The EU member States have to transpose the recast directive on European Works Councils (EWCs) into national law until 5th June 2011. On the occasion of a workshop organised by the SDA on 27th May, a number of trade unionists involved in the transposition process in their respective member States gathered in Brussels in order to discuss legal issues and challenges of the recast EWC directive.

Please find hereunder a report of the workshop in the PaRL 3-2010 issue, the agenda of the workshop and the presentations/ notes of the speakers.

•  Article in PaRL 3-2010: Transposing the new EWC directive (2009/38/EC) – discussion on legal issues: English version , Version française , Deutsche Fassung
• Final Agenda English version , Version française , Deutsche Fassung
• ETUC position, Catelene Passchier: Passchier ETUC position
• Commission position, Evelyne Pichot: Pichot COM position
• Introduction by Filip Dorssemont, Université Catholique de Louvain : Introduction Dorssemont
• Session I on the competence of EWCs by Rachid Brihi, Lawyer to the Bar of Paris ; English version: Brihi EN Session I Competences EWCs , French version: Brihi FR Session I Competences EWCs
• Session II on the functioning and the role of EWCs by Volker Telljohann, IRES Emilia-Romagna: Telljohann Session II Functioning and Role
• Session III on the Adaptation clause and impact on existing agreements, Filip Dorssemont, Université Catholique de Louvain : Dorssemont Session III Adaptation Clause