WRITTEN QUESTION E-4153/00 by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission. EU law.
Date: 2001-01-16
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: United Kingdom, competence of the Member States, labour law, unfair dismissal, work contract

C 235 E/82

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

21.8.2001

(2001/C 235 E/087)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-4153/00

by Glyn Ford (PSE) to the Commission

(16 January 2001)

Subject: EU law

A Mr Grantham, who lives in Bristol, UK, was employed by GEA Canzler as a sales representative in June
1997. As GEA Canzler does not have an operational company in the UK, Mr Grantham organised his own
tax, national insurance, pension, etc.

In October 2000, GEA terminated Mr Grantham(cid:146)s contract with immediate effect. This was done despite
there being a 3-year notice period on each side. In addition, GEA Canzler has not met many of its
obligations to Mr Grantham, and a total of almost GBP 20 000 in unpaid commission and expenses is
owed to Mr Grantham.

Would the Commission indicate if this summary cancelling of Mr Grantham(cid:146)s contract and failure to fulfil
obligations contravenes EU law?

Answer given by Mrs Diamantopoulou on behalf of the Commission

(6 March 2001)

It is not the Commission(cid:146)s task to intervene in individual disputes between employees and their employers.
The question of the termination of employment relationships has been however under consideration
within the Commission for a number of years. In 1997 the Commission published a report entitled
(cid:145)Termination of employment relationships (cid:129) legal situation in the Member States of the European Union(cid:146).
A copy of this report will be forwarded direct to the Honourable Member and to the Secretariat General of
the Parliament. However, there is no European legislation in this area as regards individual dismissals.
Therefore, the case mentioned by the Honourable Member must be analysed and settled in the light of the
relevant national legislation and by the competent national authority.

(2001/C 235 E/088)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-4156/00

by Roberta Angelilli (UEN) to the Commission

(9 January 2001)

Subject: Environmental impact assessment procedure in respect of the Via Sacchi car park in Rome

Aware that:

(cid:129) Rome municipality granted the Soc. Paladino Srl. company permission (No 1048/1998) to build an

underground car park in Via G. Sacchi in Rome.

(cid:129) the Lazio Region, in the exercise of its environmental protection responsibilities under Article 10 of
Law 72/1991, identified a number of specific hydrogeological risks and decided, by Order of the
Chairman of the Regional Administration No 23 of 16 November 1999, that the work should be
suspended.

(cid:129) the Paladino company appealed to the Regional Administrative Court for a suspension of this order.

(cid:129) on 22 March 2000 the court rejected the appeal, calling on the municipal authorities simply to check
whether the project was likely to affect the stability of the surrounding land but stating that the
building work did not require an environmental impact assessment.

(cid:129) in November the municipality decided that the work should resume.