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Failure to transpose the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions – infringement: INFR(2022)0352
Each Member State of the European Union must fully apply EU law. The body responsible for identifying possible violations of EU law is the European Commission.
Where a Member State does not apply EU law and breaches its obligations under the EU Treaties, the European Commission may open a formal infringement procedure under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU (see details on the infringement procedure here).
Directive (EU) 2019/1152 (on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union) contains rules that provide updated and more extensive labour rights, establishing, among other things, the minimum rights that should apply to all workers in the Union. According to para. 1 of Article 21, Member States should take the necessary measures to comply with this Directive by 1 August 202 and forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
However, as stated in the June infringements package, Greece is among the countries that have not yet notified national measures transposing the new Union rules into national law, nor have they notified a draft law with a specific timetable for their adoption.
For this reason, the European Commission has decided to send a reasoned opinion to Greece, calling on it to transpose the Directive into national law. Information about the procedure and the Commission’s decisions in this case can be found on the Commission’s website by entering INFR(2022)0352 in the ‘Infringement number’ field.
The application of EU law is an obligation of the Member States of the European Union. If infringements of EU law are identified, the European Commission may take a series of actions against the Member State concerned to ensure the correct and full application of EU law by opening infringement proceedings under Articles 258 and 260 TFEU.
In June 2023, the European Commission decided to send a reasoned opinion under Article 258 TFEU to Greece for failing to transpose Directive [(EU)2019/1152] on transparent and predictable working conditions.
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