Notice regarding request submitted by the Russian Federation to take advantage of the special incentive arrangements concerning labour rights
Date: 1999-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Russia, labour code, labour law, trade union rights

C 218/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30.7.1999

Notice regarding request submitted by the Russian Federation to take advantage of the special
incentive arrangements concerning labour rights

(1999/C 218/02)

(cid:151) Labour Code of the Russian Federation;

(cid:151) Federal Law N 7-FZ of

January 12, 1996 on nonprofit

organisations;

(cid:151) Federal Law N 82-FZ of May 19, 1995 on public

associations.

Principles of the right to bargain collectively:

(cid:151) Constitution of the Russian Federation;

(cid:151) Federal Law N 10-FZ on the trade unions, their rights and

guaranties for their activity;

(cid:151) Labour Code of the Russian Federation;

(cid:151) Law of the Russian Federation N 2490-1 of March 11, 1992

on collective contracts and agreements;

(cid:151) Federal Law N 175-FZ of November 23, 1995 on the

procedure for resolving collective labour disputes;

(cid:151) Federal Law N 82-FZ of May 19, 1995 on public

associations.

Minimum age of admission to employment:

(cid:151) Labour Code of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Federation informed the Commission of
the
measures taken to implement and monitor the legislation by
correspondence of 9 June 1999 (N 109). No sectoral limitations
on their application nor any breaches were communicated.

By the same letter, the Government of the Russian Federation
committed itself to take full responsability for monitoring the
application of the special arrangements and the relevant admin-
istrative cooperation procedures.

Any observation concerning this request may be sent by any
interested natural or legal person, within two months, as of the
date of publication of this notice, to the following address:

European Commission,
Directorate-General IB (cid:145)External Relations(cid:146),
Unit IB.D.3,
Office CHAR 6/157,
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200,
B-1040 Brussels;
Fax (32-2) 299 10 47

from the Russian
The Commission has received a request
Federation under Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1154/98 (1)
incentive
advantage of
arrangements concerning labour rights.

to take

special

the

incentive arragements concerning labour rights
The special
in respect of certain
offer additional preferential benefits
to countries which
industrial
and agricultural products
the standards laid down by the ILO
effectively implement
to
conventions relating to free trade unions and the right
collective bargaining, as well as the convention relating to
minimum age for admission of employment.

The terms and conditions for the application of the special
the
incentive arrangements provided for
Regulations (EC) No 3281/94 (2) and (EC) No 1256/96 (3) are
laid down under Title I of Regulation (EC) No 1154/98.

in Article 7 of

According to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1154/98 the
request to take advantage of the special regime should give
details of:

(cid:151) the domestic legislation incorporating the substance of the
standards laid down in ILO Conventions No 87 and No 98
concerning application of the principles of the right to
organise and to bargain collectively and Convention No
138 concerning the minimum age of admission to
employment;
text of such legislation must be
attached, together with an authentic translation into one
of the Community languages,

the full

(cid:151) the measures taken to implement and monitor their legis-
lation effectively, any sectoral
limits on their application,
any breaches observed and a breakdown of such breaches
by production sector,

(cid:151) a commitment by the government of

the country in
question to take full
responsibility for monitoring the
application of the special arrangements and the relevant
administrative cooperation procedures.

On 9 June 1999, the authorities of the Russian Federation have
submitted copies of their domestic legislation incorporating the
aforementioned Conventions:

Principles of the right to organise:

(cid:151) Constitution of the Russian Federation;

(cid:151) Federal Law N 10-FZ on the trade unions, their rights and

guaranties for their activity;

(1) OJ L 160, 4.6.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 348, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 160, 29.6.1996, p. 1.