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Collective bargaining agreements for self-employed – scope of application EU competition rules

Competition

This initiative aims to define EU competition law’s scope of application, to enable an improvement of working conditions through collective bargaining agreements – not only for employees, but also, under some circumstances, for the solo self-employed.

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33 responses

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EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, 3 Feb 2021

THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION wishes to express its views on the Commission Inception Impact Assessment ‘Collective bargaining agreements for self-employed – scope of application of EU competition rules’. While ETUC recognises the need to ensure competition law does not in any way limit…

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SMEunited aisbl, 2 Feb 2021

SMEunited has not finalised its position yet. We will publish it in the coming days. However we can already mention that according to SMEunited improving the “precarious situation of self-employed”, will not be reached through this initiative. The policy options of the IIA are not a suitable way…

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Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, 3 Feb 2021

Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) is the leading business organization in Finland. EK represents the entire private sector and companies of all sizes: 24 member associations, 15,300 member companies across all business sectors (96% SMEs) and our member companies employ 900,000 employees (2/3…

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Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, 3 Feb 2021

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, anbei übersenden wir Ihnen die Stellungnahme des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes und seiner Mitgliedsgewerkschaften.

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Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V., 3 Feb 2021

So far, under Article 101 (1) TFEU, any agreements between companies - which under German law include self-employed persons - which restrict free competition are prohibited. The European Commission now proposes to change this principle with the objective to improve the working conditions of…

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Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V., 5 Feb 2021

BDA, the Confederation of German Employers' Associations is the umbrella organisation for the entire German economy. It represents the social and economic policy interests of over 1 million companies with around 20 million employees. Extending the possibility of negotiating collective agreements…

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HOTREC, Hotels, Restaurants & Cafés in Europe, 1 Feb 2021

HOTREC is the umbrella association of Hotels, Restaurants and Cafés in Europe. Please find enclosed HOTREC's comments on the European Commission Inception Impact Assessment on collective bargaining and the self-employed.

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Bolt, 3 Feb 2021

Bolt, founded in Estonia, is an information society service which is the leading European urban mobility platform, intermediating ride-hailing and food delivery services. Bolt believes collective bargaining is not appropriate for “all solo self-employed providing their own labour through digital…

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European Federation of Journalists, 26 Jan 2021

In journalism including photojournalism, cartoonism etc, self-employed professionals do not (yet) directly work for platforms or at least not to our knowledge. However, many of the problems faced by platform and gig workers apply both on-and offline vis a-vis media companies. Many freelance…

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UNI Europa, 3 Feb 2021

UNI Europa is the European trade union federation for the services sectors and represents 7 million service workers and 272 national trade unions in 50 countries including all EU member states. Our member unions organise, represent, and collectively bargain for workers, including self-employed…

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European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, 3 Feb 2021

A general prohibition of collective bargaining for the self-employed via trade unions on the grounds that there may be cartel-forming through joint wage negotiations which is not in line with the spirit and the purpose of EU competition law. Justifying the prohibition of collective bargaining by…

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Wolt, 3 Feb 2021

Wolt’s submission to the European Commission on Inception Impact Assesment (Ref. Ares(2021)102652 - 06/01/2021) Wolt is a Finnish technology company that operates a restaurant food, grocery, and retail intermediation and delivery marketplace. Our headquarter is in Helsinki and we currently operate…

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CONFCOMMERCIO - IMPRESE PER L'ITALIA, 3 Feb 2021

Here attached Confcommercio - Imprese per l'Italia comment on the inception impact assessment

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Computer & Communications Industry Association, 3 Feb 2021

The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) welcomes this opportunity to offer comments. We support the European Commission’s (EC) objective to provide legal certainty for self-employed workers and to ensure that EU competition law does not undermine collective bargaining. The…

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Suomen Yrittäjät ry, 28 Jan 2021

The Federation of Finnish Enterprises (FFE), represents 115 000 Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises, 56 % of which are self-employed entrepreneurs, i.e. entrepreneurs without employees. The FFE does not consider extension of collective bargaining to self-employed appropriate, as it would…

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Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises, 3 Feb 2021

La CPME partage le point de vue de la Commission européenne quant à la nécessité d’améliorer les conditions de travail des travailleurs indépendants qui utilisent les plateformes numériques pour exercer leur métier, mais ne soutient pas la démarche envisagée. La CPME souhaite donc apporter les…

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The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK, 3 Feb 2021

The Central Organisation of the Finnish Trade Unions SAK adheres to the analysis of the European Trade Union Confederation. However, from the point of view of the Finnish labour market legislation it is to be highlighted that the reform of competition rules must not lead in practice to…

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, 8 Feb 2021

Please find attached the joint ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance), FERA (Federation of European Screen Directors) and FSE (Federation of Screenwriters in Europe) comments on the European Commission’s inception impact assessment regarding collective bargaining agreements for…

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Bundesarbeitskammer Österreich, 28 Jan 2021

Die Bundesarbeitskammer (BAK) bedankt sich für die Übermittlung des Entwurfs und nimmt dazu wie folgt Stellung: - Die BAK begrüßt die Initiative der Europäischen Kommission zur Anpassung des EU-Wettbewerbsrechts, die die Tarifverhandlungen für PlattformarbeiterInnen ermöglichen soll und so…

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Delivery Hero SE, 3 Feb 2021

Delivery Hero SE is a European local-delivery company headquartered in Berlin (Germany) operating food delivery services in around 50 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa. Our group employs more than 27,000 employees globally with the European Union being…

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Union des entreprises de proximité, 3 Feb 2021

L’U2P tient à rappeler des éléments essentiels à la bonne appréhension des enjeux liés aux plateformes numériques : - un travailleur des plateformes est avant tout quelqu’un qui a un métier ; - il exerce son métier par le biais d’un outil numérique, contrairement à des entrepreneurs traditionnels…

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Move EU - The European Association of On-Demand Mobility, 3 Feb 2021

Move EU welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) Inception Impact Assessment and the opportunity to provide feedback. As information society services, ride-hailing platforms that are Move EU members act as online intermediaries between Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) and taxi drivers as well as…

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Fédération Française du Bâtiment, 3 Feb 2021

Au regard de la diversité des systèmes et pratiques de relations professionnelles et de négociations collectives dans les pays de l’UE, la FFB demande à la Commission européenne de ne pas intervenir dans ce domaine et de laisser les Etats membres légiférer. La FFB reconnait les difficultés…

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Federation of Screenwriters in Europe, 3 Feb 2021

Complete feedback is the attachment.

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Deutscher Journalisten-Verband e.V. -Gewerkschaft der Journalistinnen und Journalisten, 5 Feb 2021

(Ausführliche Bemerkungen in der Anlage) 1. Vorstellung der stellungnehmenden Organisation Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband (DJV), Gewerkschaft der Journalistinnen und Journalisten, ist anerkannte Berufsvertretung im journalistischen Berufsfeld in Deutschland, schließt Tarifverträge für…

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Swedish Union of Journalists (Journalistförbundet), 8 Feb 2021

Our feedback is attached.

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Akavan Erityisalat, 1 Feb 2021

Akavan Erityisalat AE ry pitää erittäin tärkeänä, että komissio toteuttaa esittämänsä lainsäädäntöhankkeen, jonka tavoitteena on mahdollistaa itsensätyöllistäjien kollektiiviedunvalvonta EU:n kilpailuoikeuden tätä estämättä. On tärkeää selventää tässä tarkoituksessa kilpailuoikeutta ja siten…

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Verband der Gründer und Selbstständigen Deutschland (VGSD) e.V., 8 Feb 2021

Der Verband der Gründer und Selbstständigen Deutschland (VGSD) e.V. mit aktuell gut 6.000 Vereinsmitgliedern organisiert branchenübergreifend Soloselbstständige und kleine Unternehmen. Die von der EU-Kommission geplante Initiative, die "Collective Bargaining agreements for self-employed" zu…

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Mike Holderness, 3 Feb 2021

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Akademikerne, 3 Feb 2021

While standard work remains the dominant form of employment a diversity of new forms of employment is and will be part of a future labour market. New forms of employment entail the potential of outsourcing of employer responsibilities to staff. To ensure a well-functioning labour markets it is…

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Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, 2 Feb 2021

On 28.01.2021 two Latvian organisations - Civic Alliance - Latvia ("umbrella" organisation of Latvian NGOs) and Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS organised a meeting with Latvian stakeholders on collective bargaining agreements for self-employed. We fully agree that an open public consultation is…

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Confederation française de l'Encadrement-CGC, 2 Feb 2021

Depuis quelques années les plateformes notamment celles dites de mobilités (transport particulier de personnes er livraison de biens ou de repas) se sont récemment installées dans le paysage économique national et international. Cette nouvelle relation professionnelle entre travailleurs…

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Global Institute for Structure relevance, Anonymity and Decentralisation i.G., 2 Feb 2021

Lösungsvorschlag vor dem Hintergrund einer Digitalisierungs-Gesamtstrategie: Bei den von der Kommission vorgeschlagenen Optionen präferiert GISAD zur Option 4. Alle Solo-Selbständigen sollten die Möglichkeit bekommen, ihre Arbeitsbedingungen gemeinsam zu verhandeln. Tatsächlich ist es heute mit…