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Document 92003E001765
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1765/03 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Palco layoffs.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1765/03 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Palco layoffs.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1765/03 by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Palco layoffs.
OJ C 33E, 6.2.2004, pp. 167–168
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
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6.2.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 33/167 |
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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1765/03
by Alexandros Alavanos (GUE/NGL) to the Commission
(28 May 2003)
Subject: Palco layoffs
The decision of the Schiesser-Palco company to close down its production plant in Greece on 30 May 2003 and transfer its manufacturing operations to Bulgaria will result in over 500 job losses among its workers, the majority of them affecting women, who, having been employed by the company for decades, will have difficulty in finding other jobs. Furthermore, despite its participation in various European Union-funded programmes, the company in question has already dismissed 3 60 workers over the last three years.
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In what type of subsidised programme did Schiesser-Palco participate and was this accompanied by stipulations requiring the company to keep on its workers? |
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Given that Schiesser-Palco until recently had establishments in various Member States of the European Union, has the Commission set up a European works council for consultation of the workers affected in accordance with Directive 94/45/EC (1)? |
Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission
(16 July 2003)
The above mentioned company has not been financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) in the framework of any Operational Programme in the period 2000-2006.
With regard to the application of Council Directive 94/45/EC of 22 September 1994 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees, the Commission would remind the Honourable Member that negotiations on the establishment of such a body are begun only at the written request of 100 employees or their representatives in at least two Member States or on an initiative of the central management of the groups of undertakings in question. It is not, therefore, up to the Commission to encourage these negotiations, which require only that those benefiting from the rights created by the Directive indicate their interest.
(1) OJ L 254, 30.9.1994, p. 64.