Spain: the Competition Commission threatens to sanction unions and employers

The Spanish National Competition Commission has decided to institute sanctioning proceedings against the trade unions and employers' associations that made the national collective agreement for customer contact centers and the national collective agreement for security services. Unions say it is an offense to the fundamental right of collective bargaining (Ref. 080496)
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Clauses in the collective agreemenst contrary to competition law. In its preliminary investigation, the Commission has found in both agreements rational signs of the existence of prohibited conduct under the Spanish Competition Act (Act 15/2007). According to a recent release issued by the Commission, the specific prohibited conduct is to contain clauses fixing the prices of the commercial offers and services rendered by the employers to their customers. The preliminary judgment of the Commissi

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