recast under these circumstances would contradict the new Commission’s guiding principles for its work: only to act on issues when necessary regarding simplification, clarification, better regulation, REFIT.

• It is entirely inappropriate to, in any manner or form, widen the scope of a new joint Directive on Information and Consultation (I&C) to include public administration.

CEEP response on First-Phase Consultation of Social Partners under article 154 TFEU on a Consolidation of the EU Directives on Information and Consultation of Workers (PDF)