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Applicable law

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Legal basis

  • art.13 EWC (pre-directive)
  • art.6 EWC
  • SE works council

Agreement type

  • original installation agreement
  • renegotiated (change of terms of agreement)
  • renegotiated (renewal or extension)

Reason for installation

  • installation from merger
  • installation from scratch

Reason for dissolution

  • acquisition
  • dissolved (bankruptcy)
  • merger

Geographical scope

  • EEA
  • EFTA (EEA + CH)
  • EU

Selected provisions

  • Constitutional issues: composition, coverage, establishment
    • EWC composition: institutional matters
    • EWC composition: personal matters
    • Coverage
      • inclusion and exclusion of countries, companies, persons etc.
      • candidate countries
      • inclusion of reps from new member states
      • inclusion of reps from countries beyond EU
      • employees not represented in EWC
      • multiple EWCs within one company
    • legal constitutional matters
    • reference to subsidiary requirements, representative agent, etc.
  • information & consultation process
  • meetings
  • EWCs and the outside world
  • functioning and facilities/means for EWC
  • articulation between I&C levels
  • EWC's role
  • changes affecting EWC
  • co-operation with management
  • continuity in case of merger
Last update EWCdb: 18.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 16 of 16
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp European Works Council active 03/11/1999 Germany
Quelle Quelle European Works Council active 16/07/1997 Germany
Babcock Borsig Power Deutsche Babcock European Circle not active 05/12/1996 Germany
Gehe Gehe European Works Council active 20/09/1996 Germany
Swiss Life Group Swiss Life Europaforum active 13/09/1996 Germany
Dynamit Nobel Dynamit Nobel European Works Council not active 05/09/1996 Germany
Schott Glass Schott Europe Forum active 26/08/1996 Germany
Mann & Hummel Mann & Hummel European Works Council active 31/07/1996 Germany
Falke Gruppe Falke European Forum active 05/07/1996 Germany
Krupp-Hoesch Krupp-Hoesch European Works Council not active 05/07/1996 Germany
Gruner+Jahr Gruner & Jahr European Works Council active 01/07/1996 Germany
Mannesmann Röhrenwerke Mannesmann European Works Council not active 20/03/1996 Germany
Schiesser Schiesser European Forum active 04/03/1996 Germany
Franke Franke Forum active 01/02/1996 Germany
Paul Hartmann Hartmann European Forum active 30/10/1995 Germany
Schwarzkopf (Hoechst) Schwarzkopf not active 29/06/1995 Germany
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