Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 329, November 2002

Case No 1989 (Bulgaria) - Complaint date: 06-OCT-98 - Closed

Effect given to the recommendations of the Committee and the Governing Body

1. 22. The Committee last examined this case at its meeting in November 2001, when it once again requested the Government to keep it informed of the outcome of the independent commission established to examine the allegations of harassment and anti-union discrimination against the members of the TUEPB [see 326th Report, paras. 24-26].
2. 23. In a communication dated 11 September 2002, the Government indicates that a meeting was held between the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the President of TUEPB, Mr. Yordan Manolov, where the wish of both sides for the implementation of the independent commission was reconfirmed. The Government states that following this meeting, both partners agreed that the representatives of the employers’ and employees’ organizations and the States, represented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, would be invited to participate in the independent commission. They also agreed that the host of the first session would be the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy.
3. 24. The Committee takes note of this information with interest. The Committee trusts that the Government will take steps without delay to ensure that the first session of the independent commission takes place.