Processed complaints
The complaint was registered on 17 November 2016. It concerns Articles 5 (the right to organise) and 6 (the right to bargain collectively) of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant trade Union, CGIL, alleges that in Italy, the Guardia di Finanza Regulations deprive its members of their rights to organise and to bargain collectively in violation of the aforementioned provisions.
Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 17 November 2016
Original in Italian
Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility (French only)
Case-document no. 3, Submissions of the Government on the merits (French only)
Case-document no. 4, Observations by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
Case-document no. 5, CGIL's response to the Government's submissions on the merits
Original in Italian
Case-document no. 6, Further response from the Government on the merits (French only)
Case-document no. 7, Observations of the Associazione Finanzieri Cittadini e Solidarieta (FICIESSE) Original in Italian
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 10 May 2017.
The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 22 January 2019.
Decision on admissibility of Complaint 140/2016
Decision on the merits of Complaint 140/2016
Resolution CM/ResChS(2019)6 of the Committee of Ministers of 11 September 2019
Department of Social Rights
Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law
Council of Europe
1, quai Jacoutot
F – 67075 Strasbourg Cedex
Tél. +33 (0)3 90 21 49 61
www.coe.int/socialcharter