Translation of "Congrès international de droit du travail " (French → English) :

In the case of serious and repeated violations in the field of fundamental workers' rights, trade unions rights and international law, including fundamental international conventions in the field of labour, social and environmental law, such as ILO Convention No. 94 on labour clauses in public procurement, the Commission should equally consider a restriction of market access for the concerned goods and/or services.

24. Furthermore, stresses the importance of labour law, especially in view of how its application to SMEs can be optimised, for example through better advice or the simplification of administrative procedures, and calls on the Member States to devote special attention to SMEs in connection with the specific approaches they adopt to flexicurity, including through active labour market policies, since SMEs have scope for greater internal and external flexibility owing to their low staffing levels but also need greater security for themselves and their workers; considers it essential that labour law, as one of the main pillars of flexicurit ...[+++]y, provides a reliable legal basis for SMEs given the fact that these businesses often cannot afford a legal department or a human resources management department; points out that, according to Eurostat, 91.5% of European companies employed fewer than 10 people in 2003;

72. Considers that the matters discussed in the successive rounds of dialogue with China, such as ratification of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, reform of the criminal justice system, including the death penalty and the system of re-education through work, freedom of expression, particularly on the internet, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, thought and religion, the situation of minorities in Tibet, Xinjiang and Mongolia, the release of detainees following the events in Tiananmen Square, and workers’ and other rights, must continue to be raised in the context of the dialogue, in parti ...[+++]cular with regard to the application of the recommendations resulting from previous dialogues and seminars on legal affairs; to this end, calls on the Council to consider extending the time period of the dialogue and to allow more time for discussion of the issues raised;

12. Tenderers who have been awarded contracts shall respect internationally agreed core labour standards, such as the International Labour Organization's core labour standards, conventions on freedom of association and collective bargaining, elimination of forced and compulsory labour, elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, and the abolition of child labour.

5. Pursuant to the commitment referred to in Article 50 of this Agreement, contracts and grants financed from resources from the multi-annual financial framework of cooperation with the ACP shall be performed in accordance with internationally recognised basic standards in the field of labour law.

5. Pursuant to the commitment referred to in Articles 32(1)(a) and Article 50 of this Agreement, contracts and grants financed from resources from the multi-annual financial framework of cooperation with the ACP shall be performed in accordance with applicable environmental legislation and internationally recognised basic standards in the field of labour law.