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SOCIAL POLICY - APPROXIMATION OF LAWS - COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES - DIRECTIVE 75/129/EEC - PURPOSE - POWERS OF THE MEMBER STATES

( EEC TREATY , ART . 117 ; COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 75/129/EEC )

Summary

DIRECTIVE 75/129 , WHICH THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS CORRESPONDS TO THE NEED , STATED IN ARTICLE 117 OF THE TREATY , TO PROMOTE IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS AND AN IMPROVED STANDARD OF LIVING FOR WORKERS , IS INTENDED TO APPROXIMATE THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN THIS FIELD BY THE MEMBER STATES BY LAW , REGULATION OR ADMINIS TRATIVE ACTION RELATING TO COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES . THE PROVISIONS OF THE DIRECTIVE ARE THUS INTENDED TO SERVE TO ESTABLISH A COMMON BODY OF RULES APPLICABLE IN ALL THE MEMBER STATES , WHILST LEAVING TO THE MEMBER STATES POWER TO APPLY OR INTRODUCE PROVISIONS WHICH ARE MORE FAVOURABLE TO WORKERS .