The complaint, lodged on 30 June 2006, relates to Article 5 (freedom to organise). It is alleged that legislation violates the right to organise since it contains stricter provisions for enterprises not belonging to an employers’ organisation than for those which belong to such an organisation.

• Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 19 June 2006
• Case Document no. 2, Observations from the Government on the admissibility
• Case Document no. 3, Written submissions from the Government on the merits
• Case Document no. 4, Observations from ETUC
• Case Document no. 5, Response from the Federation of Finnish Enterprises

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 5 December 2006.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was no violation of Article 5 of the Revised 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 26 October 2007.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS (2008) 2 on 16 January 2008.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 35/2006

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 35/2006

 Resolution ResChS(2008)2 of the Committee of Ministers on 16 January 2008