Processed complaints
No. 82/2012 Comité européen d'action spécialisée pour l'Enfant et la Famille dans leur milieu de vie (EUROCEF) v. France
The complaint was registered on 4 April 2012. It concerns the suspension of family allowances in cases of truancy, in application of the laws of 28 September 2010 and 24 March 2011. The complainant organisation alleges that France does not comply with its obligations under Articles 16 (right to appropriate social, legal and economic protection for the family) and 30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), taken alone or in combination with Article E (non discrimination) of the European Social Charter (Revised).
- Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 4 April 2012
- Case document no. 2, Submissions by the Government on the admissibliity and the merits (French only)
- Case document no.3, Response by EUROCEF to the submissions by the Government on the admissibliity and the merits (French only)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 19 March 2013. It concluded that there no violation of Articles 16 and 30 of the Charter, that it is not necessary to examine the allegations of a breach of Article 3 of the Charter read in conjunction with Article 16, and that no separate issue arises under Article E read in conjunction with Article 30 and and it transmitted its report containing its decision on recevability and on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 28 March 2013.
The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution Res/CM ChS (2013) 14 on 10 July 2013.
Decision on admissibility and merits of Complaint No. 82/2012
Resolution ResChS(2013)14 of the Committee of Ministers on 10 July 2013
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