Contractual relations and agreements between management and labour (Article 155, TFEU)

Definition

1. Should management and labour so desire, the dialogue between them at Union level may lead to contractual relations, including agreements.

2. Agreements concluded at Union level shall be implemented either in accordance with the procedures and practices specific to management and labour and the Member States or, in matters covered by Article 153, at the joint request of the signatory parties, by a Council decision on a proposal from the Commission. The European Parliament shall be informed.

The Council shall act unanimously where the agreement in question contains one or more provisions relating to one of the areas for which unanimity is required pursuant to Article 153(2).

Related terms:

Parent term:

TITLE X - SOCIAL POLICY (TFEU, Part Three)

Sibling terms:

Objectives and measures in the field of social policy (Article 151, TFEU)
The Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment (Article 152, TFEU)
Activities supporting objectives in the social policy (Article 153, TFEU)
Measures to facilitate the social dialogue (Article 154, TFEU)
Coordination of action in all social policy fields (Article 156, TFEU)
Principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (Article 157, TFEU)
Equivalence between paid holiday schemes (Article 158, TFEU)
Annual report on progress in achieving the objectives in social matters (Article 159, TFEU)
The Social Protection Committee (Article 160, TFEU)
Chapter on social developments in the report to the European Parliament (Article 161, TFEU)