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Circolare n. 85/2017
Oggetto: Lavoro – Austria
– Salario minimo – Apertura della procedura d’infrazione – Comunicato
stampa della Commissione europea del 27.4.2017.
Come
già fatto negli anni passati nei confronti di Germania e Francia (procedure tuttora
in corso), la
Commissione europea ha aperto una procedura d’infrazione anche contro l’Austria
per l’applicazione della legge sul salario
minimo garantito al settore dei trasporti ritenendo anche in questo caso
che limiti in maniera sproporzionata la libera prestazione dei servizi e la
libera circolazione delle merci. Le autorità austriache hanno ora due mesi di
tempo per rispondere ai rilievi sollevati dalla Commissione.
Si
rammenta che le disposizioni sul salario minimo in Austria si applicano dal
2015 al cabotaggio e da quest’anno anche ai trasporti internazionali da e verso
l’Austria con esclusione del solo transito.
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Fabio Marrocco |
Per riferimenti confronta circ.ri conf.li nn. 19/2017,
110/2016 e 83/2015
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European Commission - Press
release
Road transport: Commission requests Austria
to ensure its minimum wage legislation does not unduly restrict
the internal market
Brussels, 27 April 2017
The European
Commission initiated today
an infringement procedure against Austria concerning
the application of the "Austrian Act to Combat Wage and Social Dumping" (in German - Lohn- und Sozialdumping-Bekämpfungsgesetz) to the road transport sector.
The European Commission initiated today an infringement procedure against Austria concerning the application of the "Austrian Act to Combat
Wage and Social
Dumping" (in German
- Lohn- und Sozialdumping-Bekämpfungsgesetz) to the road transport sector.
The Commission believes
that this practice
restricts the EU internal market disproportionately.
Whilst fully supporting the principle of national minimum
wages, the Commission considers that the application of the Austrian
legislation to all international transport operations with unloading and/or uploading on the Austrian
territory restricts the freedom to provide services
and the free movement of goods in a disproportionate manner.
In particular, the application of the Austrian
measures to international transport operations which do not have a sufficient link to Austria cannot, in the Commission's view, be justified, as it creates disproportionate administrative burdens which prevent
the internal market
from functioning properly. The Commission considers that more proportionate measures are available to safeguard the social protection
of workers and to ensure
fair competition, whilst
allowing for free movement of services and goods.
Therefore, following an exchange of information with the Austrian
authorities and a thorough legal assessment of the Austrian
measures, the Commission decided today to send a letter of formal notice to Austria.
This constitutes the first step in the infringement procedure. The Austrian authorities now have two months to respond to the arguments
put forward by the Commission in the letter
of formal notice.
Upcoming Mobility
Package
As comparable legislation exists in different
Member States having
adverse effects on the internal market, the Commission is working on a sustainable solution to the issue at stake. The Commission aims in particular at ensuring a balance between
the social protection of road transport workers, fair competition
and the freedom of providing
transport cross-border services.
The Commission, therefore, envisages proposing in the coming weeks a clarification of the application of posting conditions to road transport
as well as effective enforcement measures which do not impose disproportionate administrative burdens on companies operating in the sector or on their workers.
Background
Creating a deeper
and fairer internal
market is a top priority
for this Commission. Fighting social dumping,
while safeguarding all four freedoms
of the internal market, is key to achieve this goal. The European Commission, therefore, supports the principle of minimum wages.
However, as guardian
of the Treaties, the Commission must also ensure
that the application of national measures
is fully compatible
with EU law, in particular the Posting of Workers Directive
(Directive 96/71/EC), the transport acquis,
the freedoms guaranteed by the Treaties,
notably the freedom
to provide services and the free movement
of goods, and the principle of proportionality.
Similar infringement procedures against Germany
and France for their application of minimum wage legislation to the transport
sector are ongoing.
For More Information
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On the key decisions in the April 2017 infringements package, see full MEMO/17/1045.
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On the general infringements procedure, see MEMO/12/12 (and info graph).
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On the EU infringements procedure.
IP/17/1053
Press contacts: Anna-Kaisa ITKONEN (+32 2 29 56186) Alexis
PERIER (+32 2 296
91 43) General public inquiries: Europe Direct by phone 00 800
67 89 10 11 or by
email