Interprofessional European Social Dialogue
It is important to make a distinction between three different types of activity:
- tripartite consultation, which comprises the exchanges between the social partners and the European public authoritie
- consultation of the social partners, which covers the activities of the consultative committees and official consultations in the spirit of Article 137 of the Treaty (for a complete overview of all consultations so far launched by the European Commission click here)
- the European social dialogue as such, which is the name given to the bipartite work of the social partners, whether or not it stems from the official consultations of the Commission based on Articles 137 and 138 of the TEC.
