Communication from the Commission on the review of Directive 2001/86 of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees

As required by Article 15 of the Directive, in this Communication the Commission is reviewing the application of the Directive with a view to proposing any necessary amendments.
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28 April 2012

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European Union

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The Commission acknowledges the complexity of the procedure instituted by the Directive for employee involvement. However, it should be recalled that the adoption of the Directive was the result of a delicate compromise among Member States that took more than 30 years of negotiations to achieve.

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