On 29 August, in a joint letter, BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC
agreed to take the Commission’s 2 July proposal for a directive on European works
councils (recast) as the basis for the revision of the 1994 directive.

In order to realise the revision of the Directive in 2008 or early in 2009, the European
social partners call on the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers to take
their joint amendments into consideration in the adoption process.

The European social partners will inform their members about the extended
possibilities offered by the revised Directive.

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For more information please contact:

Peter Vertessy, BUSINESSEUROPE Tel.: +32(0)2 237 65 03 www.businesseurope.eu

Francesco Longu, UEAPME Tel.: +32(0)2 230 75 99 www.ueapme.com

Gin Ngan, CEEP Tel.: +32(0)2 229 21 58 www.ceep.eu

Patricia Grillo, ETUC Tel.: +32(0)2 224 04 30 www.etuc.org