Agreements

Agreements on the establishment and operation of a European works council
(EWC Agreements)

1,073 European works councils were established since 1985. However this number has been reduced again to 908 in July 2009 due to mergers.

Current EWC statistics Situation: July 2009

In the following you find a selection of EWC agreements. If you want to make your agreement available here, please let us know. You can find more examples in German and French at our German site resp. French site.

	Air France KLM (year of signature: 2006, applicable law: France)
	Axa (2009, EU)
	Borealis (2003, Denmark)
	British Airways (2005, Belgium)
	Capio (2006, Sweden)
	Cargill (1996, UK)
	ČEZ (2007, Czech Republic)
	Chesapeake (2003, UK)
	Coca-Cola (1998, Belgium)
	ConocoPhillips (1996, Norway)
	Cytec (2007, Belgium)
	Danske Bank (2007, Denmark)
	Deutsche Telekom (2004, Germany)
	Dometic (2006, Sweden)
	Électricité de France (2005, France)
	France Télécom (2004, France)
	Generali (2007, Italy)
	General Electric Plastics (1997, Netherlands)
	IBM (2002, France)
	Invensys (2000, UK)
	KPN Mobile (2003, Netherlands)
	Lloyds TSB (2003, UK)
	Mecom (2006, Norway)
	Nissan (1998, Netherlands)
	Panasonic (2008, UK)
	Sara Lee (1997, Netherlands)
	SCA (2003, Sweden)
	Skandia (2004, Sweden)
	Smurfit Kappa (2006, Ireland)
	Sony (1995, Germany)
	Statoil (1998, Norway)
	Thomas Cook (2008, Germany)
	Total (2005, France)
	UniCredit (2007, Italy)
	Unilever (2001, Netherlands)
	Veolia Environnement (2005, France)
	VWR International (2006, Germany)
	Wincanton (2005, UK)

On-line databases

The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI-REHS) in Brussels offers the possibility of investigating names of companies falling under the scope of the EWC Directive as well as the contents of EWC agreements on a Web database. The Social Development Agency (SDA) in Brussels also operates a database in five languages which processes statistically important features of the EWC activities. Query facilities are described on the respective Web page.

	EWC database of ETUI-REHS EWC database of SDA

Agreements on the establishment and operation of a national works council

In some European countries like UK or Malta a works council legislation doesn't exist. To set up a national works council it is necessary to negotiate a company agreement. Examples:

	Air Malta (Central Representative Council Malta, 2004)
	Axa (Joint Consultative Committee UK, 2004)

EWC agreements on special issues

In some cases existing EWC agreements were amended by specific documents. Examples:

	Areva (Equal opportunities, 2006)
	Axa (Social dialogue and corporate restructuring, 2005)
	Santander (Equal opportunities, 2008)
	Schneider Electric (Anticipation of change, 2007)
	Thales (Professional development, 2009)
	Total (European Social Platform, 2004)
	UniCredit (Training, learning and professional development, 2008)
	UniCredit (Equal opportunities and non-discrimination, 2009)

Agreements on participation rights in an European company

The transformation of a national public limited company (Plc.) into an European company (SE) needs the conclusion of a transnational agreement regarding the involvement of the employees.

	Allianz (2006)
	Fresenius (2007)
	Klöckner (2008)

Agreements on Corporate Social Responsibility (Code of Conduct)

More and more workplace representatives sign agreements on minimum social standards with their central management (see list of agreements). Although the area of application is often not limited to Europe, European works councils play an important role during the negotiations. The following examples could give a good impression on the contents:

	Accor (year of signature: 2001, head office: France)
	Air France KLM (2008, France)
	Aker (2008, Norway)
	Arcelor (2005, Luxembourg)
	BMW (2005, Germany)
	Bosch (2004, Germany)
	Bouygues (2001, France)
	Brunel (2007, Netherlands)
	Coca-Cola (2005, USA)
	DaimlerChrysler (2002, Germany)
	Danone (2007, France)
	Danske Bank (2008, Denmark)
	EADS (2005, Netherlands)
	Elanders (2009, Sweden)
	Électricité de France (2005, France)
	Endesa (2002, Spain)
	Enel (2009, Italy)
	Eni (2004, Italy)
	Faber-Castell (2009, Germany)
	Ford (2003, USA)
	France Télécom (2006, France)
	GEA (2003, Germany)
	Generali (2006, Italy)
	General Motors (2002, USA)
	Impregilo (2004, Italy)
	Indesit (2002, previously Merloni Elettrodomestici, Italy)
	Inditex (2007, Spain)
	ISS (2008, Denmark)
	Italcementi (2008, Italy)
	Lafarge (2005, France)
	Leoni (2003, Germany)
	Metro (2004, Germany)
	National Australia Group (2006, Australia)
	Prym (2004, Germany)
	Quebecor (2007, Canada)
	RAG (2003, Germany)
	Renault (2004, France)
	Rheinmetall (2003, Germany)
	Rhodia (2008, France)
	Röchling (2005, Germany)
	SCA (2004, Sweden)
	Schwan-Stabilo (2005, Germany)
	SKF (2003, Sweden)
	StatoilHydro (2008, Norway)
	Takashimaya (2008, Japan)
	Telefónica (2007, Spain)
	Umicore (2007, Belgium)
	Vallourec (2008, France)
	Veidekke (2005, Norway)
	VolkerWessels (2007, Netherlands)
	Volkswagen (2002, Germany)
	WAZ (2007, Germany)
	Wilkhahn (2009, Germany)

These and more texts in German and French language are available at our German site resp. French site.


Framework Agreement on "Offshoring"

Computer Sciences Corporation (2005)

Worldwide Agreement on Health and Safety in the Workplace

ArcelorMittal (2008)