Effect given to the recommendations of the committee and the Governing Body - Report No 332, November 2003

Case No 2047 (Bulgaria) - Complaint date: 23-AUG-99 - 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 March 2003, where it expressed the hope that the regulation concerning trade union representativeness would be adopted rapidly so that a vote concerning the representativeness of PROMYANA and the Association of Democratic Syndicates (ADS) could take place in the near future, and requested the Government to provide it with a copy of the regulation in question [see 330th Report, paras. 21-23].
2. 23. In a communication of 19 May 2003, the Government indicates that the relevant regulation on criteria of representativeness has now been drafted and is coordinated with the social partners within the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation; the text will be presented soon to the Council of Ministers and a translated version will be sent to the Committee once adopted.
3. 24. The Committee notes this information. Recalling that this complaint was first filed in August 1999, the Committee hopes that the adoption process will be completed soon and that the representativeness vote will be held rapidly on that basis. It requests the Government to provide it with a copy of the relevant regulation once it is adopted and to keep it informed of the results of the vote.