Translation of "Demande conjointe des syndicats et des employeurs " (French → English) :

17. Is concerned about the low level of awareness of anti-discrimination legislation among citizens in the Member States and calls on the Commission, the Member States, trade unions and employers to step up their efforts to raise that level of awareness; recalls that the Directives impose an obligation on Member States to disseminate information to the public on the relevant provisions of the Directives by all appropriate means;

Underlines the importance of social dialogue promoted by the Commission as a valuable platform to promote social consultation and stable relations between employer and employee representatives and ensure legal certainty and contractual stability in sport; in this respect, welcomes the fact that the EPFL and Fifpro, mutually recognising each other as social partners, and have jointly requested to the Commission the formal establishment of an EU social dialogue committee in the professional football sector, with the clubs and UEFA taking part as equal partners;

The general cross-sector organisations, namely the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE) , the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), informed the Commission in a joint letter of 29 May 2000 of their wish to initiate the process provided for in Article 139 of the Treaty.

They are generally chaired in turn by a trade union or employer representative or, at their request, by a representative of the Commission.

(9) The general cross-industry organisations, namely the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), informed the Commission in a joint letter dated 23 March 1998 of their desire to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 4 of the said Agreement; they asked the Commission, in a join ...[+++]t letter, for a further period of three months; the Commission complied with this request extending the negotiation period to 30 March 1999;

(8) Whereas the general cross-industry organizations, the Union of Industrial and Employer's Confederations of Europe (UNICE), the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) informed the Commission in their joint letter of 19 June 1996 of their desire to initiate the procedure provided for in Article 4 of the Agreement on social policy; whereas they asked the C ...[+++]ommission, in a joint letter dated 12 March 1997, for a further three months; whereas the Commission complied with this request;