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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee on basic Community social rights 
(89/C 126/04) 
In a letter dated 9 November 1988 from Mr Delors and Mr Marin, the Commission requested 
the Economic and Social Committee to debate and undertake a general appraisal of the 
possible components of a Community Charter of Basic Social Rights. 
At its 24 November 1988 session, the Plenary Committee decided, under Article 17 of its Rules 
of Procedure, to set up a sub-committee to carry out the relevant work. On 8 February 1989 
the sub-committee adopted a draft opinion (rapporteur: Mr Staedelin; co-rapporteur: Mr 
Vassilaras). 
At its 263rd Plenary Session (meeting of 22 February 1989), the Economic and Social 
Committee adopted the following opinion by 135 votes to 22 with eight abstentions: 
I. Pillars of a social Europe 
1. The Economic and Social Committee, taking the 
view that implementation of the Single Act shapes a 
European economic and social area founded primarily 
on improved industrial relations, reiterates its support for 
the creation of a large single market which, besides 
strengthening the economy, trade, industry, crafts and 
services, must establish a common platform for 
increasing the well-being of all Europeans, bringing 
down high unemployment and facilitating the devel­
opment of consumer protection and environment 
policies. 
Basic social rights for the citizens of the Community can 
only be achieved in a free, democratic and peace-loving 
society, where individuals enjoy equal social status, 
regardless of their sex, race, language, nation, religion, 
political opinions or any other circumstances. Men and 
women will then be able to develop their full potential 
and participate effectively in the political, economic, 
social and cultural organization of society. 
Our corner of the world shares a tradition of culture, 
democracy and freedom, indeed a whole way of life, that 
cannot be rejected for other visions of progress. However, a comprehensive, detailed reply to this request 
would be tantamount to framing a European constitution 
or basic laws. Such a task, however exciting, cannot be 
accomplished in a few weeks. 
2. Accordingly, bearing in mind that in their letter 
requesting an opinion, Mr Delors and Mr Marin asked 
for a clear-cut message on the future of the Community 
and the fundamental values that it seeks to promote, the 
Committee feels that the questions it has to examine 
should be confined to three categories: 
(a) protection of fundamental values in terms of social 
rights enshrined in Community legislation; 
(b) the social dimension of the internal market; 
(c) Community social dialogue. 
3. Under a broad social policy sweep, basic social 
rights affect not only: 
— the various components of society, in particular the 
most vulnerable groups (e.g. the disabled, migrants, 
ethnic and other minorities, groups on the fringes of 
society, the elderly), 
The Committee therefore welcomes the Commission's 
decision to seek its opinion on the basic social rights to 
be safeguarded in this non-frontier Europe. — all social and occupational categories (e.g. employees, 
managers, the self-employed, liberal professions, 
public sector workers, craftsmen, pensioners), 
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— all areas of activity (e.g. agriculture, industry, 
commerce, services, the social economy), 
— various kinds of undertakings, SMEs and cooper­
atives, but also the consumer, environment and 
collective sectors. 
4. These basic social rights are also pan and parcel of 
the rights inherent in a People's Europe and encompass, 
more generally, the shared values of European society. 
They relate to the various aspects of the lives of all 
Europeans (right to work; right to adequate living 
conditions; right to a decent retirement; access to 
education; consumer information, education and 
protection; family rights; rights in the cultural sphere; 
health and environmental protection; freedom to reside, 
work, form associations, take up and pursue activities on 
an employed or self-employed basis and study in any 
Member State, etc.) as already stated by the 
Committee ('). 
5. However, the terms of the referral and the tight 
deadline assigned have prompted the Committee to focus 
its attention, for the time being, more particularly on 
basic social rights of key importance in the light of the 
entry into force of the Single Act and the specific 
new requirements accompanying completion of the 
Community-wide market. The Committee reserves the 
right to give its views on other matters in the future. 
II. 1992: Guarantee of basic social rights 
1. In supporting the attainment of a single market, the 
Committee, on account of the need for coordination 
between economic and social policies, has constantly 
pressed for measures envisaged in the industrial, trade, 
agricultural, financial and tax sectors to go hand-in-hand 
with the concurrent adoption of social measures. 
2. In addition, the Committee has repeatedly stated 
that completion of a Community-wide internal market 
must not undermine basic social rights and that the 
fundamental principles of the Community include a 
commitment to promote the well-being of all Europeans 
and to foster economic and social cohesion (2). 
(') In this connection, see the opinion on social developments in 
1987 (OJ No C 208, 8. 8. 1988). 
(2) See in particular the following opinions: opinion on making 
a success of the Single Act (OJ No C 180, 8. 7. 1987); 
annual opinions on the economic situation and social devel­
opments; opinion and information report on the social 
aspects of the internal market (OJ No C 356, 31. 12. 1987 
and CES 225/87 fin.) 3. The single market cannot stop short at a free trade 
area; the recommended outline plan for European inte­
gration will be devoid of meaning or purpose unless the 
living and working conditions of all sections of the 
population are enhanced. 
4. This approach was recently endorsed in the 
conclusions of the Hanover and Rhodes European 
Councils, namely: 
— that, by removing the obstacles to growth, the large 
single market offers the best prospect for promoting 
employment and increasing the general prosperity of 
the Community to the advantage of all its citizens. 
(Hanover) 
— Completion of the single market cannot be regarded 
as an end in itself; it pursues a much wider objective, 
namely to ensure the maximum well-being of all, in 
line with the tradition of social progess which is part 
of Europe's history. 
This tradition of social progress should be a 
guarantee that all citizens, whatever their occupation, 
will have effective access to the direct benefits 
expected from the single market as a factor of 
economic growth, and as the most effective means of 
combating unemployment. (Rhodes) 
5. Similarly, the Committee resolution adopted on 
23 November 1988 declared that the completion of the 
single market, an indispensable requirement if Europe is 
to secure its rightful place in the world, should make it 
possible to preserve and promote a model of life and 
development which will provide Europe's citizens with: 
— in the pursuit of social justice, an area of liberty 
allowing for private initiative and the development of 
collective undertakings, 
— security based on the affirmation of a Europe in 
which economic and social cohesion is assured (3). 
6. The Committee observes that governments and the 
social partners have reached consensus on the definition 
of basic social rights within a number of international 
organizations (United Nations, ILO, Council of Europe 
and OECD). Looking ahead to the single market, it is 
particularly urgent for certain social rights to be laid 
(3) CES 1267/88. — the possibility of gradually and reliably improving 
employment levels, living standards and quality of 
life, 
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down in the Member States so as to incorporate a 
coherent, interdependent set of rules into the Member 
States' common heritage. 
7. The aim is therefore not to devise new rules but, 
first and foremost, to take account of established rules 
already approved at other levels. The next stage is to 
define these rules via principles taking heed of the new 
requirements generated by implementation of the single 
market and conducive to its smooth operation. In deter­
mining their scope, the goal must be to secure basic 
social rights for all economic and social groups and all 
categories of workers throughout the Community. 
8. Although the Committee does not feel that all areas 
of social policy have to be regulated by Community 
legislation, it stresses the need to adopt basic social rights 
founded on a common heritage of experience, taking 
due account of national differences. 
9. To ensure concurrent economic and social devel­
opment on a Community scale, a set of fundamental 
social guarantees (') must be determined in order to 
boost Community action to secure the extension and 
effective application of citizens' rights (2) and prevent 
competition being distorted as a result of differing 
conditions. 
10. The Member States, occupational sectors, firms 
and services normally retain responsibility, through 
national legislation and/or collective bargaining, for 
determining how the basic principles and rights endorsed 
at Community level are to be implemented in practice. 
11. The Committee is keenly interested in the 
promotion of social dialogue at all levels, with a view to 
devising framework agreements, taking due heed of the 
independence of the social partners. 
12. All workers, regardless of the nature or terms of 
their work contract, must have the right to conduct 
collective bargaining negotiations with their employers at 
all levels (notably at the level of their firm, group of 
firms and occupational branch, and at sectoral, regional 
and national level). 
13. All Member States share a broadly similar social 
model in the shape of: 
(') Doc. 6736/87 (Press 85) Social Affairs Council Declaration 
of 26 May 1987. 
(2) OJ No C 208, 8. 8. 1988. (a) the respective role of States and collective bargaining 
negotiations as regards recognition of basic social 
rights in establishing a hard core of standards from 
which no derogation may be made; 
(b) the respective role of States and collective bargaining 
negotiations in protecting the workforce at the 
workplace, (in particular by basic standards in 
respect of working conditions and working hours, 
protection of earnings, health and safety) and the 
State's role in safeguarding consumer and environ­
mental rights; 
(c) recognition of: 
— freedom of association and the right to organize, 
— collective bargaining as a key component of 
industrial relations, 
— the workforce's right to be represented within the 
firm, through either elected bodies or delegated 
representatives of labour organizations. 
III. Attainment of the European social model 
1. Guarantee of basic principles in terms of social rights 
within the Community legal system 
Since the ESC's opinion has to be delivered early in 
1989, the Committee feels that the most constructive 
approach is to compile a list of basic social principles and 
rights which should be guaranteed by all Member States. 
To avoid lengthy, fruitless discussion that could delay 
the schedule for implementation and disturb social 
consensus, the ESC urges the Community institutions to 
take the procedural steps necessary to ensure that the 
scope of these basic principles and rights is interpreted 
with due respect for the standards already recognized in 
other international social legal instruments (J). 
The Committee reiterates that it attaches great 
importance to respect for the social partners' autonomy 
and to the right of Member States to legislate in the 
social sector. The intention is not to devise a new 
instrument but to enshrine fundamental social guarantees 
in the Community legal system, with its distinctive supra­
national features. Each of the guaranteed rights or prin­
ciples listed below will therefore be accompanied by the 
(3) A list of the key instruments and titles of the documents 
referred to in the following pages is appended. Not all the 
international instruments listed under section III headings A 
and B have been adopted by all Member States. The 
references are given to facilitate consultation of existing 
international instruments concerning a particular right. 
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corresponding reference to existing international 
conventions. 
A. Generally applicable standards 
— right of all sections of society to social security 
cover (ILO: Conventions 102, 118, 121, 128, 130 
and 157; Council of Europe: Social Charter, 
Articles 12 and 13; European Code of Social 
Security and the Protocol thereto; European 
Convention on Social Security; Additional 
Protocol to the Social Charter, Article 4; UN: 
International Covenant on Economic, Social and 
Cultural Rights, Article 9), 
— right of all sections of society to social welfare, 
safety and health protection (ILO: Conventions 
81, 115, 120, 129, 139, 148, 155 and 161; Council 
of Europe: Social Charter, Articles 3 and 11; 
European Code of Social Security, Articles 31 to 
38 and the Protocol thereto; Additional Protocol 
in the Social Charter, Articles 3 and 4: UN: Inter­
national Covenant on Economic, Social and 
Cultural Rights, Article 12), 
— right to education, (Council of Europe: First 
Additional Protocol to the European Convention 
for the Protection of Human Rights and Funda­
mental Freedoms, Article 2; UN: International 
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 
Rights, Articles 6, 13, 14 and 15), 
— right to protection of privacy and the integrity of 
the personal sphere, in particular in connection 
with the use of computerized systems and data 
banks (Council of Europe: Convention for the 
Protection of Individuals with regard to automatic 
processing of personal data), 
— right to protection of personal property and defi­
nition of the restrictions placed thereon by society 
(Council of Europe: Additional Protocol to the 
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights 
and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 1), 
— right to equality of opportunity and treatment, 
and elimination of any form of discrimination 
(ILO: Conventions 100, 111 and 156; Council of 
Europe: Social Charter, Articles 1 (2) and 4 (3); 
Additional Protocol, Article 1; UN: International 
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 
Rights, Articles 2 (2), 3 and 7), 
— rights of the child, mother and family to legal and 
economic protection (ILO: Convention 103; UN: 
International Covenant on Economic, Social and 
Cultural Rights, Article 10; Council of Europe: 
Social Charter, Articles 16 and 17), 
— rights of the elderly (Council of Europe: 
Additional Protocol to the Social Charter, Article 
4), 
— right of workers, producers and consumers to 
form associations freely for the purpose of setting 
up undertakings such as cooperatives and mutual 
societies founded on the solidarity principle (ILO: Recommendation 127; UN: Resolution 2459 
(20. 12. 1968 on the role of the cooperative 
movement in economic and social development), 
— right of consumers to health protection; full and 
objective financial information and free choice of 
goods and services (UN: Consumer Protection 
Guidelines — 1985), 
— right to protection of the environment (ILO: 
Convention 148 and Recommendation 156; 
Council of Europe: Social Charter, Article 11), 
— right to preservation of the cultural heritage 
(Council of Europe: European Cultural 
Convention and Convention for the Protection of 
the Architectural Heritage of Europe). 
B. Standards governing industrial relations, the labour 
market and working conditions 
(including craftsmen, managers and the self-
employed where concerned) 
— right of freedom of association and the right to 
organize, including recourse to collective action 
(ILO: Conventions 87 and 135; Council of 
Europe: Social Charter, Articles 5 and 6 (4); 
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights 
and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 11; UN: 
International Covenant on the Protection of 
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 8), 
— right to organize and bargain collectively (ILO: 
Conventions 98, 151 and 154; Council of Europe: 
Social Charter, Article 6 (2)), 
— prohibition and abolition of forced labour (ILO: 
Conventions 29 and 105; UN: International 
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural 
Rights, Article 6; Council of Europe: Convention 
for the Protection of Human Rights and Funda­
mental Freedoms, Article 4), 
— right freely to choose and exercise an occupation; 
right to a freely negotiated contract of 
employment, 
— right to participate in the determination of 
conditions of employment (ILO: Recommen­
dations 94, 113 and 129; Council of Europe: 
Additional Protocol to the Social Charter, Article 
3), 
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— right to a freely negotiated wage (ILO: 
Conventions 94 and 95; Council of Europe: Social 
Charter, Article 4; UN: International Covenant 
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 
7), 
— right to basic and in-service vocational training 
and retraining (ILO: Conventions 140, 142 and 
159; Council of Europe: Social Charter, Articles 
7, 9, 10 and 15; Additional Protocol to Social 
Charter, Article 1; UN: International Covenant 
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 
6), 
— right to protection of child labour (ILO: 
Convention 138; Council of Europe: Social 
Charter, Article 7), 
— right of the workforce to information and consul­
tation at decision-making levels, particularly in 
connection with the introduction of new techno­
logies or changes affecting structures, organ­
ization of the production process or employment 
(ILO: Convention 154 and Recommendation 113; 
Council of Europe: Social Charter, Article 6 (1) 
and (2); Additional Protocol to the Social 
Charter, Article 2), 
— workers' right to protection in the event of indi­
vidual or collective dismissal (ILO: Convention 
158; Council of Europe: Social Charter, Article 4 
(4)), 
— right to similar safeguards, especially as regards 
the possibility for workers in part-time, temporary 
or other forms of employment to be covered by 
collective bargaining or occupational agreements 
and to contribute to and be covered by social 
security schemes (UN: International Covenant on 
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 2 
(2); ILO: Conventions 29, 87, 98, 100, 105 and 
111; Council of Europe: Social Charter, Articles 5 
and 6), 
— right to annual leave (ILO: Convention 132; 
Council of Europe: Social Charter, Article 2 (3); 
UN: International Covenant on Economic, Social 
and Cultural Rights, Article 7), 
— right to weekly rest period; (ILO: Conventions 14 
and 106; Council of Europe: Social Charter, 
Article 2 (5)), 
— right to protection of safety and health at the 
workplace (ILO: Conventions 102, 121, 155 and 
161; Council of Europe: Social Charter, Article 3; 
European Code of Social Security, Articles 31 to 
38; Additional Protocol to the Social Charter, 
Articles 3 and 4; UN: International Covenant on 
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Article 7), — right to protection in the event of sickness (ILO: 
Conventions 102, 118, 121, 130 and 157; Council 
of Europe: Social Charter, Articles 12 and 13; 
European Code of Social Security and Protocol 
thereto; European Convention on Social Security; 
Additional Protocol to the Social Charter, Article 
4), 
— right to free employment services (ILO: 
Conventions 88 and 96; Council of Europe, Social 
Charter, Article 1 (3)). 
2. Social dimension of the internal market 
The second category of legal safeguards must address 
the social dimension of the single market, in response to 
the need to reconcile two interdependent aims: 
(a) respect for national differences in labour, social 
security and industrial relations legislation (where 
consistent with the European social model); 
(b) while recognizing the need to adopt common rules. 
Community legal instruments, which take due account of 
the need for flexibility, cooperation and decentralization, 
will have to be framed in order to enshrine social 
guarantees vital for smooth implementation of the single 
market. The aim will have to be (a) to avoid the pitfalls 
of unfair competition and (b), with a view to improving 
economic and social cohesion in the Community, to 
align, stage by stage, conditions of employment and 
direct and indirect social charges in sectors affected by 
the future Community-wide market. Here the proposals 
and comments contained in the opinion and information 
report on the social aspects of the internal market should 
be borne in mind (1). 
Article 118a of the Single Act requires the Community 
authorities to legislate in areas concerning the working 
environment, in particular matters relating to hygiene, 
health and safety at work. Observing that these spheres 
now fall within the Community's competence, the 
Committee calls on the Commission to frame the 
requisite implementing instruments without delay, and 
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on the Council of Ministers to adopt them, bearing in 
mind that the purpose is not merely to harmonize the 
status quo but to provide for an upward alignment. 
To make a success of the single market, it is particularly 
urgent to adopt instruments on: 
— the dismissal of cross-frontier workers and unfair 
exploitation of their non-typical terms of 
employment (x), 
— the right to information and consultation in the event 
of the restructuring or merger of firms, 
— the application of existing social legislation and 
collective bargaining agreements when awarding 
public contracts. 
3. The consumer policy dimension of the European 
internal market 
The European internal market has a consumer policy 
dimension in addition to the social dimension. In several 
opinions the Committee has endorsed the Commission's 
approach to the completion of the internal market in 
foodstuffs and consumer goods. And the Committee is 
equally emphatic in calling for Community rules to 
ensure the safety and protection of consumers, product 
quality, protection against fraud, and the provision of 
consumer information, education and advice. 
4. Community social dialogue 
The role of Community social dialogue is to express the 
above two aims in a rapidly changing industrial and 
economic society: respect for national differences and 
adoption of Community rules. The Committee reiterates 
the importance it attaches to Community social dialogue, 
which should be developed on a sectoral basis, including 
public services, and calls on the Commission to press 
ahead with the implementation of Article 118b of the 
Treaty, particularly with a view to arriving as far as 
possible at European framework and collective 
bargaining agreements. 
It is necessary to guarantee all components of the social 
fabric, in particular consumer, mutual and cooperative 
associations, in such a way as to involve representatives 
of the key socio-economic groups in appropriate forums, 
suitable scope to allow them to negotiate and, more 
broadly, exercise their functions. 
(') See ESC own-initiative opinion on cross-frontier labour 
market problems (OJ No C 95, 11. 4. 1988). IV. Comments on the implementation of basic social 
rights 
The Committee feels that it is important not to classify 
the legal status of the instruments enshrining the basic 
social guarantees to be enjoyed by Europeans by using 
such traditional international social law terms as charter, 
treaty, convention or covenant. Any other course of 
action would be tantamount to relegating Community 
social policy to second place in the completion of the 
single market (2). 
In the Committee's view, the instruments and procedures 
specified in the Treaty are the ones to be deployed to (a) 
ensure that basic social rights are protected under the 
Member States' legal systems and (b) facilitate 
implementation of those social measures which are a sine 
qua non for the internal market to operate smoothly. 
Such action should be conducted in close liaison with the 
representatives of the social partners. The instrument 
guaranteeing protection of basic social rights will have to 
be adopted by the end of 1989 and the social measures 
which are crucial to smooth operation of the single 
market will have to observe a fixed timetable geared to 
the deadlines set for completion of the Community-wide 
market. 
Future measures taken in accordance with this opinion 
should in no way compromise any existing or future 
national legislation, collective agreements or treaty 
provisions according more favourable treatment to 
protected persons. 
Without wishing to anticipate, at this stage in its work, 
the methodology for defining and implementing basic 
social rights, the Committee, as the spokesman for the 
economic and social forces, intends to undertake an 
annual review of the follow-up to future measures 
adopted in this field. 
Done at Brussels, 22 February 1989. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and 
Social Committee 
Alberto MASPRONE 
(2) This would be inconsistent with the conclusions of the 
Social Council meeting on 22 June 1984 on the social area, 
namely that the Community will not be able to strengthen its 
economic cohesion in the face of international competition if 
it does not strengthen its social cohesion at the same time. 
Social policy must therefore be developed at Community 
level on the same basis as economic, monetary and industrial 
policy (OJ No C 175, 4. 7. 1984). 
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APPENDIX I 
List and titles of key international social law instruments already adopted by the United Nations, ILO and 
the Council of Europe 
UN 
International Covenant on economic, social and cultural rights — adopted on 16 December 1966 and 
entered into force on 3 January 1976 
Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women — adopted on 18 December 
1979 and entered info force on 3 September 1981 
Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination — adopted on 21 December 1965 and 
entered into force on 4 January 1969 
ILO 
Conventions 
14 — Weekly rest (industry) (1921) 
26 — Minimum wage fixing machinery (1928) 
29 — Forced labour (1930) 
44 — Unemployment provision (1936) 
81 — Labour inspection (1947) 
87 — Freedom of association and the right to organize (1948) 
88 — Employment service (1948) 
89 — Night work (women) (1948) 
90 — Night work of young persons employed in industry (1948) 
94 — Labour clauses (public contracts) (1949) 
95 — Protection of wages (1949) 
98 — Right to organize and collective bargaining (1949) 
100 — Equal remuneration (1951) , 
102 — Social security (minimum standard) (1952) 
103 — Maternity protection (revised) (1952) 
105 — Abolition of forced labour (1957) 
106 — Weekly rest (commerce and offices) (1957) 
111 — Discrimination (employment and occupation) (1958) 
115 — Radiation protection (1960) 
118 — Equal treatment (social security) (1962) 
120 — Hygiene (commerce and offices) (1964) 
121 — Employment injury benefit (1964) 
122 — Employment policy (1964) 
129 — Labour inspection (agriculture) (1969) 
130 — Medical care and sickness benefit (1969) 
132 — Holidays with pay (amended) (1970) 
135 — Workers' representatives (1971) 
138 — Minimum age (1973) 
139 — Occupational cancer (1974) 
140 — Paid educational leave (1974) 
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142 — Human resources' development (1975) 
143 — Migrant workers (1975) 
144 — Tripartite consultation (1976) 
148 — Working environment: Air pollution, noise, vibration (1977) 
151 — Labour relations (public service) (1978) 
154 — Collective bargaining (1981) 
155 — Occupational safety and health (1981) 
156 — Workers with family responsibilities (1981) 
157 — Maintenance of rights in social security (1982) 
158 — Termination of work contract (1982) 
159 — Vocational rehabilitation and employment of the disabled (1983) 
161 — Occupational health services (1985) 
Recommendations 
94 — Cooperation at the level of the undertaking (1952) 
113 — Consultation (industrial and national levels) (1960) 
129 — Communication within the undertaking (1967) 
156 — Working environment (air pollution, noise and vibration) 
Council of Europe 
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — signed on 4 November 
1950 and entered into force on 3 September 1953 
European Social Charter — adopted on 18 October 1961 and entered into force on 26 February 1965 
European Cultural Convention — signed on 19 December 1954 and entered into force on 5 May 1955 
European Code of Social Security and Protocol thereto —. adopted on 16 April 1964 and entered into 
force on 17 March 1968 
European Convention on Social Security and Supplementary Agreement for the application of the 
European Convention on Social Security — adopted on 14 December 1972 and entered into force on 1 
March 1977 
Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data — 
adopted on 28 January 1981 and entered into force on 1 October 1985 
European Convention on the legal status of migrant workers — adopted on 24 November 1977 and 
entered into force on 1 May 1983 
Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe — adopted on 3 October 1985 and 
entered into force on 1 December 1987 
Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter — adopted on 5 May 1988. Not yet in force 
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APPENDIX II 
The following amendments, which received a quarter of the votes cast, were defeated during the debate: 
Section III.l 
In the heading, delete 'under Community legislation'. 
Voting 
For: 38 
Against: 91 
Abstentions: 17 
Second paragraph, sixth line 
Replace 'Community legal system' by 'legal systems of the Member States'. 
Reasons 
The earlier paragraphs deal with the incorporation of standards from international agreements and other 
documents into national legislation. The preceding paragraph refers once again to the Member States' 
legislative autonomy. 
The word 'Community' could give the false impression that international standards must first be laid down 
in a kind of Community charter. 
Voting 
For: 37 
Against: 96 
Abstentions: 6 
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APPENDIX III 
Result of the vote on the opinion as a whole 
The following members (present or represented) voted for the opinion: 
Mr/Mrs/Miss 
ALEXOPOULOS 
AMATO 
ARENA 
ARETS 
ATAIDE FERREIRA 
BAZIANAS 
BELTRAMI 
BENTO GONgALVES 
BERETTA 
BLESER 
BODDY 
BOS 
BREDIMA SAVOPOULOU 
BREYIANNIS 
BRIGANTI 
BROICHER 
BURNEL 
LOBO BRANDAO R. CAL 
CALVET CHAMBON 
CARROLL 
CAVAZZUTI 
CEBALLO HERRERO 
CEYRAC 
CHRISTIE 
CLAVEL 
COLLAS 
ALVES CONDE 
CORTOIS 
VAN DAM 
DASSIS 
DELHOMENIE 
DELIA CROCE 
DE TAVERNIER 
DONCK 
DOS SANTOS 
DRAGO 
DRILLEAUD 
DROULIN 
VAN EEKERT 
ELSTNER 
EULEN 
FLUM 
FORGAS 
FRANDI 
FREEMAN 
FRESI 
GAYETOT 
GERMOZZI 
GEUENICH 
GLESENER 
GOMEZ MARTINEZ 
GREDAL 
GREEN 
HAAS 
HAGEN 
HILKENS 
HORSKEN 
HOUTHUYS 
JAKOBSEN 
JASCHICK 
JENKINS 
KAARIS KAZAZIS 
KIRCHFELD 
KITSIOS 
KROGER 
LAKA MARTIN 
LANDABURU 
LAPPAS 
LARSEN 
LAUR 
LIVERANI 
LOW 
LUCHETTI 
LUSTENHOUWER 
MADDOCKS 
MAINETTI 
MANTOVANI 
MAGALEF MASIA 
MARGOT 
MARVIER 
MATTEOLI 
MEYER-HORN 
MORALES 
MORSELLI 
MUHR 
MULLER 
MUNIZ GUARDADO 
MURPHY 
NIELSEN B. 
NIELSEN P. 
NIERHAUS 
NIEUWENHUIZE 
NOORDWAL 
NUGEYRE 
ORSI 
PARDON 
PELLETIER 
PETERSEN 
PETROPOULOS 
POLYZOS 
PROENgA 
PROUMENS 
QUEVEDO ROJO 
RAFTOPOULOS 
RAMAEKERS 
RANGONI-MACHIAVELLI 
RIBIERE 
ROLAO GONgALVES 
ROMOLI 
ROSEINGRAVE 
SAlU 
SALMON 
SANTILLAN CABEZA 
SCHADE-POULSEN 
SCHMITZ 
SCHOEPGES 
SERRA CARACCIOLO 
SILVA 
SMITH A. R. 
SMITH L. J. 
SOLARI 
SPIJKERS 
STAEDELIN 
No C 126/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 5. 89 
The following members (present or represented) voted for the opinion (contd.): 
TIEMANN VERCELLINO 
TUKKER VIDAL 
VAIXEJO CALDERON VLASSOPOULOS 
VANDENBROUCKE YVERNEAU 
VASSILARAS ZUFIAUR NARVAIZA 
VELASCO MANCEBO 
The following members (present or represented) voted against the opinion: 
Mr/Mrs/Miss 
APARICIO BRAVO MORELAND 
BERNASCONI NETO da SILVA 
BLACK de NORMANN 
CAMPBELL POETON 
DECAILLON RIERA MARSA 
DODD ROBINSON 
FLATHER SPIERS 
GARDNER STORIE-PUGH 
GIACOMELLI TELLES 
HANCOCK TIXIER 
MACHADO VON TSCHUSI WHITWORTH 
The following members (present or represented) abstained: 
Mr/Mrs/Miss 
ASPINALL MOURGUES 
BAGLIANO PRONK 
CORELL AYORA ROUZIER 
ETTY STRAUSS