EU: the Commission is going to sue States which impose excessive administrative charges to companies posting their staff

The European Commission presented, on June 13, its evaluation of the national measures to enforce the 96/71 directive on the posting of workers. Fourteen months after publishing its communication containing orientations and its commitment to follow the progress realized every year (see our story n°06326), the Commission is toning up and threatening to launch infringement procedures against member states who post staff. (Ref. 070526)
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According to the communication published on June 13 entitled “posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services: maximising its benefits and potential while guaranteeing protection of workers’”, there is no precise figuring of the number of posted workers throughout the EU, but it is estimated at less than a million, that is 0.4% of the working population (2005). These workforce fluxes are more important in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and Poland, but the phenomenon is d

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