The complaint, lodged on 23 February 2004, relates to Article 6§§1-2 (right to collective bargaining: joint consultation and machinery for voluntary negotiations) of the European Social Charter. It is alleged that Belgium does not guarantee the effectiveness of the legislation on the exercise of the right to collective bargaining in the Belgian public sector.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 23 February 2004
• Case Document no. 2, Observations from the Belgian Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 3, Additional observations from the Centrale générale des services publics on the admissibility (French only)
• Case Document no. 4, Observations from the Belgian Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 5, Observations from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on the merits
• Case Document no. 6, Supplementary observations from the Centrale générale des service publics on the merits
• Case Document no. 7, Additional observations from the Belgian Government on the merits

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 6 September 2004.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was no violation of Article 6§§1-2 of the European Social Charter and transmitted its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 27 May 2005.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution ResChS(2005)13 on 7 July 2005.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 25/2004

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 25/2004

 Resolution ResChS(2005)13 of the Committee of Ministers on 7 July 2005